Proc macro generating proc macro

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Hi!

I'm trying to write a proc macro extending rust with keyword arguments support.
Can I write a proc macro that generates a proc macro?

Best,
ambiso

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Absolutely -- an example would be proc-macro-hack which generates a proc macro here.

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Do I understand correctly, that the crate using the proc-macro-generating-proc-macro must also only expose proc-macros?

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Yes, that's why most crates are not proc-macro crates, but classic lib crates that depend on their own proc-macro crate, reexporting the defined proc-macros with something like pub use ::my_proc_macro_crate::my_super_proc_macro;.

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