@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ before name resolution, macros are expanded using these portions of the code.
77The macro parser, in turn, may call the normal Rust parser when it needs to
88bind a metavariable (e.g. ` $my_expr ` ) while parsing the contents of a macro
99invocation. The code for macro expansion is in
10- [ ` src/libsyntax/ext /mbe/ ` ] [ code_dir ] . This chapter aims to explain how macro
10+ [ ` src/libsyntax_expand /mbe/ ` ] [ code_dir ] . This chapter aims to explain how macro
1111expansion works.
1212
1313### Example
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ invocations. Interestingly, both are done by the macro parser.
6161Basically, the macro parser is like an NFA-based regex parser. It uses an
6262algorithm similar in spirit to the [ Earley parsing
6363algorithm] ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earley_parser ) . The macro parser is
64- defined in [ ` src/libsyntax/ext /mbe/macro_parser.rs ` ] [ code_mp ] .
64+ defined in [ ` src/libsyntax_expand /mbe/macro_parser.rs ` ] [ code_mp ] .
6565
6666The interface of the macro parser is as follows (this is slightly simplified):
6767
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ normal Rust parser.
110110As mentioned above, both definitions and invocations of macros are parsed using
111111the macro parser. This is extremely non-intuitive and self-referential. The code
112112to parse macro _ definitions_ is in
113- [ ` src/libsyntax/ext /mbe/macro_rules.rs ` ] [ code_mr ] . It defines the pattern for
113+ [ ` src/libsyntax_expand /mbe/macro_rules.rs ` ] [ code_mr ] . It defines the pattern for
114114matching for a macro definition as ` $( $lhs:tt => $rhs:tt );+ ` . In other words,
115115a ` macro_rules ` definition should have in its body at least one occurrence of a
116116token tree followed by ` => ` followed by another token tree. When the compiler
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ the parse is ambiguous, while if there are no matches at all, there is a syntax
139139error.
140140
141141For more information about the macro parser's implementation, see the comments
142- in [ ` src/libsyntax/ext /mbe/macro_parser.rs ` ] [ code_mp ] .
142+ in [ ` src/libsyntax_expand /mbe/macro_parser.rs ` ] [ code_mp ] .
143143
144144### Hygiene
145145
205205TODO: maybe something about macros 2.0?
206206
207207
208- [code_dir]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/master/src/libsyntax/ext /mbe
209- [code_mp]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/syntax/ext /mbe/macro_parser
210- [code_mr]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/syntax/ext /mbe/macro_rules
211- [code_parse_int]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/syntax/ext /mbe/macro_parser/fn.parse.html
208+ [code_dir]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/master/src/libsyntax_expand /mbe
209+ [code_mp]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/syntax_expand /mbe/macro_parser
210+ [code_mr]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/syntax_expand /mbe/macro_rules
211+ [code_parse_int]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/syntax_expand /mbe/macro_parser/fn.parse.html
212212[parsing]: ./the-parser.html
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