Rust provides a powerful macro system that allows metaprogramming. As you've
seen in previous chapters, macros look like functions, except that their name
ends with a bang !
, but instead of generating a function call, macros are
expanded into source code that gets compiled with the rest of the program.
Macros are created using the macro_rules!
macro.
// This is a simple macro named `say_hello`. macro_rules! say_hello { // `()` indicates that the macro takes no argument. () => ( // The macro will expand into the contents of this block. println!("Hello!"); ) } fn main() { // This call will expand into `println!("Hello");` say_hello!() }