Lets you derive fmt
traits on types wrapping types that already implement them.
Newtype structs
struct SomeType;
impl core::fmt::Display for SomeType {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
f.write_str(">foo<")
}
}
#[derive(DelegateDisplay)]
struct Foo(SomeType);
assert_eq!(format!("{}", Foo(SomeType)), ">foo<");
Structs with 0..=1 fields
struct SomeType;
impl core::fmt::Debug for SomeType {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
f.write_str(">foo<")
}
}
#[derive(DelegateDebug)]
struct Foo { some_field: SomeType }
assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", Foo { some_field: SomeType }), ">foo<");
Enums with 0..=1 variants each
struct SomeType;
struct AnotherType;
impl core::fmt::Display for SomeType {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
f.write_str(">foo<")
}
}
impl core::fmt::Display for AnotherType {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
f.write_str(">bar<")
}
}
#[derive(DelegateDisplay)]
enum MyEnum {
Foo,
Bar(SomeType),
Qux { baz: AnotherType }
}
assert_eq!(format!("{}", MyEnum::Bar(SomeType)), ">foo<");
assert_eq!(format!("{}", MyEnum::Qux { baz: AnotherType }), ">bar<");
Generics
Generics are handled automatically for you.
#[derive(DelegateDisplay)]
struct MyStruct<T>(T);
#[derive(DelegateDisplay)]
enum MyEnum<A, B> {
A(A),
B { value: B },
}
assert_eq!(format!("{}", MyStruct(50)), "50");
assert_eq!(format!("{}", MyEnum::<u8, i8>::A(75)), "75");
assert_eq!(format!("{}", MyEnum::<u8, i8>::B { value: -1 }), "-1");
Structs & enums with 2+ fields
The field being delegated to must be marked with the appropriate attribute.
#[derive(DelegateDisplay)]
struct MyStruct<T> {
label: String,
#[ddisplay]
value: T,
}
#[derive(DelegateDebug)]
enum MyEnum {
Foo(#[ddebug] String, u8),
Bar { baz: u8, #[ddebug] qux: u8 }
}
let my_struct = MyStruct { label: "foo".into(), value: 42 };
assert_eq!(format!("{}", my_struct), "42");
let my_enum = MyEnum::Foo(".".into(), 1);
assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", my_enum), "\".\"");
let my_enum = MyEnum::Bar { baz: 2, qux: 3 };
assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", my_enum), "3");
Empty structs
#[derive(DelegateDebug, DelegateDisplay)]
struct Foo;
#[derive(DelegateDebug, DelegateDisplay)]
struct Bar{}
#[derive(DelegateDebug, DelegateDisplay)]
struct Qux();
assert_eq!(format!("{}-{:?}", Foo, Foo), "-");
assert_eq!(format!("{}-{:?}", Bar{}, Bar{}), "-");
assert_eq!(format!("{}-{:?}", Qux(), Qux()), "-");
Typed delegations
Can be useful for further prettifying the output.
/// Some type that `Deref`s to the type we want to use in our formatting, in this case, `str`.
#[derive(Debug)]
struct Wrapper(&'static str);
impl std::ops::Deref for Wrapper {
type Target = str;
fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
self.0
}
}
#[derive(DelegateDebug)]
#[ddebug(delegate_to(str))] // ignore `Wrapper` and debug the `str` it `Deref`s instead
struct Typed(Wrapper);
#[derive(DelegateDebug)] // Included for comparison
struct Base(Wrapper);
assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", Typed(Wrapper("foo"))), "\"foo\"");
assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", Base(Wrapper("bar"))), "Wrapper(\"bar\")");
Custom generic bounds
struct CopyDisplayable<T>(T); // Implements Deref
impl<T: Copy> Display for CopyDisplayable<T> {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
unimplemented!("Nonsense generic bound - base bounds don't work.");
}
}
// Without these options the implementation would have a predicate of `CopyDisplayable<T>: Debug` which would
// effectively mean `T: Copy`; we can transform it to `T: Display` because `CopyDisplayable` derefs to `T`.
#[derive(DelegateDisplay)]
#[ddisplay(bounds(T: Display), delegate_to(T))]
struct Displayable<T>(CopyDisplayable<T>);
let dbg = Displayable::<String>(CopyDisplayable("cdbg".into()));
assert_eq!(format!("{}", dbg), "cdbg");
Multiple traits at once
Instead of re-parsing your struct/enum multiple times, you can instead derive DelegateFmt
.
It supports every individual macro's attribute along with dany
as a catch-all default.
struct Wrapper(u8); // implements Deref
#[derive(DelegateFmt)]
#[dfmt(dany(delegate_to(u8)), ddebug, ddisplay, dbinary)]
struct MyStruct(#[dany] Wrapper, #[dbinary] Wrapper);
assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", MyStruct::new(1, 2)), "1");
assert_eq!(format!("{}", MyStruct::new(3, 4)), "3");
assert_eq!(format!("{:b}", MyStruct::new(5, 6)), "110");
Invalid inputs
#[derive(delegate_display::DelegateDebug)]
struct TooManyFields1 {
foo: u8,
bar: u8, // No fields marked with `#[ddebug]` or `#[dany]`
}
#[derive(delegate_display::DelegateDebug)]
struct TooManyFields2(u8, u8); // No fields marked with `#[ddebug]` or `#[dany]`
#[derive(delegate_display::DelegateDebug)]
enum SomeEnum {
A, // this is ok
B(u8), // this is ok
C { foo: u8 }, // this is ok
D(u8, u8), // ERR: No fields marked with `#[ddebug]` or `#[dany]`
E { foo: u8, bar: u8 } // ERR: No fields marked with `#[ddebug]` or `#[dany]`
}
#[derive(delegate_display::DelegateDebug)]
union Foo { bar: u8 } // Unions are not supported
struct NonDebug;
#[derive(DelegateDebug)]
struct Foo<A, B>(A, B);
format!("{:?}", Foo(NonDebug, 1)); // NonDebug does not implement Debug