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Typo? 3.1. Macros By Example / Path-Based Scope: `m!(); // OK: Path-based lookup`
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Description
I suspect a typo.
Fragment of interest:
self::m!();
m!(); // OK: Path-based lookup finds m in the current module.
I suspect it must be:
self::m!(); // OK: Path-based lookup finds m in the current module.
i.e. the fragment m!(); must not be there.
I'm relatively new to Rust, still studying it. I can be wrong. But I have an intuitive described above suspicion of a typo. If that's not a typo then an extra explanation would help.
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Research direction
Find the Rust Reference section “3.1. Macros By Example / Path-Based Scope” and review the shown self::m!(); and m!(); fragments alongside the path-based lookup explanation. Confirm whether the second fragment is intentional; done means correcting the example or adding the explanation needed to make the behavior unambiguous.
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- rust
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- documentation
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- Documentation
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