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Extraneous newlines around `macro_rules!` rules not removed if body can not be formatted

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Description

macro_rules! x {



  () => {};



}
// =>
macro_rules! x {
  () => {};
}
macro_rules! x {



  () => {let _ = {(x).disahkd.dusgd};};



}
// =>
macro_rules! x {
  () => {
    let _ = { (x).disahkd.dusgd };
  };
}
macro_rules! x {



  () => {!};



}

macro_rules! x {



  () => {&};



}

macro_rules! x {



  () => {.};



}

macro_rules! x {



  () => {
    let x = this.is.valid.so.far.but.missing.semicolon
  };



}
// =>
macro_rules! x {



  () => {!};



}

macro_rules! x {



  () => {&};



}

macro_rules! x {



  () => {.};



}

macro_rules! x {



  () => {
    let x = this.is.valid.so.far.but.missing.semicolon
  };



}

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Reproduce the issue with the supplied macro_rules! examples and trace the formatter entry point for macro_rules! handling. Verify completion when extraneous blank lines are removed even when a rule body cannot be formatted, while the shown expected formatting remains unchanged.

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Tech stack
rust
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tooling
Issue type
Bug
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3/5
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