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by tuxychandru 4288 days ago
Are you referring to compiler plugins like the one providing regex! macro or is it something else?
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wycats 4288 days ago
Yes, compiler plugins. For a relevant example, check out the Rust docopt crate[1].

An identical technique could be used for yacc or protobufs.

[1]: https://github.com/docopt/docopt.rs

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