dbg!(expr) implementation.

Author: Centril

src/libstd/macros.rs

@@ -220,6 +220,124 @@ macro_rules! eprintln {
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+/// A macro for quick and dirty debugging with which you can inspect
+/// the value of a given expression. An example:
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// #![feature(dbg_macro)]
+///
+/// let a = 2;
+/// let b = dbg!(a * 2) + 1;
+/// //      ^-- prints: [src/main.rs:4] a * 2 = 4
+/// assert_eq!(b, 5);
+/// ```
+///
+/// The macro works by using the `Debug` implementation of the type of
+/// the given expression to print the value to [stderr] along with the
+/// source location of the macro invocation as well as the source code
+/// of the expression.
+///
+/// Invoking the macro on an expression moves and takes ownership of it
+/// before returning the evaluated expression unchanged. If the type
+/// of the expression does not implement `Copy` and you don't want
+/// to give up ownership, you can instead borrow with `dbg!(&expr)`
+/// for some expression `expr`.
+///
+///  and should be avoided
+/// for longer periods in version control
+///
+/// # Stability
+///
+/// The exact output printed by this macro should not be relied upon
+/// and is subject to future changes.
+///
+/// # Panics
+///
+/// Panics if writing to `io::stderr` fails.
+///
+/// # Further examples
+///
+/// With a method call:
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// #![feature(dbg_macro)]
+/// 
+/// fn foo(n: usize) {
+///     if let Some(_) = dbg!(n.checked_sub(4)) {
+///         // ...
+///     }
+/// }
+///
+/// foo(3)
+/// ```
+///
+/// This prints to [stderr]:
+///
+/// ```text,ignore
+/// [src/main.rs:4] n.checked_sub(4) = None
+/// ```
+///
+/// Naive factorial implementation:
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// #![feature(dbg_macro)]
+///
+/// fn factorial(n: u32) -> u32 {
+///     if dbg!(n <= 1) {
+///         dbg!(1)
+///     } else {
+///         dbg!(n * factorial(n - 1))
+///     }
+/// }
+///
+/// dbg!(factorial(4));
+/// ```
+///
+/// This prints to [stderr]:
+///
+/// ```text,ignore
+/// [src/main.rs:3] n <= 1 = false
+/// [src/main.rs:3] n <= 1 = false
+/// [src/main.rs:3] n <= 1 = false
+/// [src/main.rs:3] n <= 1 = true
+/// [src/main.rs:4] 1 = 1
+/// [src/main.rs:5] n * factorial(n - 1) = 2
+/// [src/main.rs:5] n * factorial(n - 1) = 6
+/// [src/main.rs:5] n * factorial(n - 1) = 24
+/// [src/main.rs:11] factorial(4) = 24
+/// ```
+///
+/// The `dbg!(..)` macro moves the input:
+///
+/// ```compile_fail
+/// #![feature(dbg_macro)]
+///
+/// /// A wrapper around `usize` which importantly is not Copyable.
+/// #[derive(Debug)]
+/// struct NoCopy(usize);
+///
+/// let a = NoCopy(42);
+/// let _ = dbg!(a); // <-- `a` is moved here.
+/// let _ = dbg!(a); // <-- `a` is moved again; error!
+/// ```
+///
+/// [stderr]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_streams#Standard_error_(stderr)
+#[macro_export]
+#[unstable(feature = "dbg_macro", issue = "54306")]
+macro_rules! dbg {
+    ($val:expr) => {
+        // Use of `match` here is intentional because it affects the lifetimes
+        // of temporaries - https://stackoverflow.com/a/48732525/1063961
+        match $val {
+            tmp => {
+                eprintln!("[{}:{}] {} = {:#?}",
+                    file!(), line!(), stringify!($val), &tmp);
+                tmp
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[macro_export]
 #[unstable(feature = "await_macro", issue = "50547")]
 #[allow_internal_unstable]