Swift Macro Toolkit

Did you know that -0xF_ep-0_2 is a valid floating point literal in Swift? Well you probably didn't (it's equal to -63.5), and as a macro author you shouldn't even have to care! Among many things, Macro Toolkit shields you from edge cases so that users can use your macros in whatever weird (but correct) manners they may desire.

You don't need in-depth knowledge of Swift's syntax to make a robust macro, you just need an idea.

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Why use it?

See for yourself;

Get the value of a float literal

Does -0xF_ep-0_2 look like the type of floating point literal you want to implement parsing for? Nope; but you don't have to.

With Macro Toolkit

return literal.value

Without Macro Toolkit (worth a look)

let string = _syntax.floatingDigits.text

let isHexadecimal: Bool
let stringWithoutPrefix: String
switch string.prefix(2) {
    case "0x":
        isHexadecimal = true
        stringWithoutPrefix = String(string.dropFirst(2))
    default:
        isHexadecimal = false
        stringWithoutPrefix = string
}

let exponentSeparator: Character = isHexadecimal ? "p" : "e"
let parts = stringWithoutPrefix.lowercased().split(separator: exponentSeparator)
guard parts.count <= 2 else {
    fatalError("Float literal cannot contain more than one exponent separator")
}

let exponentValue: Int
if parts.count == 2 {
    // The exponent part is always decimal
    let exponentPart = parts[1]
    let exponentPartWithoutUnderscores = exponentPart.replacingOccurrences(of: "_", with: "")
    guard
        exponentPart.first != "_",
        !exponentPart.starts(with: "-_"),
        let exponent = Int(exponentPartWithoutUnderscores)
    else {
        fatalError("Float literal has invalid exponent part: \(string)")
    }
    exponentValue = exponent
} else {
    exponentValue = 0
}

let partsBeforeExponent = parts[0].split(separator: ".")
guard partsBeforeExponent.count <= 2 else {
    fatalError("Float literal cannot contain more than one decimal point: \(string)")
}

// The integer part can contain underscores anywhere except for the first character (which must be a digit).
let radix = isHexadecimal ? 16 : 10
let integerPart = partsBeforeExponent[0]
let integerPartWithoutUnderscores = integerPart.replacingOccurrences(of: "_", with: "")
guard
    integerPart.first != "_",
    let integerPartValue = Int(integerPartWithoutUnderscores, radix: radix).map(Double.init)
else {
    fatalError("Float literal has invalid integer part: \(string)")
}

let fractionalPartValue: Double
if partsBeforeExponent.count == 2 {
    // The fractional part can contain underscores anywhere except for the first character (which must be a digit).
    let fractionalPart = partsBeforeExponent[1]
    let fractionalPartWithoutUnderscores = fractionalPart.replacingOccurrences(of: "_", with: "")
    guard
        fractionalPart.first != "_",
        let fractionalPartDigitsValue = Int(fractionalPartWithoutUnderscores, radix: radix)
    else {
        fatalError("Float literal has invalid fractional part: \(string)")
    }

    fractionalPartValue = Double(fractionalPartDigitsValue) / pow(Double(radix), Double(fractionalPart.count - 1))
} else {
    fractionalPartValue = 0
}

let base: Double = isHexadecimal ? 2 : 10
let multiplier = pow(base, Double(exponentValue))
let sign: Double = _negationSyntax == nil ? 1 : -1

return (integerPartValue + fractionalPartValue) * multiplier * sign

Type destructuring

With Macro Toolkit

guard case let .simple("Result", (successType, failureType))? = destructure(returnType) else {
    throw MacroError("Invalid return type")
}

Without Macro Toolkit

guard
    let simpleReturnType = returnType.as(SimpleTypeIdentifierSyntax.self),
    simpleReturnType.name.description == "Result",
    let genericArguments = (simpleReturnType.genericArgumentClause?.arguments).map(Array.init),
    genericArguments.count == 2
else {
    throw MacroError("Invalid return type")
}
let successType = genericArguments[0]
let failureType = genericArguments[1]

Type normalization

Swift has many different ways to express a single type. To name a few such cases; () == Void, Int? == Optional<Int>, and [Int] == Array<Int>. Swift Macro Toolkit strives to hide these details from you, so you don't have to handle all the edge cases.

With Macro Toolkit

function.returnsVoid

Without Macro Toolkit

func returnsVoid(_ function: FunctionDeclSyntax) -> Bool {
    // Function can either have no return type annotation, `()`, `Void`, or a nested single
    // element tuple with a Void-like inner type (e.g. `((((()))))` or `(((((Void)))))`)
    func isVoid(_ type: TypeSyntax) -> Bool {
        if type.description == "Void" || type.description == "()" {
            return true
        }

        guard let tuple = type.as(TupleTypeSyntax.self) else {
            return false
        }

        if let element = tuple.elements.first, tuple.elements.count == 1 {
            let isUnlabeled = element.name == nil && element.secondName == nil
            return isUnlabeled && isVoid(TypeSyntax(element.type))
        }
        return false
    }

    guard let returnType = function.output?.returnType else {
        return false
    }
    return isVoid(returnType)
}

Get the value of a string literal

Getting the value of a string literal (without interpolations) can be incredibly tedious if you want to do it the right way. You have to evaluate all escape sequences yourself (unicode ones are particularly annoying e.g. \u{2020}). And then if a user wants to use a raw string literal (e.g. #"This isn't a newline \n"#), things get even more difficult to get right. Don't fear though, Swift Macro Toolkit has you covered.

With Macro Toolkit

return literal.value

Without Macro Toolkit

let segments = _syntax.segments.compactMap { (segment) -> String? in
    guard case let .stringSegment(segment) = segment else {
        return nil
    }
    return segment.content.text
}
guard segments.count == _syntax.segments.count else {
    return nil
}

let map: [Character: Character] = [
    "\\": "\\",
    "n": "\n",
    "r": "\r",
    "t": "\t",
    "0": "\0",
    "\"": "\"",
    "'": "'"
]
let hexadecimalCharacters = "0123456789abcdefABCDEF"

// The length of the `\###...` sequence that starts an escape sequence (zero hashes if not a raw string)
let escapeSequenceDelimiterLength = (_syntax.openDelimiter?.text.count ?? 0) + 1
// Evaluate backslash escape sequences within each segment before joining them together
let transformedSegments = segments.map { segment in
    var characters: [Character] = []
    var inEscapeSequence = false
    var iterator = segment.makeIterator()
    var escapeSequenceDelimiterPosition = 0 // Tracks the current position in the delimiter if parsing one
    while let c = iterator.next() {
        if inEscapeSequence {
            if let replacement = map[c] {
                characters.append(replacement)
            } else if c == "u" {
                var count = 0
                var digits: [Character] = []
                var iteratorCopy = iterator

                guard iterator.next() == "{" else {
                    fatalError("Expected '{' in unicode scalar escape sequence")
                }

                var foundClosingBrace = false
                while let c = iterator.next() {
                    if c == "}" {
                        foundClosingBrace = true
                        break
                    }

                    guard hexadecimalCharacters.contains(c) else {
                        iterator = iteratorCopy
                        break
                    }
                    iteratorCopy = iterator

                    digits.append(c)
                    count += 1
                }

                guard foundClosingBrace else {
                    fatalError("Expected '}' in unicode scalar escape sequence")
                }

                if !(1...8).contains(count) {
                    fatalError("Invalid unicode character escape sequence (must be 1 to 8 digits)")
                }

                guard
                    let value = UInt32(digits.map(String.init).joined(separator: ""), radix: 16),
                    let scalar = Unicode.Scalar(value)
                else {
                    fatalError("Invalid unicode scalar hexadecimal value literal")
                }

                characters.append(Character(scalar))
            }
            inEscapeSequence = false
        } else if c == "\\" && escapeSequenceDelimiterPosition == 0 {
            escapeSequenceDelimiterPosition += 1
        } else if !inEscapeSequence && c == "#" && escapeSequenceDelimiterPosition != 0 {
            escapeSequenceDelimiterPosition += 1
        } else {
            if escapeSequenceDelimiterPosition != 0 {
                characters.append("\\")
                for _ in 0..<(escapeSequenceDelimiterPosition - 1) {
                    characters.append("#")
                }
                escapeSequenceDelimiterPosition = 0
            }
            characters.append(c)
        }
        if escapeSequenceDelimiterPosition == escapeSequenceDelimiterLength {
            inEscapeSequence = true
            escapeSequenceDelimiterPosition = 0
        }
    }
    return characters.map(String.init).joined(separator: "")
}

return transformedSegments.joined(separator: "")

Diagnostic creation

With Macro Toolkit

let diagnostic = DiagnosticBuilder(for: function._syntax.funcKeyword)
    .message("can only add a completion-handler variant to an 'async' function")
    .messageID(domain: "AddCompletionHandlerMacro", id: "MissingAsync")
    .suggestReplacement(
        "add 'async'",
        old: function._syntax.signature,
        new: newSignature
    )
    .build()

Without Macro Toolkit

let diagnostic = Diagnostic(
    node: Syntax(funcDecl.funcKeyword),
    message: SimpleDiagnosticMessage(
        message: "can only add a completion-handler variant to an 'async' function",
        diagnosticID: MessageID(domain: "AddCompletionHandlerMacro", id: "MissingAsync"),
        severity: .error
    ),
    fixIts: [
        FixIt(
            message: SimpleDiagnosticMessage(
                message: "add 'async'",
                diagnosticID: MessageID(domain: "AddCompletionHandlerMacro", id: "MissingAsync"),
                severity: .error
            ),
            changes: [
                FixIt.Change.replace(
                    oldNode: Syntax(funcDecl.signature),
                    newNode: Syntax(newSignature)
                )
            ]
        ),
    ]
)