parse.rs

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//! Parsing utilities for writing procedural macros.

extern crate syntax;

use syntax::parse::{ParseSess, filemap_to_tts};
use syntax::tokenstream::TokenStream;

/// Map a string to tts, using a made-up filename. For example, `lex("15")` will return a
/// TokenStream containing the literal 15.
pub fn lex(source_str: &str) -> TokenStream {
    let ps = ParseSess::new();
    TokenStream::from_tts(filemap_to_tts(&ps,
                                         ps.codemap().new_filemap("<procmacro_lex>".to_string(),
                                                                  None,
                                                                  source_str.to_owned())))
}