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Yeah, Rust’s macro system feels like a double-edged sword — amazing power, but with a big learning curve. The tooling and syntax definitely make simple meta-pro
by iambacktomyword 1y ago
Yeah, Rust’s macro system feels like a double-edged sword — amazing power, but with a big learning curve. The tooling and syntax definitely make simple meta-programming harder than it should be.
- tracker1 1y agoI liken it to a bit less extreme a version of the "don't write your own cryptography." Macros are definitely useful, and they are pretty widely used and adopted for several things. That said, actually creating your own tends to take a slightly different mindset than general application development.