error: macros that expand to items must be delimited with braces or followed by a semicolon
  --> $DIR/issue-118786.rs:16:13
   |
LL | make_macro!((meow));
   |             ^^^^^^
   |
help: change the delimiters to curly braces
   |
LL | make_macro!({meow});
   |             ~    ~
help: add a semicolon
   |
LL |         macro_rules! $macro_name; {
   |                                 +

error: macro expansion ignores token `{` and any following
  --> $DIR/issue-118786.rs:7:34
   |
LL |         macro_rules! $macro_name {
   |                                  ^
...
LL | make_macro!((meow));
   | ------------------- caused by the macro expansion here
   |
   = note: the usage of `make_macro!` is likely invalid in item context

error: cannot find macro `macro_rules` in this scope
  --> $DIR/issue-118786.rs:7:9
   |
LL |         macro_rules! $macro_name {
   |         ^^^^^^^^^^^
...
LL | make_macro!((meow));
   | ------------------- in this macro invocation
   |
note: maybe you have forgotten to define a name for this `macro_rules!`
  --> $DIR/issue-118786.rs:7:20
   |
LL |         macro_rules! $macro_name {
   |                    ^ put a macro name here
...
LL | make_macro!((meow));
   | ------------------- in this macro invocation
   = note: this error originates in the macro `make_macro` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)

error: aborting due to 3 previous errors