rust/compiler
bors 58d2bad9f7 Auto merge of #78837 - petrochenkov:keyvalexpr, r=davidtwco
Accept arbitrary expressions in key-value attributes at parse time

Continuation of https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/77271.

We now support arbitrary expressions in values of key-value attributes at parse time.
```
#[my_attr = EXPR]
```
Previously only unsuffixed literals and interpolated expressions (`$expr`) were accepted.

There are two immediate motivational cases for this:
- External doc strings (`#[doc = include_str!("my_doc.md")]`, eliminating the need in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/44732) and expanding macros in this position in general. Currently such macro expansions are supported in this position in interpolated `$expr`s (the `#[doc = $doc]` idiom).
- Paths (`#[namespace = foo::bar] extern "C++" { ... }`) like proposed in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/76734.

If the attribute in question survives expansion, then the value is still restricted to unsuffixed literals by a semantic check.
This restriction doesn't prevent the use cases listed above, so this PR keeps it in place for now.

Closes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/52607.
Previous attempt - https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/67121.
Some more detailed write up on internals - https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/macro-expansion-points-in-attributes/11455.
Tracking issue - https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/78835.
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