The deriving code has some complex parts involving iterations over
selflike args and also fields within structs and enum variants.
The return types for a few functions demonstrate this:
- `TraitDef::create_{struct_pattern,enum_variant_pattern}` returns a
`(P<ast::Pat>, Vec<(Span, Option<Ident>, P<Expr>)>)`
- `TraitDef::create_struct_field_accesses` returns a `Vec<(Span,
Option<Ident>, P<Expr>)>`.
This results in per-field data stored within per-selflike-arg data, with
lots of repetition within the per-field data elements. This then has to
be "transposed" in two places (`expand_struct_method_body` and
`expand_enum_method_body`) into per-self-like-arg data stored within
per-field data. It's all quite clumsy and confusing.
This commit rearranges things greatly. Data is obtained in the needed
form up-front, avoiding the need for transposition. Also, various
functions are split, removed, and added, to make things clearer and
avoid tuple return values.
The diff is hard to read, which reflects the messiness of the original
code -- there wasn't an easy way to break these changes into small
pieces. (Sorry!) It's a net reduction of 35 lines and a readability
improvement. The generated code is unchanged.
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