Rust 1.25.0

# Macros

There is a new edition of the book and this is an old link.

> While functions and types abstract over code, macros abstract at a syntactic level.

    macro_rules! five_times {
        ($x:expr) => (5 * $x);
    }

    fn main() {
        assert_eq!(25, five_times!(2 + 3));
    }Run

This chapter does not exist yet in the second edition. You can check out other resources that describe macros.

- Rust By Example: Macros
- In the Rust Reference: Ch 3.1 — Macros by Example
- In the second edition: (future) Appendix D — Macros
- In the first edition: Ch 3.34 — Macros