Can a Rust macro create new identifiers?

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If you are using Rust >= 1.31.0 I would recommend using my paste crate which provides a stable way to create concatenated identifiers in a macro.

macro_rules! make_a_struct_and_getters {
    ($name:ident { $($field:ident),* }) => {
        // Define the struct. This expands to:
        //
        //     pub struct S {
        //         a: String,
        //         b: String,
        //         c: String,
        //     }
        pub struct $name {
            $(
                $field: String,
            )*
        }

        paste::item! {
            // An impl block with getters. Stuff in [<...>] is concatenated
            // together as one identifier. This expands to:
            //
            //     impl S {
            //         pub fn get_a(&self) -> &str { &self.a }
            //         pub fn get_b(&self) -> &str { &self.b }
            //         pub fn get_c(&self) -> &str { &self.c }
            //     }
            impl $name {
                $(
                    pub fn [<get_ $field>](&self) -> &str {
                        &self.$field
                    }
                )*
            }
        }
    };
}

make_a_struct_and_getters!(S { a, b, c });

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