rustc_expand/mbe/
macro_check.rs

1//! Checks that meta-variables in macro definition are correctly declared and used.
2//!
3//! # What is checked
4//!
5//! ## Meta-variables must not be bound twice
6//!
7//! ```compile_fail
8//! macro_rules! foo { ($x:tt $x:tt) => { $x }; }
9//! ```
10//!
11//! This check is sound (no false-negative) and complete (no false-positive).
12//!
13//! ## Meta-variables must not be free
14//!
15//! ```
16//! macro_rules! foo { () => { $x }; }
17//! ```
18//!
19//! This check is also done at macro instantiation but only if the branch is taken.
20//!
21//! ## Meta-variables must repeat at least as many times as their binder
22//!
23//! ```
24//! macro_rules! foo { ($($x:tt)*) => { $x }; }
25//! ```
26//!
27//! This check is also done at macro instantiation but only if the branch is taken.
28//!
29//! ## Meta-variables must repeat with the same Kleene operators as their binder
30//!
31//! ```
32//! macro_rules! foo { ($($x:tt)+) => { $($x)* }; }
33//! ```
34//!
35//! This check is not done at macro instantiation.
36//!
37//! # Disclaimer
38//!
39//! In the presence of nested macros (a macro defined in a macro), those checks may have false
40//! positives and false negatives. We try to detect those cases by recognizing potential macro
41//! definitions in RHSes, but nested macros may be hidden through the use of particular values of
42//! meta-variables.
43//!
44//! ## Examples of false positive
45//!
46//! False positives can come from cases where we don't recognize a nested macro, because it depends
47//! on particular values of meta-variables. In the following example, we think both instances of
48//! `$x` are free, which is a correct statement if `$name` is anything but `macro_rules`. But when
49//! `$name` is `macro_rules`, like in the instantiation below, then `$x:tt` is actually a binder of
50//! the nested macro and `$x` is bound to it.
51//!
52//! ```
53//! macro_rules! foo { ($name:ident) => { $name! bar { ($x:tt) => { $x }; } }; }
54//! foo!(macro_rules);
55//! ```
56//!
57//! False positives can also come from cases where we think there is a nested macro while there
58//! isn't. In the following example, we think `$x` is free, which is incorrect because `bar` is not
59//! a nested macro since it is not evaluated as code by `stringify!`.
60//!
61//! ```
62//! macro_rules! foo { () => { stringify!(macro_rules! bar { () => { $x }; }) }; }
63//! ```
64//!
65//! ## Examples of false negative
66//!
67//! False negatives can come from cases where we don't recognize a meta-variable, because it depends
68//! on particular values of meta-variables. In the following examples, we don't see that if `$d` is
69//! instantiated with `$` then `$d z` becomes `$z` in the nested macro definition and is thus a free
70//! meta-variable. Note however, that if `foo` is instantiated, then we would check the definition
71//! of `bar` and would see the issue.
72//!
73//! ```
74//! macro_rules! foo { ($d:tt) => { macro_rules! bar { ($y:tt) => { $d z }; } }; }
75//! ```
76//!
77//! # How it is checked
78//!
79//! There are 3 main functions: `check_binders`, `check_occurrences`, and `check_nested_macro`. They
80//! all need some kind of environment.
81//!
82//! ## Environments
83//!
84//! Environments are used to pass information.
85//!
86//! ### From LHS to RHS
87//!
88//! When checking a LHS with `check_binders`, we produce (and use) an environment for binders,
89//! namely `Binders`. This is a mapping from binder name to information about that binder: the span
90//! of the binder for error messages and the stack of Kleene operators under which it was bound in
91//! the LHS.
92//!
93//! This environment is used by both the LHS and RHS. The LHS uses it to detect duplicate binders.
94//! The RHS uses it to detect the other errors.
95//!
96//! ### From outer macro to inner macro
97//!
98//! When checking the RHS of an outer macro and we detect a nested macro definition, we push the
99//! current state, namely `MacroState`, to an environment of nested macro definitions. Each state
100//! stores the LHS binders when entering the macro definition as well as the stack of Kleene
101//! operators under which the inner macro is defined in the RHS.
102//!
103//! This environment is a stack representing the nesting of macro definitions. As such, the stack of
104//! Kleene operators under which a meta-variable is repeating is the concatenation of the stacks
105//! stored when entering a macro definition starting from the state in which the meta-variable is
106//! bound.
107
108use rustc_ast::token::{Delimiter, IdentIsRaw, Token, TokenKind};
109use rustc_ast::{DUMMY_NODE_ID, NodeId};
110use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashMap;
111use rustc_errors::MultiSpan;
112use rustc_lint_defs::BuiltinLintDiag;
113use rustc_session::lint::builtin::META_VARIABLE_MISUSE;
114use rustc_session::parse::ParseSess;
115use rustc_span::{ErrorGuaranteed, MacroRulesNormalizedIdent, Span, kw};
116use smallvec::SmallVec;
117
118use crate::errors;
119use crate::mbe::{KleeneToken, TokenTree};
120
121/// Stack represented as linked list.
122///
123/// Those are used for environments because they grow incrementally and are not mutable.
124enum Stack<'a, T> {
125    /// Empty stack.
126    Empty,
127    /// A non-empty stack.
128    Push {
129        /// The top element.
130        top: T,
131        /// The previous elements.
132        prev: &'a Stack<'a, T>,
133    },
134}
135
136impl<'a, T> Stack<'a, T> {
137    /// Returns whether a stack is empty.
138    fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
139        matches!(*self, Stack::Empty)
140    }
141
142    /// Returns a new stack with an element of top.
143    fn push(&'a self, top: T) -> Stack<'a, T> {
144        Stack::Push { top, prev: self }
145    }
146}
147
148impl<'a, T> Iterator for &'a Stack<'a, T> {
149    type Item = &'a T;
150
151    // Iterates from top to bottom of the stack.
152    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<&'a T> {
153        match self {
154            Stack::Empty => None,
155            Stack::Push { top, prev } => {
156                *self = prev;
157                Some(top)
158            }
159        }
160    }
161}
162
163impl From<&Stack<'_, KleeneToken>> for SmallVec<[KleeneToken; 1]> {
164    fn from(ops: &Stack<'_, KleeneToken>) -> SmallVec<[KleeneToken; 1]> {
165        let mut ops: SmallVec<[KleeneToken; 1]> = ops.cloned().collect();
166        // The stack is innermost on top. We want outermost first.
167        ops.reverse();
168        ops
169    }
170}
171
172/// Information attached to a meta-variable binder in LHS.
173struct BinderInfo {
174    /// The span of the meta-variable in LHS.
175    span: Span,
176    /// The stack of Kleene operators (outermost first).
177    ops: SmallVec<[KleeneToken; 1]>,
178}
179
180/// An environment of meta-variables to their binder information.
181type Binders = FxHashMap<MacroRulesNormalizedIdent, BinderInfo>;
182
183/// The state at which we entered a macro definition in the RHS of another macro definition.
184struct MacroState<'a> {
185    /// The binders of the branch where we entered the macro definition.
186    binders: &'a Binders,
187    /// The stack of Kleene operators (outermost first) where we entered the macro definition.
188    ops: SmallVec<[KleeneToken; 1]>,
189}
190
191/// Checks that meta-variables are used correctly in one rule of a macro definition.
192///
193/// Arguments:
194/// - `psess` is used to emit diagnostics and lints
195/// - `node_id` is used to emit lints
196/// - `args`, `lhs`, and `rhs` represent the rule
197pub(super) fn check_meta_variables(
198    psess: &ParseSess,
199    node_id: NodeId,
200    args: Option<&TokenTree>,
201    lhs: &TokenTree,
202    rhs: &TokenTree,
203) -> Result<(), ErrorGuaranteed> {
204    let mut guar = None;
205    let mut binders = Binders::default();
206    if let Some(args) = args {
207        check_binders(psess, node_id, args, &Stack::Empty, &mut binders, &Stack::Empty, &mut guar);
208    }
209    check_binders(psess, node_id, lhs, &Stack::Empty, &mut binders, &Stack::Empty, &mut guar);
210    check_occurrences(psess, node_id, rhs, &Stack::Empty, &binders, &Stack::Empty, &mut guar);
211    guar.map_or(Ok(()), Err)
212}
213
214/// Checks `lhs` as part of the LHS of a macro definition, extends `binders` with new binders, and
215/// sets `valid` to false in case of errors.
216///
217/// Arguments:
218/// - `psess` is used to emit diagnostics and lints
219/// - `node_id` is used to emit lints
220/// - `lhs` is checked as part of a LHS
221/// - `macros` is the stack of possible outer macros
222/// - `binders` contains the binders of the LHS
223/// - `ops` is the stack of Kleene operators from the LHS
224/// - `guar` is set in case of errors
225fn check_binders(
226    psess: &ParseSess,
227    node_id: NodeId,
228    lhs: &TokenTree,
229    macros: &Stack<'_, MacroState<'_>>,
230    binders: &mut Binders,
231    ops: &Stack<'_, KleeneToken>,
232    guar: &mut Option<ErrorGuaranteed>,
233) {
234    match *lhs {
235        TokenTree::Token(..) => {}
236        // This can only happen when checking a nested macro because this LHS is then in the RHS of
237        // the outer macro. See ui/macros/macro-of-higher-order.rs where $y:$fragment in the
238        // LHS of the nested macro (and RHS of the outer macro) is parsed as MetaVar(y) Colon
239        // MetaVar(fragment) and not as MetaVarDecl(y, fragment).
240        TokenTree::MetaVar(span, name) => {
241            if macros.is_empty() {
242                psess.dcx().span_bug(span, "unexpected MetaVar in lhs");
243            }
244            let name = MacroRulesNormalizedIdent::new(name);
245            // There are 3 possibilities:
246            if let Some(prev_info) = binders.get(&name) {
247                // 1. The meta-variable is already bound in the current LHS: This is an error.
248                let mut span = MultiSpan::from_span(span);
249                span.push_span_label(prev_info.span, "previous declaration");
250                buffer_lint(psess, span, node_id, BuiltinLintDiag::DuplicateMatcherBinding);
251            } else if get_binder_info(macros, binders, name).is_none() {
252                // 2. The meta-variable is free: This is a binder.
253                binders.insert(name, BinderInfo { span, ops: ops.into() });
254            } else {
255                // 3. The meta-variable is bound: This is an occurrence.
256                check_occurrences(psess, node_id, lhs, macros, binders, ops, guar);
257            }
258        }
259        // Similarly, this can only happen when checking a toplevel macro.
260        TokenTree::MetaVarDecl { span, name, .. } => {
261            if !macros.is_empty() {
262                psess.dcx().span_bug(span, "unexpected MetaVarDecl in nested lhs");
263            }
264            let name = MacroRulesNormalizedIdent::new(name);
265            if let Some(prev_info) = get_binder_info(macros, binders, name) {
266                // Duplicate binders at the top-level macro definition are errors. The lint is only
267                // for nested macro definitions.
268                *guar = Some(
269                    psess
270                        .dcx()
271                        .emit_err(errors::DuplicateMatcherBinding { span, prev: prev_info.span }),
272                );
273            } else {
274                binders.insert(name, BinderInfo { span, ops: ops.into() });
275            }
276        }
277        // `MetaVarExpr` can not appear in the LHS of a macro arm
278        TokenTree::MetaVarExpr(..) => {}
279        TokenTree::Delimited(.., ref del) => {
280            for tt in &del.tts {
281                check_binders(psess, node_id, tt, macros, binders, ops, guar);
282            }
283        }
284        TokenTree::Sequence(_, ref seq) => {
285            let ops = ops.push(seq.kleene);
286            for tt in &seq.tts {
287                check_binders(psess, node_id, tt, macros, binders, &ops, guar);
288            }
289        }
290    }
291}
292
293/// Returns the binder information of a meta-variable.
294///
295/// Arguments:
296/// - `macros` is the stack of possible outer macros
297/// - `binders` contains the current binders
298/// - `name` is the name of the meta-variable we are looking for
299fn get_binder_info<'a>(
300    mut macros: &'a Stack<'a, MacroState<'a>>,
301    binders: &'a Binders,
302    name: MacroRulesNormalizedIdent,
303) -> Option<&'a BinderInfo> {
304    binders.get(&name).or_else(|| macros.find_map(|state| state.binders.get(&name)))
305}
306
307/// Checks `rhs` as part of the RHS of a macro definition and sets `valid` to false in case of
308/// errors.
309///
310/// Arguments:
311/// - `psess` is used to emit diagnostics and lints
312/// - `node_id` is used to emit lints
313/// - `rhs` is checked as part of a RHS
314/// - `macros` is the stack of possible outer macros
315/// - `binders` contains the binders of the associated LHS
316/// - `ops` is the stack of Kleene operators from the RHS
317/// - `guar` is set in case of errors
318fn check_occurrences(
319    psess: &ParseSess,
320    node_id: NodeId,
321    rhs: &TokenTree,
322    macros: &Stack<'_, MacroState<'_>>,
323    binders: &Binders,
324    ops: &Stack<'_, KleeneToken>,
325    guar: &mut Option<ErrorGuaranteed>,
326) {
327    match *rhs {
328        TokenTree::Token(..) => {}
329        TokenTree::MetaVarDecl { span, .. } => {
330            psess.dcx().span_bug(span, "unexpected MetaVarDecl in rhs")
331        }
332        TokenTree::MetaVar(span, name) => {
333            let name = MacroRulesNormalizedIdent::new(name);
334            check_ops_is_prefix(psess, node_id, macros, binders, ops, span, name);
335        }
336        TokenTree::MetaVarExpr(dl, ref mve) => {
337            mve.for_each_metavar((), |_, ident| {
338                let name = MacroRulesNormalizedIdent::new(*ident);
339                check_ops_is_prefix(psess, node_id, macros, binders, ops, dl.entire(), name);
340            });
341        }
342        TokenTree::Delimited(.., ref del) => {
343            check_nested_occurrences(psess, node_id, &del.tts, macros, binders, ops, guar);
344        }
345        TokenTree::Sequence(_, ref seq) => {
346            let ops = ops.push(seq.kleene);
347            check_nested_occurrences(psess, node_id, &seq.tts, macros, binders, &ops, guar);
348        }
349    }
350}
351
352/// Represents the processed prefix of a nested macro.
353#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
354enum NestedMacroState {
355    /// Nothing that matches a nested macro definition was processed yet.
356    Empty,
357    /// The token `macro_rules` was processed.
358    MacroRules,
359    /// The tokens `macro_rules!` were processed.
360    MacroRulesBang,
361    /// The tokens `macro_rules!` followed by a name were processed. The name may be either directly
362    /// an identifier or a meta-variable (that hopefully would be instantiated by an identifier).
363    MacroRulesBangName,
364    /// The keyword `macro` was processed.
365    Macro,
366    /// The keyword `macro` followed by a name was processed.
367    MacroName,
368    /// The keyword `macro` followed by a name and a token delimited by parentheses was processed.
369    MacroNameParen,
370}
371
372/// Checks `tts` as part of the RHS of a macro definition, tries to recognize nested macro
373/// definitions, and sets `valid` to false in case of errors.
374///
375/// Arguments:
376/// - `psess` is used to emit diagnostics and lints
377/// - `node_id` is used to emit lints
378/// - `tts` is checked as part of a RHS and may contain macro definitions
379/// - `macros` is the stack of possible outer macros
380/// - `binders` contains the binders of the associated LHS
381/// - `ops` is the stack of Kleene operators from the RHS
382/// - `guar` is set in case of errors
383fn check_nested_occurrences(
384    psess: &ParseSess,
385    node_id: NodeId,
386    tts: &[TokenTree],
387    macros: &Stack<'_, MacroState<'_>>,
388    binders: &Binders,
389    ops: &Stack<'_, KleeneToken>,
390    guar: &mut Option<ErrorGuaranteed>,
391) {
392    let mut state = NestedMacroState::Empty;
393    let nested_macros = macros.push(MacroState { binders, ops: ops.into() });
394    let mut nested_binders = Binders::default();
395    for tt in tts {
396        match (state, tt) {
397            (
398                NestedMacroState::Empty,
399                &TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: TokenKind::Ident(name, IdentIsRaw::No), .. }),
400            ) => {
401                if name == kw::MacroRules {
402                    state = NestedMacroState::MacroRules;
403                } else if name == kw::Macro {
404                    state = NestedMacroState::Macro;
405                }
406            }
407            (
408                NestedMacroState::MacroRules,
409                &TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: TokenKind::Bang, .. }),
410            ) => {
411                state = NestedMacroState::MacroRulesBang;
412            }
413            (
414                NestedMacroState::MacroRulesBang,
415                &TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: TokenKind::Ident(..), .. }),
416            ) => {
417                state = NestedMacroState::MacroRulesBangName;
418            }
419            (NestedMacroState::MacroRulesBang, &TokenTree::MetaVar(..)) => {
420                state = NestedMacroState::MacroRulesBangName;
421                // We check that the meta-variable is correctly used.
422                check_occurrences(psess, node_id, tt, macros, binders, ops, guar);
423            }
424            (NestedMacroState::MacroRulesBangName, TokenTree::Delimited(.., del))
425            | (NestedMacroState::MacroName, TokenTree::Delimited(.., del))
426                if del.delim == Delimiter::Brace =>
427            {
428                let macro_rules = state == NestedMacroState::MacroRulesBangName;
429                state = NestedMacroState::Empty;
430                let rest =
431                    check_nested_macro(psess, node_id, macro_rules, &del.tts, &nested_macros, guar);
432                // If we did not check the whole macro definition, then check the rest as if outside
433                // the macro definition.
434                check_nested_occurrences(
435                    psess,
436                    node_id,
437                    &del.tts[rest..],
438                    macros,
439                    binders,
440                    ops,
441                    guar,
442                );
443            }
444            (
445                NestedMacroState::Macro,
446                &TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: TokenKind::Ident(..), .. }),
447            ) => {
448                state = NestedMacroState::MacroName;
449            }
450            (NestedMacroState::Macro, &TokenTree::MetaVar(..)) => {
451                state = NestedMacroState::MacroName;
452                // We check that the meta-variable is correctly used.
453                check_occurrences(psess, node_id, tt, macros, binders, ops, guar);
454            }
455            (NestedMacroState::MacroName, TokenTree::Delimited(.., del))
456                if del.delim == Delimiter::Parenthesis =>
457            {
458                state = NestedMacroState::MacroNameParen;
459                nested_binders = Binders::default();
460                check_binders(
461                    psess,
462                    node_id,
463                    tt,
464                    &nested_macros,
465                    &mut nested_binders,
466                    &Stack::Empty,
467                    guar,
468                );
469            }
470            (NestedMacroState::MacroNameParen, TokenTree::Delimited(.., del))
471                if del.delim == Delimiter::Brace =>
472            {
473                state = NestedMacroState::Empty;
474                check_occurrences(
475                    psess,
476                    node_id,
477                    tt,
478                    &nested_macros,
479                    &nested_binders,
480                    &Stack::Empty,
481                    guar,
482                );
483            }
484            (_, tt) => {
485                state = NestedMacroState::Empty;
486                check_occurrences(psess, node_id, tt, macros, binders, ops, guar);
487            }
488        }
489    }
490}
491
492/// Checks the body of nested macro, returns where the check stopped, and sets `valid` to false in
493/// case of errors.
494///
495/// The token trees are checked as long as they look like a list of (LHS) => {RHS} token trees. This
496/// check is a best-effort to detect a macro definition. It returns the position in `tts` where we
497/// stopped checking because we detected we were not in a macro definition anymore.
498///
499/// Arguments:
500/// - `psess` is used to emit diagnostics and lints
501/// - `node_id` is used to emit lints
502/// - `macro_rules` specifies whether the macro is `macro_rules`
503/// - `tts` is checked as a list of (LHS) => {RHS}
504/// - `macros` is the stack of outer macros
505/// - `guar` is set in case of errors
506fn check_nested_macro(
507    psess: &ParseSess,
508    node_id: NodeId,
509    macro_rules: bool,
510    tts: &[TokenTree],
511    macros: &Stack<'_, MacroState<'_>>,
512    guar: &mut Option<ErrorGuaranteed>,
513) -> usize {
514    let n = tts.len();
515    let mut i = 0;
516    let separator = if macro_rules { TokenKind::Semi } else { TokenKind::Comma };
517    loop {
518        // We expect 3 token trees: `(LHS) => {RHS}`. The separator is checked after.
519        if i + 2 >= n
520            || !tts[i].is_delimited()
521            || !tts[i + 1].is_token(&TokenKind::FatArrow)
522            || !tts[i + 2].is_delimited()
523        {
524            break;
525        }
526        let lhs = &tts[i];
527        let rhs = &tts[i + 2];
528        let mut binders = Binders::default();
529        check_binders(psess, node_id, lhs, macros, &mut binders, &Stack::Empty, guar);
530        check_occurrences(psess, node_id, rhs, macros, &binders, &Stack::Empty, guar);
531        // Since the last semicolon is optional for `macro_rules` macros and decl_macro are not terminated,
532        // we increment our checked position by how many token trees we already checked (the 3
533        // above) before checking for the separator.
534        i += 3;
535        if i == n || !tts[i].is_token(&separator) {
536            break;
537        }
538        // We increment our checked position for the semicolon.
539        i += 1;
540    }
541    i
542}
543
544/// Checks that a meta-variable occurrence is valid.
545///
546/// Arguments:
547/// - `psess` is used to emit diagnostics and lints
548/// - `node_id` is used to emit lints
549/// - `macros` is the stack of possible outer macros
550/// - `binders` contains the binders of the associated LHS
551/// - `ops` is the stack of Kleene operators from the RHS
552/// - `span` is the span of the meta-variable to check
553/// - `name` is the name of the meta-variable to check
554fn check_ops_is_prefix(
555    psess: &ParseSess,
556    node_id: NodeId,
557    macros: &Stack<'_, MacroState<'_>>,
558    binders: &Binders,
559    ops: &Stack<'_, KleeneToken>,
560    span: Span,
561    name: MacroRulesNormalizedIdent,
562) {
563    let macros = macros.push(MacroState { binders, ops: ops.into() });
564    // Accumulates the stacks the operators of each state until (and including when) the
565    // meta-variable is found. The innermost stack is first.
566    let mut acc: SmallVec<[&SmallVec<[KleeneToken; 1]>; 1]> = SmallVec::new();
567    for state in &macros {
568        acc.push(&state.ops);
569        if let Some(binder) = state.binders.get(&name) {
570            // This variable concatenates the stack of operators from the RHS of the LHS where the
571            // meta-variable was defined to where it is used (in possibly nested macros). The
572            // outermost operator is first.
573            let mut occurrence_ops: SmallVec<[KleeneToken; 2]> = SmallVec::new();
574            // We need to iterate from the end to start with outermost stack.
575            for ops in acc.iter().rev() {
576                occurrence_ops.extend_from_slice(ops);
577            }
578            ops_is_prefix(psess, node_id, span, name, &binder.ops, &occurrence_ops);
579            return;
580        }
581    }
582    buffer_lint(psess, span.into(), node_id, BuiltinLintDiag::UnknownMacroVariable(name));
583}
584
585/// Returns whether `binder_ops` is a prefix of `occurrence_ops`.
586///
587/// The stack of Kleene operators of a meta-variable occurrence just needs to have the stack of
588/// Kleene operators of its binder as a prefix.
589///
590/// Consider $i in the following example:
591/// ```ignore (illustrative)
592/// ( $( $i:ident = $($j:ident),+ );* ) => { $($( $i += $j; )+)* }
593/// ```
594/// It occurs under the Kleene stack ["*", "+"] and is bound under ["*"] only.
595///
596/// Arguments:
597/// - `psess` is used to emit diagnostics and lints
598/// - `node_id` is used to emit lints
599/// - `span` is the span of the meta-variable being check
600/// - `name` is the name of the meta-variable being check
601/// - `binder_ops` is the stack of Kleene operators for the binder
602/// - `occurrence_ops` is the stack of Kleene operators for the occurrence
603fn ops_is_prefix(
604    psess: &ParseSess,
605    node_id: NodeId,
606    span: Span,
607    name: MacroRulesNormalizedIdent,
608    binder_ops: &[KleeneToken],
609    occurrence_ops: &[KleeneToken],
610) {
611    for (i, binder) in binder_ops.iter().enumerate() {
612        if i >= occurrence_ops.len() {
613            let mut span = MultiSpan::from_span(span);
614            span.push_span_label(binder.span, "expected repetition");
615            buffer_lint(psess, span, node_id, BuiltinLintDiag::MetaVariableStillRepeating(name));
616            return;
617        }
618        let occurrence = &occurrence_ops[i];
619        if occurrence.op != binder.op {
620            let mut span = MultiSpan::from_span(span);
621            span.push_span_label(binder.span, "expected repetition");
622            span.push_span_label(occurrence.span, "conflicting repetition");
623            buffer_lint(psess, span, node_id, BuiltinLintDiag::MetaVariableWrongOperator);
624            return;
625        }
626    }
627}
628
629fn buffer_lint(psess: &ParseSess, span: MultiSpan, node_id: NodeId, diag: BuiltinLintDiag) {
630    // Macros loaded from other crates have dummy node ids.
631    if node_id != DUMMY_NODE_ID {
632        psess.buffer_lint(META_VARIABLE_MISUSE, span, node_id, diag);
633    }
634}