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Document the fact that the hex_color macro is not const (emilk#5169)
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It cannot be made const with the current version of Rust, and that is
counterintuitive since it does compile-time checks, so we make that
clear in the documentation. It might be possible to make it const once
MSRV is bumped to 1.82.

* See <emilk#5160>
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YgorSouza authored and hacknus committed Oct 30, 2024
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28 changes: 27 additions & 1 deletion crates/ecolor/src/hex_color_macro.rs
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/// Construct a [`crate::Color32`] from a hex RGB or RGBA string.
/// Construct a [`crate::Color32`] from a hex RGB or RGBA string literal.
///
/// Requires the "color-hex" feature.
///
/// The string is checked at compile time. If the format is invalid, compilation fails. The valid
/// format is the one described in <https://drafts.csswg.org/css-color-4/#hex-color>. Only 6 (RGB) or 8 (RGBA)
/// digits are supported, and the leading `#` character is optional.
///
/// Note that despite being checked at compile-time, this macro is not usable in `const` contexts
/// because creating the [`crate::Color32`] instance requires floating-point arithmetic.
///
/// See also [`crate::Color32::from_hex`] and [`crate::Color32::to_hex`].
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// # use ecolor::{hex_color, Color32};
/// assert_eq!(hex_color!("#202122"), Color32::from_hex("#202122").unwrap());
/// assert_eq!(hex_color!("#202122"), Color32::from_rgb(0x20, 0x21, 0x22));
/// assert_eq!(hex_color!("#202122"), hex_color!("202122"));
/// assert_eq!(hex_color!("#abcdef12"), Color32::from_rgba_unmultiplied(0xab, 0xcd, 0xef, 0x12));
/// ```
///
/// If the literal string has the wrong format, the code does not compile.
///
/// ```compile_fail
/// let _ = ecolor::hex_color!("#abc");
/// ```
///
/// ```compile_fail
/// let _ = ecolor::hex_color!("#20212x");
/// ```
///
/// The macro cannot be used in a `const` context.
///
/// ```compile_fail
/// const COLOR: ecolor::Color32 = ecolor::hex_color!("#202122");
/// ```
#[macro_export]
macro_rules! hex_color {
($s:literal) => {{
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions crates/ecolor/src/hex_color_runtime.rs
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/// Supports the 3, 4, 6, and 8-digit formats, according to the specification in
/// <https://drafts.csswg.org/css-color-4/#hex-color>
///
/// To parse hex colors at compile-time (e.g. for use in `const` contexts)
/// use the macro [`crate::hex_color!`] instead.
/// To parse hex colors from string literals with compile-time checking, use the macro
/// [`crate::hex_color!`] instead.
///
/// # Example
/// ```rust
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