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<p>Syntax is copied from the <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.78.0/alloc/macro.format.html"title="macro alloc::format"><code>format!</code></a> macro, supporting both positional and
<p>Unlike <code>format!</code>, this macro uses the <ahref="trait.IdentFragment.html"title="trait quote::IdentFragment"><code>IdentFragment</code></a> formatting trait by
default. This trait is like <code>Display</code>, with a few differences:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>IdentFragment</code> is only implemented for a limited set of types, such as
unsigned integers and strings.</li>
<li><ahref="../proc_macro2/struct.Ident.html"title="struct proc_macro2::Ident"><code>Ident</code></a> arguments will have their <code>r#</code> prefixes stripped, if present.</li>
<p>The <ahref="../proc_macro2/struct.Span.html"title="struct proc_macro2::Span"><code>Span</code></a> of the first <code>Ident</code> argument is used as the span of the final
identifier, falling back to <ahref="../proc_macro2/struct.Span.html#method.call_site"title="associated function proc_macro2::Span::call_site"><code>Span::call_site</code></a> when no identifiers are
provided.</p>
<divclass="example-wrap"><preclass="rust rust-example-rendered"><code><spanclass="comment">// If `ident` is an Ident, the span of `my_ident` will be inherited from it.