Incorporate Doug’s macro examples in swift-syntax/Examples

[ahoppen]

https://github.com/DougGregor/swift-macro-examples is a great collection of macros. We should move them to the Examples folder in swift-syntax to give them more exposure and make sure they build with recent swift-syntax versions.

[Matejkob]

Love it! 🚀💙

[Matejkob]

Just to make sure: our goal is not only to add a link to those examples but literally move the whole code and adjust it to global standards, isn't it?

[kimdv]

I think it's moving the code.
If they are inside the Examples we actually try to compile it. Ensures that they work too, if we change things

Do you want this task, I can assign it to you 🙌

[Matejkob]

On one hand, I've been experimenting with Swift macros quite a bit, and I have a few ideas on how to standardize building macros and so forth. However, I don't want to be overly ambitious and take on too many tasks for myself. 😅

[kimdv]

It's just moving them from Doug's repo to this one 😁

[Matejkob]

How about we take it a step further? I've noticed some unresolved issues and PRs on Doug's repo. It might be a good idea to not only transfer the code but also undertake a slight refactor. This way, we ensure everything is not only in one place but also optimized, clear, and up-to-date with the project's standards. I believe this could provide even more value to our community. What do you think? 😅

[kimdv]

Defiantly it could do that!

I'll assign you if you are up to it?

[ahoppen]

Improving those examples would be a great task as well. I would prefer to do it in two different steps, though: First, just copy the examples and make sure they build inside the examples folder. We can then discuss improvements to them in follow-up PRs.

[Matejkob]

In that case, maybe someone else might be interested in resolving the issue. If no one takes it up by the time I finish all the issues currently assigned to me, I'll grab this one.

[ahoppen]

Tracked in Apple’s issue tracker as rdar://113567655

[Matejkob]

I'm on it :>