A proc macro to insert appropriate flame::start_guard(_) calls (for use with flame)

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This proc macro requires Rust 1.30. Because flamer is a proc macro attribute, it uses APIs stabilized in Rust 1.30.

Usage:

In your Cargo.toml add flame and flamer to your dependencies:

toml [dependencies] flame = "0.2.2" flamer = "0.3"

Then in your crate root, add the following:

```rust extern crate flame;

[macro_use] extern crate flamer;

[flame]

// The item to apply flame to goes here. ```

Unfortunately, currently stable Rust doesn't allow custom attributes on modules. To use #[flame] on modules you need a nightly Rust with #![feature(proc_macro_hygiene)] in the crate root (related issue):

```rust

![feature(procmacrohygiene)]

extern crate flame;

[macro_use] extern crate flamer;

[flame]

mod flamed_module { .. } ```

You may also opt for an optional dependency. In that case your Cargo.toml should have:

```toml [dependencies] flame = { version = "0.2.2", optional = true } flamer = { version = "0.3", optional = true }

[features] default = [] flame_it = ["flame", "flamer"] ```

And your crate root should contain:

```rust

[cfg(feature = "flame_it")]

extern crate flame;

[cfg(feature = "flame_it")]

[macro_use] extern crate flamer;

// as well as the following instead of #[flame]

[cfgattr(feature = "flameit", flame)]

// The item to apply flame to goes here. ```

For nightly module support, also add #![cfg_attr(feature = "flame_it", feature(proc_macro_hygiene))] in the crate root:

```rust

![cfgattr(feature = "flameit", feature(procmacrohygiene))]

[cfg(feature = "flame_it")]

extern crate flame;

[cfg(feature = "flame_it")]

[macro_use] extern crate flamer;

// as well as the following instead of #[flame]

[cfgattr(feature = "flameit", flame)]

mod flamed_module { .. } ```

You should then be able to annotate every item (alas, currently not the whole crate; see the custom inner attribute issue for more details) with #[flame] annotations. You can also use #[noflame] annotations to disable instrumentations for subitems of #[flame]d items. Note that this only instruments the annotated methods, it does not print out the results.

The flame annotation can also take an optional parameter specifying a string to prefix to enclosed method names. This is especially useful when annotating multiple methods with the same name, but in different modules.

```rust

[flame("prefix")]

fn methodname() { //The corresponding block on the flamegraph will be named "prefix::methodname" } ```

Refer to flame's documentation to see how output works.

License: Apache 2.0