How can I get "Bar" from "Foo::Bar" in rust macro?

Question

Original demand: I want to implement a macro that converts Foo::* to Bar::*.
Pseudo code will look like this:
macro_rules! convert_foo_to_bar {
    ($v: ty, $p: path) => (<$v>::$p.name)
}

// convert_foo_to_bar!(Bar, Foo::A) -> Bar::A

While $p.name refers to A.

Filipe Rodrigues · Accepted Answer

You can match the Foo::A using Foo::$variant:ident to get A as $variant like this:
macro_rules! convert_foo_to_bar {
    ($v: ty, Foo::$variant:ident) => (<$v>::$variant)
}

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If you need to convert a variable, you will need to use a normal function such as this:
fn convert_foo_to_bar(foo: Foo) -> Bar {
  match foo {
    Foo::A => Bar::A,
    Foo::B => Bar::B,
    // .. for all of your variants
  }
}

How can I get "Bar" from "Foo::Bar" in rust macro?

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