format_description!() { /* proc-macro */ }
Available on crate feature macros and (crate features formatting or parsing) only.
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Equivalent of performing format_description::parse() at compile time.

Using the macro instead of the function results in a static slice rather than a [Vec], such that it can be used in #![no_alloc] situations.

The resulting expression can be used in const or static declarations, and implements the sealed traits required for both formatting and parsing.

assert_eq!(
    format_description!("[hour]:[minute]:[second]"),
    format_description::parse("[hour]:[minute]:[second]")?
);
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The syntax accepted by this macro is the same as format_description::parse(), which can be found in the book.