FP syntax error `expected expression, item or let statement` macro containing attribute

[matthiaskrgr]

The following code

macro_rules! m {
    ($stmt:stmt) => {
        #[allow(unused)]
        $stmt
    };
}

fn main() {
    m!(;);
}

comiled with rustc (cargo check):

    Checking _main v0.1.0 (/tmp/icemaker_global_tempdir.OwdlDUMDeecy/rustc_testrunner_tmpdir.Vw0ReNyollWm/_main)
warning: unnecessary trailing semicolon
 --> src/main.rs:4:9
  |
4 |         $stmt
  |         ^^^^^
...
9 |     m!(;);
  |     ----- in this macro invocation
  |
  = note: `#[warn(redundant_semicolons)]` (part of `#[warn(unused)]`) on by default
  = note: this warning originates in the macro `m` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)

warning: `_main` (bin "_main") generated 1 warning
    Finished `dev` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.06s

but errors were issued by rust-analyzer diagnostics

at crate _main, file /tmp/icemaker_global_tempdir.OwdlDUMDeecy/rustc_testrunner_tmpdir.Vw0ReNyollWm/_main/src/main.rs: Error SyntaxError from LineCol { line: 8, col: 4 } to LineCol { line: 8, col: 5 }: Syntax Error in Expansion: expected expression, item or let statement

diagnostic scan complete


Error: diagnostic error detected

Stack backtrace:
   0: <anyhow::Error>::msg::<&str>
             at /home/matthias/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/anyhow-1.0.102/src/backtrace.rs:10:14
   1: anyhow::__private::format_err
             at /home/matthias/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/anyhow-1.0.102/src/lib.rs:687:13
   2: <rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run_
             at /home/matthias/vcs/github/rust-analyzer/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cli/diagnostics.rs:123:13
   3: <rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}
             at /home/matthias/vcs/github/rust-analyzer/crates/rust-analyzer/src/cli/diagnostics.rs:20:29
   4: <stdx::thread::Builder>::spawn::<<rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#0}
             at /home/matthias/vcs/github/rust-analyzer/crates/stdx/src/thread.rs:74:13
   5: std::sys::backtrace::__rust_begin_short_backtrace::<<stdx::thread::Builder>::spawn<<rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>
             at /home/matthias/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/std/src/sys/backtrace.rs:166:18
   6: std::thread::lifecycle::spawn_unchecked::<<stdx::thread::Builder>::spawn<<rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#1}::{closure#0}
             at /home/matthias/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/std/src/thread/lifecycle.rs:70:13
   7: <core::panic::unwind_safe::AssertUnwindSafe<std::thread::lifecycle::spawn_unchecked<<stdx::thread::Builder>::spawn<<rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#1}::{closure#0}> as core::ops::function::FnOnce<()>>::call_once
             at /home/matthias/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/core/src/panic/unwind_safe.rs:275:9
   8: std::panicking::catch_unwind::do_call::<core::panic::unwind_safe::AssertUnwindSafe<std::thread::lifecycle::spawn_unchecked<<stdx::thread::Builder>::spawn<<rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#1}::{closure#0}>, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>
             at /home/matthias/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/std/src/panicking.rs:576:43
   9: std::panicking::catch_unwind::<core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>, core::panic::unwind_safe::AssertUnwindSafe<std::thread::lifecycle::spawn_unchecked<<stdx::thread::Builder>::spawn<<rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#1}::{closure#0}>>
             at /home/matthias/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/std/src/panicking.rs:544:19
  10: std::panic::catch_unwind::<core::panic::unwind_safe::AssertUnwindSafe<std::thread::lifecycle::spawn_unchecked<<stdx::thread::Builder>::spawn<<rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#1}::{closure#0}>, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>
             at /home/matthias/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/std/src/panic.rs:359:14
  11: std::thread::lifecycle::spawn_unchecked::<<stdx::thread::Builder>::spawn<<rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#1}
             at /home/matthias/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/std/src/thread/lifecycle.rs:68:26
  12: <std::thread::lifecycle::spawn_unchecked<<stdx::thread::Builder>::spawn<<rust_analyzer::cli::flags::Diagnostics>::run::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#0}, core::result::Result<(), anyhow::Error>>::{closure#1} as core::ops::function::FnOnce<()>>::call_once::{shim:vtable#0}
             at /home/matthias/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/src/rust/library/core/src/ops/function.rs:250:5
  13: <alloc::boxed::Box<dyn core::ops::function::FnOnce<(), Output = ()> + core::marker::Send> as core::ops::function::FnOnce<()>>::call_once
             at /rustc/84b36a78a28a63f134171c670be1932ffa2485f8/library/alloc/src/boxed.rs:2318:9
  14: <std::sys::thread::unix::Thread>::new::thread_start
             at /rustc/84b36a78a28a63f134171c670be1932ffa2485f8/library/std/src/sys/thread/unix.rs:123:17
  15: <unknown>
  16: <unknown>

version information

rust-analyzer 0.0.0 (ece721d6cd 2026-08-06)

[matthiaskrgr]

the code expands to this according to the playground:

#![feature(prelude_import)]
extern crate std;
#[prelude_import]
use std::prelude::rust_2024::*;
macro_rules! m { ($stmt:stmt) => { #[allow(unused)] $stmt }; }

fn main() { ; }

[ChayimFriedman2]

Pretty sure this invisible groups striking again, since #[allow(unused)] ; does not compile.