Change to attr format?

[smoelius]

In JSON produced by recent versions of rustdoc-types, the attrs look like this:

"#[attr=\"Stability{stability: Stability{level: Unstable{reason: Noneissue:\n127154is_soft: falseimplied_by: }feature: anonymous_pipe}span: }\")]\n"

I think they used to more closely resemble what appears in the source code:

"#[unstable(feature = \"anonymous_pipe\", issue = \"127154\")]"

Can I just confirm the change is intentional?

Not to nit, but the falseimplied_by as one word looks suspicious.

[Enselic]

See rust-lang/rust#137645

Edit to avoid notifying others: Yes.

[smoelius]

Thanks, @Enselic. To be sure I understand, this is an active topic of discussion? Is that the right conclusion?

[aDotInTheVoid]

Can I just confirm the change is intentional?

Yep! See https://github.com/rust-lang/rustdoc-types/blob/trunk/CHANGELOG.md#v0.36.0

this is an active topic of discussion? Is that the right conclusion?

Also yep! See rust-lang/rust#137645 and https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/138063/files#r1981637128 for example

[aDotInTheVoid]

I'm gonna close this as not being a question/tracked elsewhere.

[smoelius]

Thanks, @aDotInTheVoid. I should have thought to check the changelog. 🤦