DLR-FT/wasm-interpreter

decide on whether we tolerate macros in the code

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#138 opened on Mar 14, 2025

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There are a handful of macro_rules in the source. It is unclear whether macro_rules pose a problem to certification. Therefore, as a minimum requirement, each use of macro_rules should be trivial to be replaced by manually expanded code. Trivial meaning both trivial in amount of thinking for the expansion, and time consumed to do so (e.g. less than 10 minutes).

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Research direction
Investigate the usage of macro rules in the codebase and assess whether each macro can be trivially expanded manually. Document the findings and propose a policy.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
compilerstooling
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Research
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2
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1-3 hours
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Fresh
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Clear
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Rust
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60