Derive helper alternative

[augustocdias]

So rust is deprecating derive helpers, which mean that eventually the sqlx::Type macro will stop working at some point...

Is there an alternative planned to that already?

[jplatte]

Rust is not deprecating derive helpers. The only thing being deprecated is the usage of them before the usage of the derive macro that "registers" them. That is

#[sqlx(type_name = "foo")]
#[derive(sqlx::Type)]
enum Foo { ... }

will raise a deprecation warning, but

#[derive(sqlx::Type)]
#[sqlx(type_name = "foo")]
enum Foo { ... } 

won't.

[abonander]

I'm still not entirely certain on the impact of this deprecation but it seems that it just doesn't allow the attribute to be declared before the #[derive] attribute that introduces it, which is a style I don't like anyway.

[augustocdias]

Yes you're right. My mistake/misunderstanding.