# Custom attributes The `Debug` trait supports the following attributes: * **Container attributes** * [`Debug(bound="")`](#custom-bound) * [`Debug="transparent"`](#hiding-newtypes) * **Variant attributes** * [`Debug="transparent"`](#hiding-newtypes) * **Field attributes** * [`Debug(bound="")`](#custom-bound) * [`Debug(format_with="")`](#format-with) * [`Debug="ignore"`](#ignoring-a-field) # Ignoring a field You can use *derivative* to hide fields from a structure or enumeration `Debug` implementation: ```rust #[derive(Derivative)] #[derivative(Debug)] struct Foo { foo: u8, #[derivative(Debug="ignore")] bar: u8, } println!("{:?}", Foo { foo: 42, bar: 1 }); // Foo { foo: 42 } ``` # Hiding newtypes You can use *derivative* to automatically unwrap newtypes and enumeration variants with only one field: ```rust #[derive(Derivative)] #[derivative(Debug="transparent")] struct A(isize); #[derive(Derivative)] #[derivative(Debug)] enum C { Foo(u8), #[derivative(Debug="transparent")] Bar(u8), } println!("{:?}", A(42)); // 42 println!("{:?}", C::Bar(42)); // 42 // But: println!("{:?}", C::Foo(42)); // Foo(42) ``` # Format with You can pass a field to a format function: ```rust #[derive(Derivative)] #[derivative(Debug)] struct Foo { foo: u32, #[derivative(Debug(format_with="path::to::my_fmt_fn"))] bar: SomeTypeThatMightNotBeDebug, } ``` The field `bar` will be displayed with `path::to::my_fmt_fn(&bar, &mut fmt)` where `fmt` is the current [`Formatter`]. The function must the following prototype: ```rust fn fmt(&T, &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> Result<(), std::fmt::Error>; ``` # Custom bound Usually, *derivative* will add a `T: Debug` bound for each type parameter `T` of the current type. If you do not want that, you can specify an explicit bound: * Either on the type. This replaces all bounds: ```rust #[derive(Derivative)] #[derivative(Debug(bound="T: Debug, U:MyDebug")] struct Foo { foo: T, #[derivative(Debug(format_with="MyDebug::my_fmt"))] bar: U, } ``` * Or on a field. This replaces the bound *derivative* guessed for that field. The example below is equivalent to the above: ```rust #[derive(Derivative)] #[derivative(Debug)] struct Foo { foo: T, #[derivative(Debug(format_with="MyDebug::my_fmt", bound="U: MyDebug"))] bar: U, } ``` With `bound=""` it is possible to remove any bound for the type. This is useful if your type contains a `Foo` that is `Debug` even if `T` is not. [`Formatter`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/fmt/struct.Formatter.html