Tracking Issue for `macro_named_capture_groups`

[tgross35]

This is a tracking issue for the RFC "Named macro capture groups" (rust-lang/rfcs#3649).
The feature gate for the issue is #![feature(macro_named_capture_groups)].

macro_rules! foo {
    ( $group1( $a:ident ),+ ) => {
        $group1( println!("{}", $a); )+
    }
}

This feature is currently experimental to figure out ideal behavior; an RFC has not yet been accepted.

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Steps

• Lang experiment request https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/213817-t-lang/topic/Lang.20experiment.20for.20named.20macro.20capture.20groups/with/525589974
• Implement the RFC (cc @rust-lang/XXX -- can anyone write up mentoring
  instructions?)
• Adjust documentation (see instructions on rustc-dev-guide)
• Style updates for any new syntax (nightly-style-procedure)
  • Style team decision on new formatting
  • Formatting for new syntax has been added to the Style Guide
  • (non-blocking) Formatting has been implemented in rustfmt
• Stabilization PR (see instructions on rustc-dev-guide)

Unresolved Questions

• What syntax should be used for groups?
  • $group(..) in the capture is nice, but $group(..) in the capture (expand the group) differs from $metavar(..) (expand a metavar followed by a new group) and context is needed to handle this correctly.
  • $'group was proposed to avoid this.
• What syntax should be used for expanding the group in-place?
  • Standalone $group is nice but there is no way to expand the entire group and add parens after ($group (..) is ambiguous "expand group with parens" or "expand entire group, follow it by new parens")
  • $...group was proposed to avoid this.

XXX --- list all the "unresolved questions" found in the RFC to ensure they are
not forgotten

Implementation history