Shorthand for multiple-level nestedness via dot paths

[disbolog]

Hi, I am using your crate extensively, a very nice one.

I was wondering if you could extend it to allow for shorthand notation to allow define structs via multiple subsequent dot-separated members, like this:

struct SomeStruct {
    some.nested.member.field: String,
}

which would expand to something like

struct SomeStruct {
    some: NestedStruct,
}

struct NestedStruct {
    member: FieldStruct,
}

struct FieldStruct {
    field: String,
}

I see how this idea might be half-baked, but would be nice if you could consider it.

Thanks in advance.

[ZibanPirate]

hey @disbolog I'm glad you're finding this useful!

This idea is interesting, and sure thing we can experiment with it, how about putting it behind a feature flag? that way you can use it, but also won't incur overhead for generic users, as this seem to be a bit niche use case maybe?

also, i would like to understand a bit more how you're using it, the example you provided is good at describing the "how" but may not reflect the "why", are there cases that you can list if possible? and what would they look like if this feature wasn't available