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//
// This source file is part of the Swift.org open source project
//
// Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017 Apple Inc. and the Swift project authors
// Licensed under Apache License v2.0 with Runtime Library Exception
//
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#if compiler(>=5.8) && hasAttribute(freestanding)
/// Specifies the module and type name for an externally-defined macro, which
/// must conform to the appropriate set of `Macro` protocols.
///
/// This macro can only be used to define other macros. For example:
///
/// macro stringify<T>(_ value: T) -> (T, String) =
/// #externalMacro(module: "ExampleMacros", type :"StringifyMacro")
///
/// Use of this macro in any other context is an error.
@freestanding(expression)
public macro externalMacro<T>(module: String, type: String) -> T =
Builtin.ExternalMacro
#endif