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[Feature Request] No HelperCoder generated when check compilation condition

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
swift
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported build in a Swift package using the swiftSettings compilation condition and the provided ResponseAttributes and Response declarations. Read the macro and plugin paths that generate ResponseAttributesCoder, then check how they handle declarations inside #if conditions. Done means the conditional example compiles and generates the coder without breaking the working example.

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Description

enhancement

Describe the bug
Below code works well.

working code
@Codable
@CodedAs<String?>
@CodedAt("operation")
protocol ResponseAttributes {}

@Codable
struct Response {
    @CodedIn("data")
    let id: String
    @CodedIn("data")
    let type: String
    @CodedIn("data")
    @CodedBy(ResponseAttributesCoder())
    let attributes: ResponseAttributes
}

@Codable
struct RegistrationAttributes: ResponseAttributes, DynamicCodable {
    static var identifier: DynamicCodableIdentifier<String?> { .one("REGISTRATION") }
    let id: String
    @CodedAt("status-code")
    let statusCode: String
    let operation: String
}
@Codable
struct VerificationAttributes: ResponseAttributes, DynamicCodable {
    static var identifier: DynamicCodableIdentifier<String?> { .one(nil) }
    let id: String
    let operation: String?
    let expiresIn: UInt
    @CodedAt("xxx-token")
    let xxxToken: String
    @CodedAt("yyy-token")
    let yyyToken: String
}

But the ResponseAttributesCoder will be missing if add #if SOME_SWIFT_ACTIVE_COMPILATION_CONDITION.

Xcode say 'Cannot find 'AnonymousAttestationResponseAttributesCoder' in scope'.

failed to work
// Have set the `SOME_SWIFT_ACTIVE_COMPILATION_CONDITION` in `swiftSettings` from `Package.swift`.
#if SOME_SWIFT_ACTIVE_COMPILATION_CONDITION
@Codable
@CodedAs<String?>
@CodedAt("operation")
protocol ResponseAttributes {}

@Codable
struct Response {
    @CodedIn("data")
    let id: String
    @CodedIn("data")
    let type: String
    @CodedIn("data")
    @CodedBy(ResponseAttributesCoder())
    let attributes: ResponseAttributes
}

@Codable
struct RegistrationAttributes: ResponseAttributes, DynamicCodable {
    static var identifier: DynamicCodableIdentifier<String?> { .one("REGISTRATION") }
    let id: String
    @CodedAt("status-code")
    let statusCode: String
    let operation: String
}
@Codable
struct VerificationAttributes: ResponseAttributes, DynamicCodable {
    static var identifier: DynamicCodableIdentifier<String?> { .one(nil) }
    let id: String
    let operation: String?
    let expiresIn: UInt
    @CodedAt("xxx-token")
    let xxxToken: String
    @CodedAt("yyy-token")
    let yyyToken: String
}
#endif

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Create an empty swift package
  2. Add MetaCodable to dependencies
  3. Copy and paste the code above
  4. commnad + B

Expected behavior
Compilation condition check shouldn't fail plugin or macro.

Environment (please complete the following information, remove ones not applicable):

  • OS: macOS
  • Version 13.6.6
  • Xcode 15.2
  • Swift 5.9.2
Dominant language
Swift
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