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A few tweaks to macro docs #5816

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Expand Up @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ description: Learn about the experimental macros feature as it develops.
***currently under development*** which adds support for
[static meta-programming][motivation] to the Dart language.

A Dart macro is a user-defineable piece of code that takes in other code as parameters
A Dart macro is a user-definable piece of code that takes in other code as parameters
and operates on it in real-time to create, modify, or add declarations.

You can think about the macro system in two parts: using macros and writing macros.
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2. Run `dart --version` and make sure you have Dart version `3.5.0-152` or later.

3. [Add the package][] to your pubspec and retrieve
its dependencies.
3. Edit the [SDK constraint][] in your pubspec to require that Dart version: `sdk: ^3.5.0-152`

4. [Add the experiment][] to the `analysis_options.yaml`
4. [Add the package][] `json` to `dependencies` in your pubspec and run `pub get`.

5. [Add the experiment][] to the `analysis_options.yaml`
file at the root of your project:

```yaml
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- macros
```
5. Import the package in the file you plan to use it:
6. Import the package in the file you plan to use it:
```dart
import 'package:json/json.dart';
```

6. Run your project with the experiment flag:
7. Run your project with the experiment flag:

```console
dart run --enable-experiment=macros bin/my_app.dart
```

[SDK constraint]: /tools/pub/pubspec#sdk-constraints
[Add the package]: /guides/packages
[Add the experiment]: /tools/experiment-flags#using-experiment-flags-with-the-dart-analyzer-command-line-and-ide

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### Trigger custom diagnostics

The `JsonCodable` macro has built-in diagnostics that are emmitted just like
The `JsonCodable` macro has built-in diagnostics that are emitted just like
diagnostics from the language itself. For example, if you try to manually
declare a `toJson` method where the macro is applied, the analyzer will emit
the error:
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