bevyengine/bevy · error

Only enums are supported

Error message

Only enums are supported

What it means

Compile-time error from derive_enum_variant_meta: the EnumVariantMeta derive was applied to something other than an enum (a struct or union). The derive generates per-variant metadata, so it only accepts enums.

Source

Thrown at crates/bevy_derive/src/enum_variant_meta.rs:10

use proc_macro::{Span, TokenStream};
use quote::quote;
use syn::{parse_macro_input, Data, DeriveInput};

pub fn derive_enum_variant_meta(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
    let ast = parse_macro_input!(input as DeriveInput);
    let variants = match &ast.data {
        Data::Enum(v) => &v.variants,
        _ => {
            return syn::Error::new(Span::call_site().into(), "Only enums are supported")
                .into_compile_error()
                .into()
        }
    };

    let generics = ast.generics;
    let (impl_generics, ty_generics, where_clause) = generics.split_for_impl();

    let struct_name = &ast.ident;
    let idents = variants.iter().map(|v| &v.ident);
    let names = variants.iter().map(|v| v.ident.to_string());
    let indices = 0..names.len();

    TokenStream::from(quote! {
        impl #impl_generics #struct_name #ty_generics #where_clause {
            pub fn enum_variant_index(&self) -> usize {
                match self {
                    #(#struct_name::#idents {..} => #indices,)*

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Solutions

1. Apply #[derive(EnumVariantMeta)] only to enum types
2. Use an appropriate derive for struct metadata instead

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/bevy_derive/src/enum_variant_meta.rs:10 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of bevyengine/bevy@396ca72708 (2026-08-20). Data as JSON: /api/errors/8823bfa72c5a4746. Report an issue: GitHub.