From b6f1a2eb552afa491e19b840f1e6fc19d353d29e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Tolnay <dtolnay@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 23:06:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about assuming the deserializer lifetime name

---
 serde/src/macros.rs | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/serde/src/macros.rs b/serde/src/macros.rs
index 2a64e96d..b547f472 100644
--- a/serde/src/macros.rs
+++ b/serde/src/macros.rs
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ macro_rules! forward_to_deserialize_helper {
 /// }
 /// # fn main() {}
 /// ```
+///
+/// The macro assumes the convention that your `Deserializer` lifetime parameter
+/// is called `'de`. It will not work if the `Deserializer` lifetime parameter
+/// is called something different.
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! forward_to_deserialize {
     ($($func:ident)*) => {