bindings-macro: add custom index name to prevent index name collisions

Author: rudcode

crates/bindings-macro/src/table.rs

@@ -260,44 +260,6 @@ impl IndexArg {
                     check_duplicate_msg(&algo, &meta, "index algorithm specified twice")?;
                     algo = Some(Self::parse_direct(meta)?);
                 }
-                sym::name => {
-                    // If the user is trying to specify a `name`, do a bit of guessing at what their goal is.
-                    // This is going to be best-effort, and we're not going to try to do lookahead or anything.
-
-                    return Err(if accessor.is_some() {
-                        // If the user's already specified an `accessor`,
-                        // then probably they're trying to specify the canonical name,
-                        // like you can for tables.
-                        // Print an error that says this is unsupported.
-                        meta.error(
-                            "Unexpected argument `name` in index definition.
-
-Overwriting the `name` of an index is currently unsupported.",
-                        )
-                    } else if let Ok(sym) = meta.value().and_then(|val| val.parse::<Ident>()) {
-                        // If we haven't seen an `accessor` yet, and the value is an ident,
-                        // then probably this is 1.* syntax that needs a migration.
-                        // Note that, if the user specifies `name = {ident}` followed by `accessor = {ident}`,
-                        // we'll hit this branch, even though the diagnostic doesn't apply and we'd prefer not to.
-                        // I (pgoldman 2026-02-18) don't see a good way to distinguish this case
-                        // without making our parsing dramatically more complicated,
-                        // and it seems unlikely to occur.
-                        meta.error(format_args!(
-                            "Expected an `accessor` in index definition, but got a `name` instead.
-
-If you're migrating from SpacetimeDB 1.*, replace `name = {sym}` with `accessor = {sym}`."
-                        ))
-                    } else {
-                        // If we haven't seen an `accessor` yet, but the value is not an ident,
-                        // then we're not really sure what's going wrong, so print a more generic error message.
-                        meta.error(format_args!(
-                            "Unexpected argument `name` in index definition.
-
-Overwriting the `name` of an index is currently unsupported.
-Did you mean to specify an `accessor` instead? Do so with `accessor = my_index`, where `my_index` is an unquoted identifier."
-                        ))
-                    });
-                }
             });
             Ok(())
         })?;
@@ -369,6 +331,7 @@ Did you mean to specify an `accessor` instead? Do so with `accessor = my_index`,
     /// Parses an inline `#[index(btree)]`, `#[index(hash)]`, or `#[index(direct)]` attribute on a field.
     fn parse_index_attr(field: &Ident, attr: &syn::Attribute) -> syn::Result<Self> {
         let mut kind = None;
+        let mut name = None;
         attr.parse_nested_meta(|meta| {
             match_meta!(match meta {
                 sym::btree => {
@@ -387,6 +350,10 @@ Did you mean to specify an `accessor` instead? Do so with `accessor = my_index`,
                     check_duplicate_msg(&kind, &meta, "index type specified twice")?;
                     kind = Some(IndexType::Direct { column: field.clone() })
                 }
+                sym::name => {
+                    check_duplicate(&name, &meta)?;
+                    name = Some(meta.value()?.parse()?);
+                }
             });
             Ok(())
         })?;
@@ -395,7 +362,7 @@ Did you mean to specify an `accessor` instead? Do so with `accessor = my_index`,
 
         // Default accessor = field name if not provided
         let accessor = field.clone();
-        Ok(IndexArg::new(accessor, kind, None))
+        Ok(IndexArg::new(accessor, kind, name))
     }
 
     fn validate<'a>(&'a self, table_name: &str, cols: &'a [Column<'a>]) -> syn::Result<ValidatedIndex<'a>> {
@@ -436,7 +403,10 @@ Did you mean to specify an `accessor` instead? Do so with `accessor = my_index`,
             is_unique: self.is_unique,
             // This must be the canonical name (name used internally in database),
             // as it is used in `index_id_from_name` abi.
-            index_name: gen_index_name(),
+            index_name: match self.canonical_name.as_ref() {
+                Some(s) => s.value(),
+                None => gen_index_name(),
+            },
             accessor_name: &self.accessor,
             kind,
             canonical_name: self.canonical_name.as_ref().map(|s| s.value()),