# Objective
The code in `bevy_reflect_derive` could use some cleanup.
## Solution
Took some of the changes in #11659 to create a dedicated PR for cleaning
up the field and container attribute logic.
#### Updated Naming
I renamed `ReflectTraits` and `ReflectFieldAttr` to
`ContainerAttributes` and `FieldAttributes`, respectively. I think these
are clearer.
#### Updated Parsing
##### Readability
The parsing logic wasn't too bad before, but it was getting difficult to
read. There was some duplicated logic between `Meta::List` and
`Meta::Path` attributes. Additionally, all the logic was kept inside a
large method.
To simply things, I replaced the nested meta parsing with `ParseStream`
parsing. In my opinion, this is easier to follow since it breaks up the
large match statement into a small set of single-line if statements,
where each if-block contains a single call to the appropriate attribute
parsing method.
##### Flexibility
On top of the added simplicity, this also makes our attribute parsing
much more flexible. It allows us to more elegantly handle custom where
clauses (i.e. `#[reflect(where T: Foo)]`) and it opens the door for more
non-standard attribute syntax (e.g. #11659).
##### Errors
This also allows us to automatically provide certain errors when
parsing. For example, since we can use `stream.lookahead1()`, we get
errors like the following for free:
```
error: expected one of: `ignore`, `skip_serializing`, `default`
--> crates/bevy_reflect/src/lib.rs:1988:23
|
1988 | #[reflect(foo)]
| ^^^
```
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## Changelog
> [!note]
> All changes are internal to `bevy_reflect_derive` and should not
affect the public API[^1].
- Renamed `ReflectTraits` to `ContainerAttributes`
- Renamed `ReflectMeta::traits` to `ReflectMeta::attrs`
- Renamed `ReflectFieldAttr` to `FieldAttributes`
- Updated parsing logic for field/container attribute parsing
- Now uses a `ParseStream` directly instead of nested meta parsing
- General code cleanup of the field/container attribute modules for
`bevy_reflect_derive`
[^1]: Does not include errors, which may look slightly different.
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Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>