The below example requires parentheses around the $val to compile, which it doesn't without paste.

macro_rules! clone {
  ($val:expr) => {
    paste::paste! {
      $val.clone()
    }
  }
}

#[derive(Clone)]
struct A;

impl A {
  fn consume_self(self) {}
}

fn main() {
  clone!(&A).consume_self();
}

The correct resulting token tree would be ⟦⟦&A⟧.clone()⟧.consume_self(), but with paste, it appears to be flattened to ⟦&A.clone()⟧.consume_self().

The docs do say null delimiters might not survive roundtripping, but I think it should be possible to avoid here.