mguimas
Hello,
given the files xx.ex and yy.ex defined as
defmodule XX do
defstruct [:field]
end
defmodule YY do
defdelegate __struct__, to: XX
defdelegate __struct__(x), to: XX
end
why does
iex(1)> %XX{} == XX.__struct__()
true
and
iex(2)> %YY{} == YY.__struct__()
false
give different results?
It seems that %Mod{} is not equivalent to Mod.__struct__() …
What does %Mod{} really do?
Thanks
Mário
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peerreynders
Kernel.SpecialForms.%/2Based on the evidence I suspect that the compiled code (it’s a special form after all) sanitizes the value returned from the function by forcing the
__struct__value to reflect the primary module - but that is just a guess.mguimas
This issue has been solved here.
peerreynders
I suspect the bug is with
Kernel.struct!/2, notKernel.SpecialForms.%/2.https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.8.1/lib/elixir/lib/kernel.ex#L2116-L2130
As you discovered, it only presents when you start defdelegating the constructor and I don’t think this code anticipated that.
So the question is - what are you trying to accomplish by defdelegating the
structconstructor to anotherstruct? Sharing code betweenXXandYYshould probably be accomplished via a shared third module.