shahryarjb

shahryarjb

@before_compile with Module.delete_attribute do not delete @var

Hello, Based on typed_struct/lib/typed_struct.ex at main · ejpcmac/typed_struct · GitHub , I am practicing to learn more about macro in elixir, all the things are good but I can not delete the attr I register in module.

For example this is my macro

  @temporary_revaluation [
    :gs_fields,
    :gs_types,
    :gs_enforce_keys
  ]

defmacro guardedstruct(opts \\ [], do: block) do
    ast = register_struct(block, opts)
    quote do
        (fn -> unquote(ast) end).()
    end
end

def register_struct(block, opts) do
    quote do
        Enum.each(unquote(@temporary_revaluation), fn attr ->
        Module.register_attribute(__MODULE__, attr, accumulate: true)
        end)
    
        Module.put_attribute(__MODULE__, :gs_enforce?, unquote(!!opts[:enforce]))
        @before_compile {unquote(__MODULE__), :delete_temporary_revaluation}
        ...
    end
end

So the macro deletes attrs is:

  defmacro delete_temporary_revaluation(%Macro.Env{module: module}) do
    Enum.each(unquote(@temporary_revaluation), &Module.delete_attribute(module, &1))
  end

With these codes I try to delete module attributes. but inside the module I use this macro, I can still access to all the

  @temporary_revaluation [
    :gs_fields,
    :gs_types,
    :gs_enforce_keys
  ]

For example:

defmodule MishkaPub.ActivityStream.Type.Object do
  use GuardedStruct
  guardedstruct do
    field(:id, String.t())
    field(:type, String.t())
  end
  
  def list_attributes do
    @gs_fields
  end
end

As you see I can print @gs_fields. but inside the macro I tell delete all of them before compile!!

I want to handle this inside macro not the module

Please help me to find what is the problem?

Full code:

Thank you in advance

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josevalim

josevalim

Creator of Elixir

Why do you want to delete them? They will disappear anyway after the module is compiled.

zachallaun

zachallaun

Module attributes are expanded during compilation, not runtime, so the @gs_fields in your function call isn’t actually referencing an attribute when you call it, it’s the literal value that was inserted into the AST.

al2o3cr

al2o3cr

@before_compile callbacks are called after the rest of the AST of the module has already been generated, so it will run after the list_attributes function is defined and @gs_fields is interpolated.

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shahryarjb

shahryarjb

Thanks sir, I thought they will be there after compilation.

I asked it because I saw this link delete all the attrs of module. it did do any effect? or it is just extra code there without any effect
https://github.com/ejpcmac/typed_struct/blob/main/lib/typed_struct.ex#L214

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