FabienHenon

FabienHenon

CompileError when trying to generate a module and a function with Module.create

Hi,

I’m trying to generate a module with a function at runtime (from an Phoenix LiveView handle_params function), but I’m not able to make my code work.

Here is a sample code that fails:

page = "TestPage"
mod_name = Module.concat(MyProject.Pages, page)

Module.create(
      mod_name,
      quote do
        def render(assigns) do
          :ok
        end
      end,
      line: 1,
      file: "no_file.exs"
    )

When I run this code (inside a handle_params function from a LiveView) I get this CompileError:

error: cannot invoke remote function Phoenix.Component.Declarative.__pattern__!/2 inside a match
└─ no_file.exs:1: MyProject.Pages.TestPage.render/1

What does it mean?
Am i missing something?

My code seems pretty simple, but still, it does not work.
I’m not a macro expert, maybe there is something I misunderstood.

When I try the same code with no argument for the render function, it works.
But as soon as I add an argument, it fails.

Thank you for your help

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frankdugan3

frankdugan3

Try this in your macro:

def my_render(var!(assigns)) do

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D4no0

D4no0

Yeah, so liveview render callbacks are kinda special, they are supposed to return a template, not an atom as in your case.

Without a specific example of how you are using it, it will be hard to determine what you are doing incorrectly. It does seem like you are missing a huge amount of prerequisites, like imports for views/liveviews/components, etc. in your module declaration.

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FabienHenon

FabienHenon

Thank you it solved my compile error!

I set your answer as the solution but answers from both of you helped me

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