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Cyclic module usage error
Hi all, I have the following simple snippet but I got cyclic module usage error. Do you know how should I resolve the error?
defmodule Cycle do
alias Cycle.Handle
def hello(%Handle{resource: _resource}) do
:world
end
defmodule Handle do
defstruct resource: nil, reference: nil
def wrap_resource(resource) do
%__MODULE__{
resource: resource,
reference: make_ref()
}
end
end
end
The error is:
== Compilation error in file lib/cycle.ex ==
** (CompileError) lib/cycle.ex:16: Cycle.Handle.__struct__/0 is undefined, cannot expand struct Cycle.Handle. Make sure the struct name is correct. If the struct name exists and is correct but it still cannot be found, you likely have cyclic module usage in your code
lib/cycle.ex:16: (module)
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Nicd
We don’t need to be that drastic in fact, we can just move the Handle definition higher up in the file. This will work:
defmodule Cycle do
defmodule Handle do
defstruct resource: nil, reference: nil
def wrap_resource(resource) do
%__MODULE__{
resource: resource,
reference: make_ref()
}
end
end
def hello(%Handle{resource: _resource}) do
:world
end
end
Note that the alias is also not needed.
I use this style quite often with my GenServers to define Options and State structs, like this example: lib/geo_therminator/pump_api/device/server.ex · 8fa72cbfa5b0402c46c53e13e5e994bf5a390f89 · Mikko Ahlroth / GeoTherminator · GitLab
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