sheharyarn
I have three identical methods in my module, that do (almost) exactly the same thing. Instead of repeating the function definitions, I am trying to define them once to keep code minimal and same for all of them.
So far I’ve tried using Code.eval_string:
defmodule MyModule do
Enum.each ~w(method1 method2 method3), fn method ->
@method method
Code.eval_string """
def #{@method}(map) when is_map(map) do
do_map_stuff(:#{@method}, map)
end
def #{@method}(arg) do
do_other_stuff(:#{@method}, arg)
end
"""
end
## Other Methods
end
but this throws ArgumentError:
Compiling 1 file (.ex)
** (ArgumentError) cannot invoke def/2 outside module
(elixir) lib/kernel.ex:4297: Kernel.assert_module_scope/3
(elixir) lib/kernel.ex:3299: Kernel.define/4
(elixir) expanding macro: Kernel.def/2
nofile:1: (file)
I think quote/unquote might be the way to go, but I’m not exactly sure how to do this using them (I’ve already read the Meta Guide on the Elixir website).
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alxndr
Don’t need to use
Code.eval_string; you can wrap adefin a “loop” and useunquote/1to “extract” the variable into the context that you’redef-ing in:vic
There’s no need to use eval_string, you could use
Code.eval_quotedbut it’d be much much better to just define a macro in another module and then import it.Here’s a quick example, you can put on a file
foo.exand execute with elixir.sheharyarn
Thank you. Someone just posted this as an answer on my SO question as well.
http://stackoverflow.com/a/40250462/1533054