feifan
Hello! Is it possible to get the typespecs for a module that is compiled at runtime via Code.complie_string()? For example, if I run
compiled_module, _bytecode = Code.compile_string(
"""
defmodule UserDefinedGreeter do
@spec call(name :: String.t()) :: {:return, String.t()}
def call(name) do
{:return, "Hey " <> name}
end
end
"""
)
I end up with a UserDefinedGreeter module and I can e.g. call UserDefinedGreeter.call("foo"). However, I can’t seem to access that call typespec.
Code.Typespec.fetch_types(UserDefinedGreeter)returns:errorKernel.Typespec.beam_specs(UserDefinedGreeter)returnsnil
Is there an option I’m overlooking, or a different way to compile Elixir code at runtime that will result in the typespecs being accessible?
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Those functions retrieve information from the byte code on disk I believe, and therefore will fail for dynamically compiled modules.
I think you may find this post to be helpful. At least to understand the issue better.
feifan
Ah good to know — it looks like there might be a possible workaround in the post you linked. I’ll follow up there, thanks!
feifan
From that post you linked:
It turns out I can pass the bytecode to
Code.Typespec.fetch_specsdirectly. So from the original example, this should work: