edmundobiglia
Hi there! I’m trying to create a function that dynamically defines a module based on the passed argument, like so:
defmodule Test do
def define_module(module_name, value) do
defmodule module_name do
def run, do: %{value: value}
end
end
end
However, when I run Test.define_module(:Hello, "world"), I get this error:
** (CompileError) iex:9: undefined function value/0 (expected :Hello to define such a function or for it to be imported, but none are available)
(elixir 1.13.3) src/elixir_locals.erl:115: anonymous fn/4 in :elixir_locals.ensure_no_undefined_local/3
(elixir 1.13.3) src/elixir_erl_compiler.erl:12: anonymous fn/2 in :elixir_erl_compiler.spawn/1
On the other hand, the following does work:
defmodule Test do
def define_module(module_name, value) do
defmodule module_name do
@value value
def run, do: %{value: @value}
end
end
end
Test.define_module(:Hello, "world")
Is there a way to use the argument as the return of the inner function without making it a module attribute?
Thanks a lot in advance! ![]()
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NobbZ
unquotewithin a quoted context.al2o3cr
defdoesn’t capture its environment, so it won’t work directly.You could do some AST surgery on what
defproduces:but the pattern of “interpolate this compile-time value into the AST” is frequent enough that there’s a built-in mechanism for doing it… module attributes