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Note that import is lexically scoped too. This means that we can import specific macros or functions inside fu...
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import Project Module
import Project.Module, only: [function: 1]
I’m sorry if the question is foolish, but I wanted to know if there is ...
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Hello all,
I got an issue in defining a defguard which is a combination of already existing defguards. Example:
defmodule Combined do
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