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								<p>It’s not mentioned because module attributes are usually used as module-scope (private) constants. <img src="https://forum.elixirforum.com/images/emoji/apple/man_shrugging.png?v=15" title=":man_shrugging:" class="emoji" alt=":man_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="20" height="20"></p>
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<pre data-code-wrap="elixir"><code class="lang-elixir">defmodule Example do
  @constant "..."
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<p>That’s what I do most of the time, for future-proofing. But it was rarely needed.</p> 
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								<p>From <a href="https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/module-attributes.html#as-compile-time-constants" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">the docs</a>, it actually looks like functions are preferred over module attributes for constants unless you need the constant for a function definition (e.g. to match an argument or for a guard)</p> 
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