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Playing around with Elixir macros
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defmodule My do | |
defmacro if(condition, clauses) do | |
do_clause = Keyword.get(clauses, :do, nil) | |
else_clause = Keyword.get(clauses, :else, nil) | |
quote do | |
case unquote(condition) do | |
_ in [false, nil] -> unquote(else_clause) | |
_ -> unquote(do_clause) | |
end | |
end | |
end | |
defmacro unless(condition, clauses) do | |
quote do | |
if unquote(condition) do | |
unquote(Keyword.get(clauses, :else, nil)) | |
else | |
unquote(Keyword.get(clauses, :do, nil)) | |
end | |
unquote(Keyword.get(clauses, :finally, nil)) | |
end | |
end | |
end | |
defmodule Test do | |
require My | |
My.if 1 == 2 do | |
IO.puts "1 == 2" | |
else | |
IO.puts "1 != 2" | |
end | |
My.unless 1 == 1, | |
do: IO.puts("I shouldn't be run"), | |
else: IO.puts("I should be run"), | |
finally: IO.puts("Lastly, I should always be run!") | |
My.unless 1 != 1, | |
do: IO.puts("Yes, me please"), | |
else: IO.puts("No, not me"), | |
finally: IO.puts("Thanks for the shoes") | |
end |
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