ChristopherDavenport

import cats._
import cats.syntax.all._
import cats.data._
import cats.effect._
import cats.effect.syntax.all._
import cats.effect.std.Semaphore

trait Lock[F[_]]{ self => 
  def lock: F[Unit]
  def unlock: F[Unit]

odersky

Principled Meta Programming for Scala

This note outlines a principled way to meta-programming in Scala. It tries to combine the best ideas from LMS and Scala macros in a minimalistic design.

• LMS: Types matter. Inputs, outputs and transformations should all be statically typed.

• Macros: Quotations are ultimately more easy to deal with than implicit-based type-lifting

• LMS: Some of the most interesting and powerful applications of meta-programming