Elixir v1.5.3 Macro.Env View Source

A struct that holds compile time environment information.

The current environment can be accessed at any time as __ENV__/0. Inside macros, the caller environment can be accessed as __CALLER__/0.

An instance of Macro.Env must not be modified by hand. If you need to create a custom environment to pass to Code.eval_quoted/3, use the following trick:

def make_custom_env do
  import SomeModule, only: [some_function: 2]
  alias A.B.C
  __ENV__
end

You may then call make_custom_env() to get a struct with the desired imports and aliases included.

It contains the following fields:

  • module - the current module name
  • file - the current file name as a binary
  • line - the current line as an integer
  • function - a tuple as {atom, integer}, where the first element is the function name and the second its arity; returns nil if not inside a function
  • context - the context of the environment; it can be nil (default context), inside a guard or inside a match
  • aliases - a list of two-element tuples, where the first element is the aliased name and the second one the actual name
  • requires - the list of required modules
  • functions - a list of functions imported from each module
  • macros - a list of macros imported from each module
  • macro_aliases - a list of aliases defined inside the current macro
  • context_modules - a list of modules defined in the current context
  • lexical_tracker - PID of the lexical tracker which is responsible for keeping user info
  • vars - a list keeping all defined variables as {var, context}

The following fields are private and must not be accessed or relied on:

  • export_vars - a list keeping all variables to be exported in a construct (may be nil)
  • match_vars - controls how “new” variables are handled. Inside a match it is a list with all variables in a match. Outside of a match is either :warn or :apply
  • prematch_vars - a list of variables defined before a match (is nil when not inside a match)

Link to this section Summary

Functions

Returns whether the compilation environment is currently inside a guard

Returns whether the compilation environment is currently inside a match clause

Returns a keyword list containing the file and line information as keys

Returns the environment stacktrace

Link to this section Types

Link to this type aliases() View Source
aliases() :: [{module(), module()}]
Link to this type context() View Source
context() :: :match | :guard | nil
Link to this type context_modules() View Source
context_modules() :: [module()]
Link to this type functions() View Source
functions() :: [{module(), [name_arity()]}]
Link to this type lexical_tracker() View Source
lexical_tracker() :: pid() | nil
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local() :: atom() | nil
Link to this type macro_aliases() View Source
macro_aliases() :: [{module(), {integer(), module()}}]
Link to this type macros() View Source
macros() :: [{module(), [name_arity()]}]
Link to this type name_arity() View Source
name_arity() :: {atom(), arity()}
Link to this type requires() View Source
requires() :: [module()]
Link to this type t() View Source
t() :: %Macro.Env{module: atom(), file: file(), line: line(), function: name_arity() | nil, context: context(), requires: requires(), aliases: aliases(), functions: functions(), macros: macros(), macro_aliases: aliases(), context_modules: context_modules(), vars: vars(), export_vars: export_vars(), match_vars: match_vars(), prematch_vars: prematch_vars(), lexical_tracker: lexical_tracker()}

Link to this section Functions

Link to this function in_guard?(env) View Source
in_guard?(t()) :: boolean()

Returns whether the compilation environment is currently inside a guard.

Link to this function in_match?(env) View Source
in_match?(t()) :: boolean()

Returns whether the compilation environment is currently inside a match clause.

Link to this function location(env) View Source
location(t()) :: keyword()

Returns a keyword list containing the file and line information as keys.

Link to this function stacktrace(env) View Source
stacktrace(t()) :: list()

Returns the environment stacktrace.