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Practical Macros

Use cases.

Macros in the Real World

Beyond toy examples, macros solve concrete problems: capturing source context, deriving type classes, validating literals, and generating boilerplate-free code.

Use Case: assert with Message

A macro can capture the source text of a failing condition to produce a helpful assertion message automatically.

import scala.quoted.*

inline def myAssert(inline cond: Boolean): Unit =
  ${ assertImpl('cond) }

All lessons in this course

  1. Inline Methods
  2. Macros Basics
  3. Quotes and Splices
  4. Practical Macros
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