gah, sorry.  linked to the wrong macro package.  i don't think this is 
particularly relevant, but it should have been 
https://github.com/andrewcooke/AutoHashEquals.jl

On Saturday, 31 October 2015 10:53:39 UTC-3, andrew cooke wrote:
>
>
> I want to use the (relatively?) new docstrings, but have data structures 
> that look like:
>
> """This is MyType."""
> @auto_hash_equals type MyType
>    attribute::Something
> end
>
> where the macro comes from 
> https://github.com/andrewcooke/AutoTypeParameters.jl
>
> unfortunately, this gives the error: LoadError: invalid doc expression (it 
> seems that the docstring is being "applied" to the macro call, not the data 
> type).
>
> and it's not clear to me what the best solution is.  should i modify my 
> macros so that they can take a string, and then move the macro to before 
> the string?  or is there something i can do that will make docstrings 
> understand that it should be applied after the macro?
>
> thanks,
> andrew
>
>
>

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