On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 9:34 PM, Ben Ward <axolotlfan9...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ohhh I see it, yep. Can't give a number in a parametric type definition - > ugh, well that's tiredness!
Admittedly the macro expansion probably should have swallowed the error ..... > > > On Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 2:12:43 AM UTC, Ben Ward wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to create a macro for the BioJulia project which will allow >> easy creation of biological alphabets, which will work with the new >> BioSequence type we are designing as a major improvement to the Seq module. >> As it will be creating types and functions, I expect hygiene will be an >> issue, but before I even get to that, let's start simple. Just a quote, and >> some interpolation: >> >> macro create_alphabet(alph_name, n_bits) >> >> >> quote >> >> >> immutable $(alph_name){$(n_bits)} <: Alphabet end >> >> >> end >> >> >> end >> >> >> @create_alphabet (macro with 1 method) >> >> >> julia> abstract Alphabet >> >> >> julia> @create_alphabet hi 1 >> >> >> ERROR: syntax: malformed expression >> >> >> in eval(::Module, ::Any) at ./boot.jl:267 >> >> >> >> >> For the life of me, I really cannot see what I've done wrong - it's one >> line with two interpolated words! What massively obvious thing am I being a >> moron about at 2 am? >> >> Thanks, >> Ben.