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Macro method errors are confusing due to hidden arguments #26676

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Keno opened this issue Apr 2, 2018 · 0 comments

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Keno commented Apr 2, 2018

julia> macro foo(x)
       end
@foo (macro with 1 method)

julia> @foo
ERROR: LoadError: MethodError: no method matching @foo(::LineNumberNode, ::Module)
Closest candidates are:
  @foo(::LineNumberNode, ::Module, ::Any) at REPL[1]:2
in expression starting at REPL[2]:1

The hidden module and source arguments show up in the method error message, but don't provide any useful information.

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