Evaluating quoted variable binding

Tomaž Žlender

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Aug 14, 2016, 11:25:14 AM8/14/16

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Why does code

Code.eval_quoted(quote do: name = "Alexander")

evaluates to

{"Alexander", [{{:name, Elixir}, "Alexander"}]}

instead of binding "Alexander" to variable name same as it would if put in IEx directly as

name = "Alexander"

José Valim

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Aug 14, 2016, 11:27:41 AM8/14/16

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Variables inside quote have a context. Outside of a module, that context is Elixir. I believe we have more information in the docs for "quote".

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Tomaž Žlender

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Aug 16, 2016, 3:16:23 PM8/16/16

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Thanks for the answer José! Will check out the quote docs.

Dne nedelja, 14. avgust 2016 17.27.41 UTC+2 je oseba José Valim napisala:

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