Ok, I guess I just wish it was `mix format` friendly because then its much 
much easier to remove it

On Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 9:51:54 AM UTC-6 José Valim wrote:

> There is a "structs: false" option but I am not sure if that is supported 
> when diffing.
>
> But also keep in mind there are structures that represent memory data 
> (such as PIDs and REFs) and those can never really be copy and pasted. And 
> sometimes, like above, it shows in a special style because it is private 
> and you are not supposed to assert on it (i.e. you should remove it).
>
> On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 5:42 PM Adam Kirk <atom...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I do this ALL the time, but heres a specific example: When I write a 
>> test, I do something like 
>>
>> assert [] = Repo.all(Thing)
>>
>> it fails, I copy what the match shows into my test and modify it to what 
>> I need.  
>>
>> except that it outputs stuff like:
>>
>> ```
>> __meta__: #Ecto.Schema.Metadata<:loaded, "thing">
>> ```
>> which isn't valid elixir, so I can't run mix format to make it nice 
>> before I modify it.
>>
>> This applies to a ton of workflows I have. I'm curious why it can't be 
>> output as valid elixir instead of this special formatting with special 
>> characters like `#` etc
>>
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