Ohhh I see it, yep. Can't give a number in a parametric type definition -
ugh, well that's tiredness!
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.
>
