Thanks Mike, I also managed to come up with an alternative solution:
using Base.Dates
for name in (:year, :month, :day, :hour, :minute, :second, :millisecond)
func = eval(name)
@doc """
$name(dt::TimeType) -> Int64
Return the $name of a `Date` or `DateTime` as an `Int64`.
""" -> func(dt::TimeType)
end
Not sure which I like better yet.
On Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 9:05:36 AM UTC-6, Michael Hatherly wrote:
>
> Just needs extra `$`s in the docstring, one for expression interpolation
> and one for string interpolation:
>
> julia> for name in (:year, :month, :day, :hour, :minute, :second, :
> millisecond)
> @eval begin
> @doc """
> $($name)(dt::TimeType) -> Int64
>
> Return the $($name) of a `Date` or `DateTime` as an `Int64`.
> """ ->
> $name(dt::TimeType)
> end
> end
>
> (`name` will be displayed fully qualified, i.e. `Base.Dates.year`, so you
> could convert `name` it to a string to avoid that.)
>
> -- Mike
>
> On Thursday, 3 March 2016 16:44:38 UTC+2, Curtis Vogt wrote:
>>
>> I was hoping to generate several redundant docstrings using code
>> generation. Unfortunately I have run into an issue where $name isn't
>> being replaced in the docstring:
>>
>> julia> using Base.Dates
>>
>> julia> for name in (:year, :month, :day, :hour, :minute, :second, :
>> millisecond)
>> @eval begin
>> @doc """
>> $name(dt::TimeType) -> Int64
>>
>> Return the $name of a `Date` or `DateTime` as an `Int64`.
>> """ ->
>> $name(dt::TimeType)
>> end
>> end
>> ERROR: UndefVarError: name not defined
>> in eval(::Module, ::Any) at ./boot.jl:267
>> [inlined code] from ./boot.jl:266
>> in anonymous at ./no file:4294967295
>> in eval(::Module, ::Any) at ./boot.jl:267
>>
>>
>>
>> Is there a way I can get this to work?
>>
>
