class Crystal::Macros::AnnotationDef

Overview

An annotation definition.

Every annotation definition node is equivalent to:

{% begin %}
  {{ node.kind }} {{ node.name }}
    {{ node.body }}
  end
{% end %}

Defined in:

compiler/crystal/macros.cr

Instance Method Summary

Instance Method Detail

def body : Nop #

Returns the body of this type definition.

Currently this is always a Nop, because annotation definitions cannot contain anything at all.


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def kind : MacroId #

Returns the keyword used to define this type.

For AnnotationDef this is always annotation.


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def name(*, generic_args : BoolLiteral = true) : Path #

Returns the name of this type definition.

generic_args has no effect. It exists solely to match the interface of other related AST nodes.


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