class Crystal::Macros::MetaVar

Overview

A fictitious node representing a variable or instance variable, together with type information.

Defined in:

compiler/crystal/macros.cr

Instance Method Summary

Instance Method Detail

def annotation(type : TypeNode) : Annotation | NilLiteral #

Returns the last Annotation with the given #type attached to this variable or NilLiteral if there are none.


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def annotations(type : TypeNode) : ArrayLiteral(Annotation) #

Returns an array of annotations with the given #type attached to this variable, or an empty ArrayLiteral if there are none.


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def annotations : ArrayLiteral(Annotation) #

Returns an array of all annotations attached to this variable, or an empty ArrayLiteral if there are none.


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def default_value : ASTNode #

Returns the default value of this variable. Note that if the variable doesn't have a default value, or the default value is nil, a NilLiteral will be returned. To distinguish between these cases, use #has_default_value?.


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def has_default_value? : BoolLiteral #

Returns whether this variable has a default value (which can in turn be nil).


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def name : MacroId #

Returns the name of this variable.


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def type : TypeNode | NilLiteral #

Returns the type of this variable, if known, or nil.


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