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Three semi-obscure Elixir features

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marick

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Three semi-obscure Elixir features

I wrote about some Elixir features that are not that often useful, but I think are still good to know about: the process dictionary, handling calls to undefined functions, and Macro.decompose_call

This is in the context of explaining the guts of the Mockery package.

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paulanthonywilson

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Thanks for writing this up. It’s a really clear explanation of a couple of features. Even if I’ve no particular use for them right now it’s good to know they are there, in case of emergency.

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