Further Exploration
We journeyed from simple control flow transformations all the way through a mini testing framework. Along the way, you learned all the tools necessary to define your own macros and perform AST transformations in a responsible way. Next, we’ll discover a few advanced compile-time code-generation techniques to create highly performant and maintainable programs.
On your own, explore ways you can enhance your Assertion test framework and define new macro constructs. Here are a few basic experiments to get you started:
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Implement assert for every operator in Elixir.
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Add Boolean assertions, such as assert true.
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Implement a refute macro for refutations.
And some that are more advanced:
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Run test cases in parallel within Assertion.Test.run/2 ...
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