Is there an Elixir equivalent for Clojure's (source fn-name)?

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Clojure has this handy way to view a function's definition in REPL. Is there one in Elixir REPL ?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 01 '15 at 15:48

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No, there isn't a convenient way yet.

answered May 01 '15 at 15:48

José Valim

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I like the 'yet.' part of your answer :) +1 – ComputerFellow May 01 '15 at 17:20
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@José Valim is this available yet? It'd be *super* handy! – Christopher Davies Mar 22 '17 at 20:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 24 '17 at 13:06

Well, I'm going to post this as an answer, even though it's not the same as "source". In IEX, you can type h function_name to see the documentation for function_name. It's basically Clojure REPL's doc feature. So far, in Elixir, this is good enough for most cases where I want source.

Is there an Elixir equivalent for Clojure's (source fn-name)?

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