at-generated function(...) ... end just returns the unmodified anonymous function

[fcard]

julia> const f = @generated function(x) :(x+1) end
(::#1) (generic function with 1 method)

julia> f(1)
:(x + 1)

0.6.0-dev.974

[StefanKarpinski]

Hah. That's actually really useful for demoing. I wish I'd known about it before.

[fcard]

This situation seems to have changed a bit.

julia> const f = @generated function(x) :(x+1) end
ERROR: invalid @generated function; try placing it in global scope

julia> @generated function(x) :(x+1) end
#4 (generic function with 1 method)

julia> const f = ans
#4 (generic function with 1 method)

julia> f(1)
2

0.7.0-DEV.2610