expose the closure conversion API (mk_expr) to address #69

README.md

@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ julia> g(1)
 2
 ```
 
+julia> @generated function g()
+    Module = Main
+    mk_expr(Module,  :( (x -> x)(1)))
+end
+
 ## No `eval`/`invokelatest`!
 
 ```julia

src/GeneralizedGenerated.jl

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ List = LinkedList
 
 export NGG
 export gg, @gg, UnderGlobal, @under_global
-export RuntimeFn, closure_conv, mk_function, mkngg
+export RuntimeFn, closure_conv, mk_function, mkngg, mk_expr
 export to_type, from_type, runtime_eval
 include("closure_conv.jl")
 
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ function mk_function(mod::Module, ex)
     fn
 end
 
+"""
+process an expression and perform closure conversions for all nested expressions.
+"""
+function mk_expr(mod::Module, ex)
+    ex = macroexpand(mod, ex)
+    ex = simplify_ex(ex)
+    ex = solve!(ex)
+    closure_conv(mod, ex)
+end
+
+
 function mk_function(mod::Module, args, kwargs, body)
     mk_function(mod, Expr(:function, :($(args...), ; $(kwargs...)), body))
 end