If I have nested modules is it possible to use the syntax __MODULE__ in the submodule? I’m getting an error that says “cannot access struct RootModule …” when I have something like this: defmodule RootModule do defmodule SubModule do defstruct [:foo, :bar] @spec new() :: %__MODULE_…

ah criminy. different typo. I had inserted a wayward end somewhere above the function definition so the submodule was “closed” and the function was being defined in the root module. derp.

Sorry, that was just a typo here. In the actual code it was defstruct.

Works for me: $ iex Erlang/OTP 22 [erts-10.7] [source] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [ds:4:4:10] [async-threads:1] [hipe] Interactive Elixir (1.10.4) - press Ctrl+C to exit (type h() ENTER for help) iex(1)> defmodule RootModule do ...(1)> defmodule SubModule do ...(1)> defstruct [:foo, :bar] ...(1)> …