# Can you avoid using Base.invokelatest in this example?

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**Created:** [January 12, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-you-avoid-using-base-invokelatest-in-this-example/33269 "2020-01-12T16:47:09Z")\
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> [@rvignolo](#):
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> Yes, I am aware of that. I am doing this because I don’t want the user of my library to write functions but instead, write a really simple input using macros. Then, I use the expressions provided in the macros to build functions. That’s it.

If you are using macros, then you shouldn’t need `eval` or `invokelatest`. Macros can build a function expression that is handled at compile time, not runtime.

Could you give an example of the type of syntax you are trying to achieve?

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