# General method for new structure

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A convenient way of delegating methods is `Lazy.jl` `@forward`. But there are other approaches:

> [@Method forwarding macro](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/method-forwarding-macro/23355):
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> MacroTools.jl defines a [@forward macro but it’s in the examples folder](https://github.com/MikeInnes/MacroTools.jl/blob/master/src/examples/forward.jl). Lazy.jl exports [its own version of the same macro](https://github.com/MikeInnes/Lazy.jl/blob/a1b5f06ade07a442f0c009fb0bb4fe594db11fd2/src/macros.jl#L264-L288) but it’s not documented in the README. Come to think of it, while the @forward macro is quite useful, it isn’t really a macro development tool nor a functional programming tool. So I’m not too surprised that it is treated like a second-class citizen in those packages. Any thought about what kind of package would be a good fit for this?

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