# Module Generation from macros

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/module-generation-from-macros/2555
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [March 9, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/module-generation-from-macros/2555 "2017-03-09T04:04:39Z")
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#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/module-generation-from-macros/2555/6 "2020-07-30T13:59:56Z")

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Does someone know why the first macro works and the second fails?

```julia
macro mymodule(name)
    modname = esc(name)
    return :(module $modname end)
end
@mymodule MyMod

```

Works. And the second, using a `quote` block does not throwing `ERROR: syntax: "module" expression not at top level` (see also [https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/1200](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/1200)):

```julia
macro mymodule(name)
    modname = esc(name)
    return quote module $modname end end
end
@mymodule MyMod

```

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