IntelliJ IDEA + Cursive complain

[dAnjou]

When I define a "defprecated" function IntelliJ doesn't like it very much and says the name of the function cannot be resolved:

(ns some.namespace
  (:require [defprecated.core :as depr]))

(depr/defn foo [x]
           x)

Is this a flaw in the implementation of defprecated or a bug in IntelliJ or Cursive?

System info

Clojure 1.9 IntelliJ IDEA 2018.2.4 (Ultimate Edition) Build #IU-182.4505.22, built on September 18, 2018 JRE: 1.8.0_152-release-1248-b8 x86_64 JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o macOS 10.13.6 Cursive 1.7.0-2018.2

[alexander-yakushev]

Hi Max, it's probably because Cursive can't understand that depr/defn is a macro that defines the function. I don't know what logic it uses for that. Can you still compile the function? Does it still work?

[dAnjou]

Thanks for the quick response!

Yes, it still works.

I've asked the question on Reddit as well and there people explained that it's not a flaw in the library and also not really the IDE's fault.

Here's how you can fix it: https://cursive-ide.com/userguide/macros.html. Maybe it's worth it to add this to the README? :)