Macros_1.scala:8: error: the splice cannot be resolved statically, which means there is a cross-stage evaluation involved. cross-stage evaluations need to be invoked explicitly, so we're showing you this error. if you're sure this is not an oversight, add scala-compiler.jar to the classpath, import `scala.tools.reflect.Eval` and call `.eval` instead. { c.universe.reify(c.universe.reify("hello world")) }.splice.splice ^ one error found