object Test extends App { //val list: List[String] = Macros.foo("hello world") //println(list) import scala.reflect.mirror._ val tpt = AppliedTypeTree(Ident(definitions.ListClass), List(Ident(definitions.StringClass))) val rhs = Apply(Select(Ident("Macros"), newTermName("foo")), List(Literal(Constant("hello world")))) val list = ValDef(NoMods, newTermName("list"), tpt, rhs) val tree = Block(list, Apply(Select(Ident(definitions.PredefModule), newTermName("println")), List(Ident(list.name)))) try Expr(tree).eval catch { case ex: Throwable => println(ex.getMessage) } }