import scala.reflect.makro.Context object Macros { def impl_with_implicits_enabled(c: Context) = { import c.universe._ val tree1 = Apply(Select(Literal(Constant(1)), newTermName("$minus$greater")), List(Literal(Constant(2)))) val ttree1 = c.typeCheck(tree1, withImplicitViewsDisabled = false) c.literal(ttree1.toString) } def foo_with_implicits_enabled = macro impl_with_implicits_enabled def impl_with_implicits_disabled(c: Context) = { import c.universe._ try { val tree2 = Apply(Select(Literal(Constant(1)), newTermName("$minus$greater")), List(Literal(Constant(2)))) val ttree2 = c.typeCheck(tree2, withImplicitViewsDisabled = true) c.literal(ttree2.toString) } catch { case ex: Throwable => c.literal(ex.toString) } } def foo_with_implicits_disabled = macro impl_with_implicits_disabled }