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