import scala.reflect.runtime.universe._ import scala.tools.reflect.Eval object Test extends App { val csv = """ | phase name; id; description | parser; 1; parse source into ASTs, perform simple desugaring | namer; 2; resolve names, attach symbols to named trees |packageobjects; 3; load package objects | typer; 4; the meat and potatoes: type the trees |superaccessors; 5; add super accessors in traits and nested classes | pickler; 6; serialize symbol tables | refchecks; 7; reference/override checking, translate nested objects | selectiveanf; 8; | liftcode; 9; reify trees""".stripMargin.split("\n").map{_.trim()}.drop(1).toList val fields = csv.head.split(";").map{_.trim()}.toList println(fields) reify({ object Csv { case class record(`phase name`: String, id: String, description: String) object record { def parse(lines: List[String]) = { lines drop(1) map { line => line.split(";", -1).toList match { case phase$whitespace$name :: id :: description :: _ => record(phase$whitespace$name.trim(), id.trim(), description.trim()) case _ => throw new Exception("format error") }} } } } Csv.record.parse(csv) foreach println }).eval }