1exec cue eval alias.cue
2cmp stdout expect-stdout-cue
3
4-- frontmatter.toml --
5title = "Aliases"
6description = ""
7
8-- text.md --
9An alias defines a local macro.
10
11A typical use case is to provide access to a shadowed field.
12
13Aliases are not members of a struct. They can be referred to only within the
14struct, and they do not appear in the output.
15
16-- alias.cue --
17let A = a // A is an alias for a
18a: {
19 d: 3
20}
21b: {
22 a: {
23 // A provides access to the outer "a" which would
24 // otherwise be hidden by the inner one.
25 c: A.d
26 }
27}
28
29-- expect-stdout-cue --
30a: {
31 d: 3
32}
33b: {
34 a: {
35 c: 3
36 }
37}
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