Why not use Illuminate\Support\Traits\Macroable in Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder.php?

[parthiban-aspro]

i don't have an idea why Builder.php doesn't use macroable trait?

[crynobone]

Because it handles macro slightly differently?

framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Builder.php

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	/**
	* Dynamically handle calls into the query instance.
	*
	* @param string $method
	* @param array $parameters
	* @return mixed
	*/
	public function __call($method, $parameters)
	{
	if ($method === 'macro') {
	$this->localMacros[$parameters[0]] = $parameters[1];
	return;
	}
	if ($this->hasMacro($method)) {
	array_unshift($parameters, $this);
	return $this->localMacros[$method](...$parameters);
	}
	if (static::hasGlobalMacro($method)) {
	$callable = static::$macros[$method];
	if ($callable instanceof Closure) {
	$callable = $callable->bindTo($this, static::class);
	}
	return $callable(...$parameters);
	}
	if ($this->hasNamedScope($method)) {
	return $this->callNamedScope($method, $parameters);
	}
	if (in_array(strtolower($method), $this->passthru)) {
	return $this->toBase()->{$method}(...$parameters);
	}
	$this->forwardCallTo($this->query, $method, $parameters);
	return $this;
	}

[bulletproof-coding]

If the question is: Is Eloquent Builder macroable?, the answer is yes.