[erlang-bugs] error in R12B Efficiency Guide

[Zvi]

Slightly OT:

Does Erlang have some built-in mechanism for testing, if expression matching
the pattern?
Something like this:

-module(is_match).
-compile([export_all]).

-define(IS_MATCH(Pattern,Expr), ((fun(Pattern) -> true; (_) -> false
end)(Expr))).

test() ->	{ 
	  ?IS_MATCH([_,$b,_], "abc"),
	  ?IS_MATCH("xab"++_, "waba"),
	  ?IS_MATCH({_,_}, {1,2}) 
	}.

Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.6 [smp:32] [async-threads:0]

Eshell V5.6  (abort with ^G)

1> c(is_match).             
{ok,is_match}
2> is_match:test().         
{true,false,true}


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