[erlang-bugs] lists:dropwhile

[Matt Handler]

dropwhile does not work properly as defined in R12B-2:

01 dropwhile(Pred, [Hd|Tail]=Rest) ->
02    case Pred(Hd) of
03       true -> dropwhile(Pred, Tail);
04       false -> Rest
05    end;
06 dropwhile(Pred, []) when is_function(Pred, 1) -> [].

it returns the entire list once it finds an element that doesn't match true.

here's what i did instead:

dropwhile(Fun, List) ->
    [Element ||
    Element <- List,
    Fun(Element) =/= true].

thanks,
-matt
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