[erlang-bugs] module name with .

[Bernard Duggan]

Actually, all these look pretty much as I'd expect:

J K wrote:
> I tried comma just for "fun":
>
> 254> c(fm2,2).                 
> ./fm2.erl:none: no such file or directory
> error
>   
By putting a comma there you've passed two parameters to the 'c'
function.  While the shell docs don't seem to mention it, a quick glance
at the source shows that there is indeed a c/2 where the second
parameter is the compilation options.  So you're trying to compile a
module called 'fm2' with an option of 2 (which probably doesn't mean
anything, but the missing file is the first problem that is picked up).

> 255> compile:file(fm2,2.erl).  
> * 1: illegal expression
>   
Here, you've put a full stop/period in the middle of an expression
(prior to closing the parentheses).  That's the character the ends
expressions, so of course it makes it illegal.
> 256> compile:file('fm2,2.erl').
> {ok,'fm2,2'}
>   
And here, by correctly wrapping the whole term in single quotes to make
it an atom, the syntax becomes correct.  The compile module seems to be
a little more permissive here than the docs suggest, allowing you to add
'.erl' to the module name and have it still work.
> Maybe something with the shell?
>   
If by 'something with the shell' you mean 'the shell doing exactly what
it should', then yeah, I'd say there is indeed 'something with the shell' ;)

B