[erlang-questions] picky dialyzer

[Ulf Wiger]

Oh, I'm just in it for the action. :)

BR,
Ulf

On 14 Jan 2011, at 16:24, Tony Rogvall wrote:

> 
> On 14 jan 2011, at 15.56, Ulf Wiger wrote:
> 
>> Ouch! What say you, Kostis? Waiting for the comeback from Dialyzer. :)
>> 
>> Of course now I'm also curious what leads to such a weird limit as 256
>> arguments… obviously, 0 args is allowed, so the range 0..256 does at
>> least make my eyebrow twitch a little. Björn?
>> 
> 
> Switch side now, are we ? ;-)
> 
> /Tony
> 
>> BR,
>> Ulf
>> 
>> On 14 Jan 2011, at 15:40, Björn Gustavsson wrote:
>> 
>>> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Kostis Sagonas <kostis@REDACTED> wrote:
>>>> Ulf Wiger wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 13 Jan 2011, at 12:09, Kostis Sagonas wrote:
>>>>> ....
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> mfa() is an alias for {atom(),atom(),byte()}.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ahh, as in {Module, Function, Arity}?
>>>>> 
>>>>> In the System Limits of the Efficiency Guide, it says that you can have
>>>>> 256 arguments in a function or fun. Since dialyzer is never wrong, I will
>>>>> assume that the Efficiency Guide is? :)
>>>> 
>>>> Let's see...
>>>> 
>>>> %%=========================================================
>>>> -module(f_256).
>>>> 
>>>> -export([f/256]).
>>>> 
>>>> f(_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_)
>>>> -> ok.
>>>> %%==========================================================
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> % erlc f_256.erl
>>>> % ~/HiPE/otp/bin/erl
>>>> Erlang R14B02 (erts-5.8.3) [source] [smp:4:4] [rq:4] [async-threads:0]
>>>> [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]
>>>> 
>>>> Eshell V5.8.3  (abort with ^G)
>>>> 1> l(f_256).
>>>> {"Kernel pid
>>>> terminated",application_controller,"{application_terminated,kernel,shutdown}"}
>>>> 
>>>> Crash dump was written to: erl_crash.dump
>>>> Kernel pid terminated (application_controller)
>>>> ({application_terminated,kernel,shutdown})
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Works fine for me:
>>> 
>>> $ erlc f_256.erl
>>> $ /ldisk/bjorn/otp/bin/erl
>>> Erlang R14B02 (erts-5.8.3) [source] [smp:4:4] [rq:4] [async-threads:0]
>>> [kernel-poll:false]
>>> 
>>> Eshell V5.8.3  (abort with ^G)
>>> 1> l(f_256).
>>> {module,f_256}
>>> 2>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If I try to load a function with 257 arguments, the loader will
>>> refuse to load the file:
>>> 
>>> Erlang R14B02 (erts-5.8.3) [source] [smp:4:4] [rq:4] [async-threads:0]
>>> [kernel-poll:false]
>>> 
>>> Eshell V5.8.3  (abort with ^G)
>>> 1> c(f_257).
>>> 
>>> =ERROR REPORT==== 14-Jan-2011::15:34:45 ===
>>> beam/beam_load.c(2115): Error loading function f_257:f/257: op
>>> i_func_info: IaaI:
>>> too many arguments: 257
>>> 
>>> {error,badfile}
>>> 
>>> =ERROR REPORT==== 14-Jan-2011::15:34:45 ===
>>> Loading of /home/bjorn/test/f_257.beam failed: badfile
>>> 2>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> (Hint: Note that HiPE is not enabled in the
>>> emulator I used.)
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Björn Gustavsson, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB
>> 
>> Ulf Wiger, CTO, Erlang Solutions, Ltd.
>> http://erlang-solutions.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
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