[erlang-bugs] Fwd: exit(self(), normal) causes calling process to exit

[Daniel Luna]

I replied on StackOverflow, but the gist of the problem is that you
don't trap exits.

1> self().
<0.32.0>
2> process_flag(trap_exit, true).
false
3> exit(self(), normal).
true
4> self().
<0.32.0>
5> flush().
Shell got {'EXIT',<0.32.0>,normal}
ok

Cheers,

Daniel

On 28 November 2012 11:50, Stavros Aronis <aronisstav@REDACTED> wrote:
> After some speculation on stackoverflow I think I will report this here as
> well. (I am directly copying the content of the question.)
>
> I am playing around with the exit/2 function and its behavior when self() is
> used as a Pid and normal as a Reason.
>
> Erlang R15B03 (erts-5.9.3) [source] [64-bit] [smp:8:8] [async-threads:0]
> [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]
>
> Eshell V5.9.3  (abort with ^G)
> 1> self().
> <0.32.0>
> 2> exit(self(), normal).
> ** exception exit: normal
> 3> self().
> <0.35.0>
>
> Shouldn't it be the case that only a 'normal' exit message is sent to the
> shell process, so there is no reason to exit?
>
> Similarly:
>
> 4> spawn(fun() -> receive Pid -> Pid ! ok end end).
> <0.38.0>
> 5> exit(v(4), normal).
> true
> 6> v(4) ! self().
> <0.35.0>
> 7> flush().
> Shell got ok
> ok
>
> But:
>
> 8> spawn(fun() -> exit(self(), normal), receive _ -> ok end end).
> <0.43.0>
> 9> is_process_alive(v(8)).
> false
>
>
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