newbie questions about dict.

[Michael C Williams]

Try:

A = dict:new().

words starting with small letters are atoms. Variable start with
capital letters.

/Mike


On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Vladimir Ulogov wrote:

> Hello people.
> 
> Digging in Erlang, I'd catch strange (for newbie) things:
> 7> dict:new().
> []
> 8> a=dict:new().
> ** exited: {{badmatch,[]},{erl_eval,expr,3}} **
> 9>
> 
> Can you tell to me, what I'd miss.
> 
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