Match Specifications

[Sean Hinde]

> A prettier, more Erlang like syntax would be very welcome, 
> and open up Match
> Specifications to less experienced programmers. I am unsure 
> if parts of it can
> be handled in the pre-processor, however, as just like 
> records, it would not be
> possible to use them from the shell.

Yes, I just played with the parse transform stuff and it seems you have to
have erlang syntax already. I guess all the weird mnemosyne stuff is handled
by the main parser before it gets to parse transform.

I guess it'd be possible to do something like:

match_spec:make("fun('$1') when is_integer('$1') -> '$$' end.").
[{'$1', [{is_integer, '$1'}], ['$$']}]

but I agree it's nowhere near as nice as something really builtin.

Sean



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