Compiler crash

[Fredrik Linder]

Thanx, clumsy of me :)

/Fredrik

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Carlsson [mailto:richardc@REDACTED]
> Sent: den 22 maj 2002 15:19
> To: Fredrik Linder
> Cc: erlang-questions@REDACTED
> Subject: Re: Compiler crash
>
>
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> On Wed, 22 May 2002, Fredrik Linder wrote:
>
> > When I compile apa_bad.erl does erlc crash, but with apa_good.erl is
> > doesn't.
> >
> > crash reason: {{case_clause,{'EXIT',{function_clause,
> >                                         [{v3_core,
> >                                              pat_alias,
> >                                              [{c_atom,[],type},
> >                                               {c_atom,[],eme_lir}]},
>
> The error is this clause in apa_bad.erl:
>
>     get_svc_tag(type = eme_lir) -> svc_init.
>
> "type" should have been "Type". The compiler (R9) has apparently already
> been extended to ``handle'' such incompatible aliases by quietly making
> the clause unselectable, but this should preferably be detected by
> erl_lint so that you would get an error message instead.
>
> 	/Richard
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