AW: Hello (Erlang) World!

[Richard Carlsson]

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Eric Newhuis wrote:

> If memory serves me correctly we had trouble passing off some module names
> to some OTP modules that liked to use the {M,F,A} "callback" idiom.

As long as you used ?MODULE to pass the (full) module names, it should
work with callbacks as well.

> But there may have been some problems with some 3rd party tools as well.
>
> And we inherited a build system from someone and it did not like the dots
> either.

Yes, build systems usually make a lot of assumptions. It would be nice
if someone who knows Erlang build systems well and also has an interest
in packages (*coughulfwiger*) could present a good build strategy. :-)

	/Richard


> Sorry I cannot recall any specifics.
>
>
>
> On 8/16/04 7:25 AM, "Richard Carlsson" <richardc@REDACTED> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Eric Newhuis wrote:
> >
> >> We tried this feature and it caused problems.
> >>
> >> Either due to our then lack of Erlang finesse or actual limitations the
> >> packaging causes problems with OTP.
> >
> > Can you describe these problems in a bit more detail, please?
> >
> >> Can anyone comment on that?  Maybe it has been brought up before.
> >> Now where is that mailling list archive search button....
> >
> > The only real problem that I know about has to do with the debugger,
> > which has its own hard-coded ideas about how a module looks and
> > where it should be found.
> >
> > /Richard
> >
> >> On 8/16/04 2:41 AM, "Richard Carlsson" <richardc@REDACTED> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thomas.Herchenroeder@REDACTED wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>>   http://www.erlang.se/publications/packages.html
> >>>>>   http://www.it.uu.se/research/reports/2000-001
> >>>>
> >>>> Now this is interesting! I looked through the Erlang book, the "Erlang
> >>>> Extensions since 4.4" and the most current "Erlang Reference Manual
> >>>> version 5.3" - no mentioning of packages. Is this something like a
> >>>> (nearly) "undocumented feature"?
> >>>
> >>> "Nearly undocumented" is pretty much correct. It is only announced
> >>> in the "Release Highlights" section of the R9 documentation.
> >>>
> >>> Note that the tech report from 2000 was just the first draft of
> >>> what the package system could look like. It does not describe the
> >>> implementation. The first link above is the one to use for reference.
> >>>
> >>> /Richard
> >>
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