Noob - Getting Started Infinte Loop?

[Robert Virding]

Håkan Stenholm wrote:
> foo(_V) -> ok;  % variable V is unused, renamed to _V to inidicate that 
> it's not used in this clause
> foo(V) -> ....
> 
> Note that _V is still a valid variablename, so the code below is valid:
> 
>    foo(_V) ->
>        _V * 2.
> 
>    a call to foo(42) would yield 84 in this case.
> 
> 
> But you should never use _ in variable names in this way (instead remove 
> the _ if the V is to be used).

Actually this is simple way to get rid of the annoying whining by the 
compiler, just prepend every variable with _ and it keeps quiet. :-)

Seriously I would prefer the default to be to keep quiet.

Robert