[erlang-questions] Package Support/Use

[Bengt Kleberg]

On 2006-11-06 10:20, Mats Cronqvist wrote:
> Bob Ippolito wrote:
>> It's clear that much of the standard library prefers to return tagged
>> tuples instead of using exceptions.
> 
>    true enough. i believe rectifying this was one of the motivations behind the 
> rewrite of the standard libraries referred to earlier in this thread.

you are correct. from the ''CONVENTIONS'' file:

		- A function should *not* return wrapped values like
		  {ok,Value}/{error,Reason} to indicate success or
		  failure. The assumed behaviour should be success,
		  and failures should be signalled by exceptions,
		  as described below.


bengt
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