[erlang-questions] Bug ?!

[Valentin Micic]

No, this is not a compiler bug. One cannot use record accessor syntax for 
pattern matching. If you're interested in field "a" of the record "x", you 
could rewrite the whole thing like this:

bug( X = #x{a=ValueOfA}) ->
  receive
      {msg, ValueOfA}    -> ok
  after 0 -> also_ok
  end.

or, since X hasn't been referenced anywhere:

bug( #x{a=ValueOfA}) ->
receive
    {msg, ValueOfA}    -> ok
after 0 -> also_ok
end.

The above mathces the function head to a record #x{} and then binds the 
complete record to variable X, and value of "a" to ValueOfA.
As for receive statement, one can also use record syntax in pattern matching 
i.e.:

bug( _ ) ->
    receive
        {msg, X = #x{}} -> ok
    after 0 -> also_ok
    end.

Hope this clarify things a bit.
V.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "datacompboy" <datacompboy@REDACTED>
To: <erlang-questions@REDACTED>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 5:27 AM
Subject: [erlang-questions] Bug ?!


>
> Is that a bug of compiler?
>
> -module(a).
> -record(x, {a, b, c}).
> -export([bug/1]).
>
> bug(X) ->
>  receive
>    {msg, X#x.a} -> ok
>  after 0 -> ok
>  end.
>
> We got "illegal pattern" on {msg, X#x.a}.
> If we change code so:
> bug(X) ->
>  XA = X#x.a,
>  receive
>    {msg, XA} -> ok
>  after 0 -> ok
>  end.
>
> it works. Is that bug of records compilation, or feature?!
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