[erlang-questions] Sending funs between nodes

[Bengt Kleberg]

Greetings,


yes, the fun needs the code.
yes, you need the beam files on both nodes.


bengt

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On 2007-08-29 21:28, Kirill Zaborski wrote:
> I was trying to do the following:
> 1) a module on node X -
> -------------------
> -module(test1).
> -export([go/0]).
> 
> go() ->
> P = spawn(fun() -> receive X -> X() end end),
> register(rrr, P).
> -------------------
> 2) a module on node Y -
> -------------------
> -module(test2).
> -export([go/0]).
> 
> go() ->
> {rrr, x@REDACTED}!fun() -> io:format("bar",[]) end.
> -------------------
> 
> LOKI is my hostname :)
> 
> So If I run test1:go() and then test2:go() on other node I get
> 
> =ERROR REPORT==== 29-Aug-2007::22:34:29 ===
> Error in process <0.35.0> on node 'y@REDACTED' with exit value: 
> {undef,[{shell_defau
> lt,fun_to_list,[#Fun<erl_eval.20.62269157>]},{erl_eval,do_apply,5},{shell,exprs,
> 6},{shell,eval_loop,3}]}
> 
> ** exited: {undef,[{shell_default,fun_to_list,[#Fun<erl_eval.20.62269157>]},
>                    {erl_eval,do_apply,5},
>                    {shell,exprs,6},
>                    {shell,eval_loop,3}]} **
> 
> It looks like fun needs code of the module where it was defined. Why is 
> it so?
> is there any way around this issue? Or I need the same beams on all the 
> nodes?
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Kirill Zaborski.
> 
> 
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