[erlang-questions] Order of message processing by a gen_server

[Lev Walkin]

Jack Orenstein wrote:
> Suppose I have a gen_server process whose queue contains {a} and {b}.  
> Does the order of the handle_call function clauses determine which  
> message is processed first? I.e., if the function clauses are
> 
>      handle_call({a}, From, State) -> ...
>      handle_call({b}, From, State) -> ...
> 
> is it guaranteed that {a} will be processed first?

Yes, but this is implementation detail and is not guaranteed
by the standard.

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Lev Walkin
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