[erlang-questions] clarify: variable as function name

[Lovei Laszlo]

Hi all!

A quote from the reference manual:
http://www.erlang.org/doc/reference_manual/expressions.html#6.6

   6.6 Function Calls

   ExprF(Expr1,...,ExprN)
   ExprM:ExprF(Expr1,...,ExprN)

   ExprM should evaluate to a module name and ExprF to a function name
   or a fun.
   [...]
   The module name can be omitted, if ExprF evaluates to the name of a
   local function, an imported function, or an auto-imported BIF.

This means that the following code is valid (F evaluates to a local
function name):

   f() -> ok.
   g() -> F=f, F().

In practice, this aborts with the reason badfun. The question is, which
one is considered good: the manual, or the implementation?


Thanks!
Laszlo