[erlang-questions] Self referencing records.

[Gaspar Chilingarov]

Ludovic Coquelle wrote:
> I'm not sure to understand the undelying problem, but I think there is a
> problem of syntax.
> Is the following what you're looking for?
> 
> test() ->
>    T = #object{class='Object', props=dict:new()},
>    NewProps = dict:append("this", T, T#object.props),
>    T#object{props=NewProps}.
> 

Well, it will reference not to itself, but to copy of itself :)


> On 7/18/07, Julio César Carrascal Urquijo (MCTS) <jcarrascal@REDACTED>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it possible at all to create a record that references it self? 

IMHO, You can not have "references" in Erlang. All data structures are 
passed by value (at least from programmer's point of view, VM may 
optimize sometimes and pass pointers rather than value).

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