[erlang-questions] Question about receive

[Ulf Wiger]

There are two common ways to do it:

make_ref() returns a unique reference (of type reference)

erlang:monitor(process, P) also returns a reference, and starts a
monitor on process P. If P dies, the monitoring process will receive a
message, {'DOWN', Reference, process, P, Reason}. Very handy, and
used, e.g. in gen_server:call() to match a reply to the corresponding
request, and monitor the server at the same time.

BR,
Ulf W

2007/6/26, Matej Kosik <kosik@REDACTED>:
> Hi,
>
> Does Erlang provide some convenient way of generating unique tags? (objects that cannot have duplicates). With that, I would be able to ensure reception of messages from a one chosen process (if there is no better way to do it).
>
> Btw. Thank you for your answers. (your previous answers did help me).
> --
> Matej Kosik
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