[erlang-questions] per function/process locals

[Ulf Wiger]

2007/5/7, Vance Shipley <vances@REDACTED>:
>
> On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 01:21:41PM +0200, Ulf Wiger (TN/EAB) wrote:
> }
> }  As it's not a great idea to export records in an API,
> }  I often prefer to take a property list as input.
>
> Ulf,
>
> Can you elaborate on why using a record in an API is a bad thing?
>
>         -Vance


Records depend on the preprocessor, and therefore introduce a
compile-time dependency between modules. When using e.g.
property lists, which are admittedly slower than records, adding
a new property is easy. If you use a record, the users of the API
must recompile in order to be compatible, even if they don't
use the new option.

BR,
Ulf W
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