[erlang-questions] parallel tcp server closed once spawned

[Bengt Kleberg]

if you write para_server_1/0 you are dividing an atom (para_server_1) 
with 0. that is a sure way to crash.
luckily enough you are doing it in a seperate process and the rest of 
your applicaiton will survive :-)


bengt
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On 2007-10-16 14:40, Michael Campbell wrote:
> As a tangent to this conversation...
> 
> On 10/16/07, Chandru <chandrashekhar.mullaparthi@REDACTED> wrote:
>> I've included a modified version of the
>> para_server which will work whether you spawn or call it directly from
>> the shell.
> 
> 
>> para_server() ->
>>     spawn(fun() ->
>>                   para_server_1()
>>           end).
> 
> 
> Is there a difference in the spawn call above and:
> 
> spawn(fun() ->
>             para_server_1/0
> end).
> 
> ?   I've seen in other examples the M:F/A format for methods that take
> a fun, and wondered if this were a stylistic or subtle "real"
> difference.
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