[erlang-questions] Intel Quad CPUs

Bob Ippolito bob@REDACTED
Fri Sep 7 03:47:17 CEST 2007


That's what edoc type specifications look like...

On 9/6/07, Damien Morton <dmorton@REDACTED> wrote:
> Why does the integer type look like a function call?
>
> On 9/6/2007 5:16 PM, David Mercer wrote:
> > On Thursday, September 06, 2007, Tony Finch wrote:
> >
> >> What is the reason for the trailing ()s? It would be nice if the syntax
> >> had less redundant visual noise.
> >>
> >
> > So it can tell the difference between an integer and the atom 'integer'?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > David
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED
> > [mailto:erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED] On Behalf Of
> > Sent: 14:00
> > To: Kostis Sagonas
> > Cc: Erlang
> > Subject: Re: [erlang-questions] Intel Quad CPUs
> >
> > On Tue, 4 Sep 2007, Kostis Sagonas wrote:
> >
> >> In the new language you would write (or preferably change the above edoc
> >> comment to be):
> >>
> >> -spec(foo/2 :: ((integer(), float()) -> atom())).
> >>
> >
> > What is the reason for the trailing ()s? It would be nice if the syntax
> > had less redundant visual noise.
> >
> > Tony.
> >
>
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