[erlang-questions] about fun vs. functions schisofrenia

[Bjorn Gustavsson]

Andras Georgy Bekes <bekesa@REDACTED> writes:

> If you want to store a reference to a function in the long term 
> (surviving module upgrades), store the module and function name. When 
> you want to use it as the argument of a higher-order function, use the 
> expression
> fun Module:Function/Arity
> to "convert" your function reference to a fun.

A fun defined as fun Module:Function/Arity *will* survive code reloading.
It has a different internal representation than a fun defined as fun Function/Arity.

So it is safe to store the fun instead.

/Bjorn
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Björn Gustavsson, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB