[erlang-questions] Getting rid of some repetition.

[Christian S]

2008/3/17 Colin Z <theczintheroc2007@REDACTED>:
> Is there a shorthand way to avoid having to repeat the calls to loop so many

Use a record. It makes it more clear what you change in the state,
e.g. with the "S#state{beer=primator}" syntax.

> Is there any reason why something like this wouldn't be possible?

I feel some resistance to addition of cosmetic syntax tricks that make
code easier to write at the cost of being harder to read.   If that
counts.