[erlang-questions] Human readable errors in lists module

[Ulf Wiger (TN/EAB)]

Zvi skrev:
> I think instead of "fixing" lists:zipwith, it's better to add
> parallel list comprehensions, i.e.:
> 
> lists:zipwith(F, Xs, Ys) = [F(X,Y) || X<-Xs ; Y<-Ys].
> 
> Note ";" instead of ",".


This is actually more difficult than it seems
at first glance.

I went through parallelization of lists:map/2
as an exercise in a recent presentation:

http://ulf.wiger.net/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/damp09-erlang-multicore.pdf

The things that need careful consideration are
side-effects and exceptions. It's not obvious how
a generic implementation should behave, as there is
a cost/safety tradeoff.

BR,
Ulf W