[erlang-questions] list_to_pid() surprise

[mats cronqvist]

"Ulf Wiger" <ulf.wiger@REDACTED> writes:

> I'd be more inclined to believe that it was tricky if it weren't for
> the fact that the pid object obviously already exists in this
> case. (:

  judging from the eshell prompt, your node was started without
  distribution, in which case the pid object couldn't possibly refer
  to a real node. you must've gotten it from a file or the clipboard.

  or am i missing something?

  mats