[erlang-questions] comma vs andalso

Richard Carlsson richardc@REDACTED
Mon Jul 6 15:41:15 CEST 2009


Roberto Ostinelli wrote:
> let me point another (and correct) example then:
> 
> foo(..) when X =/= 0 andalso 1/X > 0.1 -> ..
> 
> the following expression would fail instead:
> 
> foo(..) when X =/= 0, 1/X > 0.1 -> ..

Aye, but an exception in a guard test is always caught and
treated as if the test evaluated to "false". In this example,
there is no observable difference between the two.

   /Richard



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