[erlang-questions] Proposal for is_iolist/1 guard

[Robert Virding]

I wouldn't "like" (:-)) to but if I was testing for an iolist that is what I
would have to do. Note that is_list/1 only tests the if argument is a cons
cell or a [], it does not do a deep test.

Robert

2009/5/26 Oscar Hellström <oscar@REDACTED>

> So if it's a list, you'd like to traverse the list and check if each
> value is either a binary, another iolist or an integer >= 0 and < 256?
>
> Robert Virding wrote:
> > Unfortunately not, as an iolist can also be a nested list strucure
> > containing bytes/characters and binaries.
> >
> > Robert
> >
> > 2009/5/26 Oscar Hellström <oscar@REDACTED
> > <mailto:oscar@REDACTED>>
> >
> >     Hi Maxim,
> >
> >     Wouldn't is_list(X); is_binary(X) be enough?
> >
> >     Maxim Treskin wrote:
> >     > Hello
> >     >
> >     > I see, erlang does not have is_iolist/1 guard, while iolist() type
> >     > used in some places in OTP (i.e. ports interaction).
> >     > Is it possible to add this BIF?
> >     >
> >     > Thank you.
> >     >
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