implementing annotation in erlang

[Steve Davis]

I think you are trying to force a "java way" onto the platform.

Have you considered using records defined in the header (hrl) for
those arguments? i.e. if you are using annotations in java you are
recompiling source in any case when you make the change. If you make
them into records then you'll equivalently be recompiling across the
entire application code, which appears to me to be an equivalent way
of making the change.

...or did I misunderstand the problem?

/s