calling timer_interval from module

[Wes James]

If I have:

-module('gpc').

-export([start/0]).

start() ->
	%{ok,R}=
	timer:apply_interval(3000, gpc, getc, []).

getc() -> "yep".

when I run:

gpc:start().

I get the error:

=ERROR REPORT==== 30-Apr-2010::11:39:15 ===
Error in process <0.70.0> with exit value: {undef,[{gpc,getc,[]}]}

If I change -export to:

-export([start/0, getc/0]).

If I run:

{ok,R}=timer:apply_interval(3000, gpc, getc, []).

I get

{ok,{interval,#Ref<0.0.0.461>}}

but nothing ever happens.

If I do the same thing with:


-module(tst).

-export([tst_fun/0]).

tst_fun() ->
	io:format("~n~w~n", [erlang:localtime()]).


tst:tst_fun().


It works??

Any idea why the first doesn't work?

The difference is running timer:apply_interval from the cli vs from
inside a module, it looks like.

thx,

-wes