[erlang-questions] gen_server and the run-time errors

[Gilberto Carmenate García]

Hi, yes a little mistake since I've been a while that I don't touch that
kind of things

lol

Best,

Ivan.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ahmed Omar <spawn.think@REDACTED>
To: info <info@REDACTED>
Cc: erlang-questions@REDACTED
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:11:32 +0100
Subject: Re: [erlang-questions] gen_server and the run-time errors

> For the last question, it will be useful to start sasl before starting
> your
> application.
> 
> Ivan,
> init in gen_server should return {ok, State} not {ok, pid()}
> http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/gen_server.html#Module:init-1
> 
> 
> 2010/12/8 Robert Virding <robert.virding@REDACTED>
> 
> > IIRC it is so, terminate/1 is not called if there is an error in
> init/1. I
> > remember having read about it somewhere but can't find it now. The
> closest I
> > could come up with is in
> > http://erlang.org/doc/man/gen_server.html#start_link-3 where it says:
> >
> > "If Module:init/1 fails with Reason, the function returns
> {error,Reason}.
> > If Module:init/1 returns {stop,Reason} or ignore, the process is
> terminated
> > and the function returns {error,Reason} or ignore, respectively."
> >
> > Also the documentation explicitly mentions how to return a value from
> other
> > callback functions which causes the server to call terminate/1 and
> then
> > terminate, but no mention of terminate is made in the docs for
> init/1.
> >
> > The logic is I suppose that if you haven't completed initialisation
> then
> > there is nothing to clean-up after.
> >
> > Robert
> >
> > ----- "Gilberio Carmenates García" <co7eb@REDACTED> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi! Info,
> > >
> > > The terminate function isn't called possibility because the
> gen_server
> > > never
> > > started,
> > > Your problem could be I'm close sure because the init() need to be
> > > ended
> > > with a {ok, Pid}, Pid could be self(). If you end the init()
> function
> > > with
> > > other thing, the same error you saw is threw.
> > >
> > >
> > > Good Example:
> > >
> > > init(Args)->
> > >       process_flag(trap_exit,true),
> > >       evo_db_module:start(Args),
> > >       {ok, self()}.
> > >
> > >
> > > Bad Example:
> > >
> > > init(Args)->
> > >       process_flag(trap_exit,true),
> > >       evo_db_module:start(Args),
> > >       some_fun_that_not_returns_ok_pid().
> > >
> > >
> > > =INFO REPORT==== 7-Dec-2010::20:37:58 ===
> > >     application: evo
> > >     exited: {shutdown,{evo,start,[normal,[{...}]]}}
> > >     type: temporary
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Ivan.
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Mensaje original-----
> > > De: erlang-questions@REDACTED
> [mailto:erlang-questions@REDACTED]
> > > En
> > > nombre de info
> > > Enviado el: Martes, 07 de Diciembre de 2010 14:50
> > > Para: erlang-questions
> > > Asunto: [erlang-questions] gen_server and the run-time errors
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > > I have a run-time error in the init part of a gen_server.
> > > - Init begin by process_flag(trap_exit,true)
> > > - gen_server is part of a supervision tree
> > > I try to print the reason in the terminate module but it seems to
> > > exit
> > > elsewhere.
> > > - why terminate is not called ?
> > > The application stops with shutdown as reason.
> > > - How and where to catch the run-time error ?
> > >
> > > J-Ph. Constantin
> > > ITS3 Genhve
> > > www.its3.ch
> > >
> > >
> > >
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