[erlang-questions] Re: Erlang/OTP R14B01 has been released

[Matthias Lang]

On Monday, December 13, Robert Virding wrote:

> In neither case are you running the compiler, both are handled by
> the interpreter, erl_eval, so they should behave in the same way. I
> would class this as a bug.

Interesting! Did you really try on R14B01? I get the same results for
the interpreter and compiler, and I think they're both wrong in the
same way.

Eshell V5.8.2  (abort with ^G)
1> c(virding).
{ok,virding}
2> virding:f(kuku).
<<>>

~ >cat virding.erl 
-module(virding).
-export([f/1]).

f(A) -> <<A:0>>.

Matt

> ----- "Zvi" <zvi.avraham@REDACTED> wrote:
> 
> > RE: OTP-8865  Code such as foo(A) -> <<A:0>> would crash the
> > compiler.
> > 
> > It seems that compiler will totally ignore type of A in this case:
> > 
> > Eshell V5.8.2  (abort with ^G)
> > 1> F = fun(A) -> <<A:0>> end.
> > #Fun<erl_eval.6.13229925>
> > 2>
> > 2> F(0).
> > <<>>
> > 3> F(1).
> > <<>>
> > 4> F(10000).
> > <<>>
> > 5> F(1.4).
> > <<>>
> > 6> F(add).
> > <<>>
> > 7> F(kuku).
> > <<>>
> > 8>
> > 8> F("adfd").
> > <<>>
> > 9>
> > 9> F({1,2}).
> > <<>>
> > 10>
> > 
> > same for:
> > 
> > Eshell V5.8.2  (abort with ^G)
> > 1>
> > 1>
> > 1> A = 0.
> > 0
> > 2> <<A:0>>.
> > <<>>
> > 3>
> > 3> <<({1,2,3}):0>>.
> > <<>>
> > 4> <<([1,2,3]):0>>.
> > <<>>
> > 5> <<"hello":0>>.
> > ** exception error: bad argument
> > 6> <<("hello"):0>>.
> > ** exception error: bad argument
> > 7> <<1.6:0>>.
> > <<>>
> > 8> <<(fun()-> ok end):0>>.
> > <<>>
> > 9> <<(self()):0>>.
> > <<>>
> > 1
> > 
> > Zvi
> > On Dec 8, 4:49 pm, Kenneth Lundin <kenneth.lun...@REDACTED> wrote:
> > > Erlang/OTP R14B01 has been released.
> > >
> > > This release is mainly a stabilization of the R14B01 release (but
> > there are
> > > some new functionality as well).
> > >
> > > You can find the README file for the release at
> > >
> > > http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_R14B01.readme
> > >
> > > The source distribution and binary distribution for Windows can be
> > > downloaded from
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_R14B01.tar.gzhttp://www.erlang.org/download/otp_win32_R14B01.exe
> > >
> > > The distribution can also be downloaded using the BitTorrent
> > > protocol. Use the following torrent files to download the source
> > > distribution and binary distribution for Windows:
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_R14B01.tar.gz.torrenthttp://www.erlang.org/download/otp_win32_R14B01.exe.torrent
> > >
> > > Note: To unpack the TAR archive you need a GNU TAR compatible
> > program.
> > >
> > > For installation instructions please read the README file that is
> > part
> > > of the distribution.
> > >
> > > The on-line documentation can be found
> > at:http://www.erlang.org/doc/
> > > You can also download the complete HTML documentation or the Unix
> > manual files
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_doc_html_R14B01.tar.gzhttp://www.erlang.org/download/otp_doc_man_R14B01.tar.gz
> > >
> > > We also want to thank those that sent us patches, suggestions and
> > bug
> > > reports,
> > >
> > > The Erlang/OTP Team
> > > Kenneth Lundin, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB
> > >
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