[erlang-questions] Compiler to warn on used underscore-variables
Vance Shipley
vances@REDACTED
Tue Jan 5 16:35:49 CET 2010
On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 01:34:10AM -0700, Tony Arcieri wrote:
} I'm not sure what alternative you're proposing. Would you prefer all
} variables prefixed with an underscore have the same semantics as '_'?
Yes. The current behaviour, given the purpose of a underscore
prefix, violates the principle of least astonishment. IMHO
I know it's not going to change but having been burnt by this
in my learning phase I still hold that opinion.
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-Vance
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