[erlang-questions] Compiler to warn on used underscore-variables

[Robert Virding]

2010/1/5 Vance Shipley <vances@REDACTED>

> 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.
>

A change like that would be backwards incompatible and break existing code.

Robert