[erlang-questions] Guards on assignment (i.e. assertions)

[Hynek Vychodil]

What about

true = B > C,
A = B

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Garrett Smith <g@REDACTED> wrote:
> In most cases, assertions come "free" in Erlang in guards and pattern
> matching. There are cases though where I'd like to apply a guard a
> statement like this:
>
>  A = B when B > C
>
> I currently do this:
>
>  A = case B of ValidB when ValidB > C -> ValidB end
>
> or, a simpler form (but the error message on failure isn't as clear):
>
>  A = if B > C -> B end
>
> There are other ways as well, e.g. using functions, etc. but I like
> the first form.
>
> I'm wondering how others implement basic assertions on assignments. I
> think if the first form were supported by the language, I'd use the
> "assert" pattern and my code would be better for it.
>
> Garrett
>
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