[erlang-questions] I think I wish I could write case Any of whatever -> _ end.

[Henning Diedrich]

But for those who crave, does anybody have a tip where to look in the 
precompiler sources to add a _ or ~ or * the way Eric asked for?

Just a starting point to mod would be cool.

Thanks,
Henning

Richard O'Keefe wrote:
>
> On May 19, 2010, at 3:11 PM, Eric Newhuis (personal) wrote:
>
>> I appreciate all your comments.
>>
>> I still don't like temporary variables like X or whatever because 
>> they contain no semantic quality and there is a tension between short 
>> names to make the pattern obvious and longer names for reunderstanding.
>
> The variable name X has been used in the examples,
> because the examples have been free of content.
> No-one, as far as I am aware, is arguing for the use of X
> _as such_, although it is at least better than _  or ~ .
>
> This is why I keep on screaming for *real* examples.
> I predict that in real examples, we can find a way to express
> what we want with meaningful variable names.
>
>
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