[erlang-questions] Best practices in gen_fsm usage

[Steve Davis]

Often, I find myself starting with gen_fsm then veering back to a
gen_server which "manages" a module of pure state callbacks... so I'm
making it a personal target to understand why that is. I'm feeling
(and I could be wrong) that there's a piece missing from the picture
here, and it seems my experience is not totally isolated (esp. wrt the
OP).

/s

On Dec 12, 9:20 am, Robert Virding <robert.vird...@REDACTED
solutions.com> wrote:
> Of course, you don't NEED gen_fsm as you can always carry an extra field in the loop data which indicates which state you are in. You can also flip that and say you don't really NEED gen_server as this is just a gen_fsm with one state.