[erlang-questions] Erlang gen_fsm transition to a new state

[Mazen Harake]

If you start a gen_fsm init() will be called

init() -> {ok, foo, undefined}.

Next message you send with send_event() to the gen_fsm will be handled by
foo()

foo(_, _) -> {next_state, bar, undefined}.

Next message will be handled by bar()

bar(_, _) -> {next_state, foo, undefined).

Next message will be handled by foo().

If you use sync_send_event() instead then these functions must be of arity 3
since you get a "From" variable with them.

so, yes you can mix them but they are called differently.

And don't use a sync_send_event() from inside a callback function because
you will deadlock.

/M



On 24 May 2011 10:45, Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@REDACTED> wrote:

> Can i have any state_name/3 || /2 functions with different names?
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