[erlang-questions] refactoring a very large record

[Tim Watson]

On 20 October 2011 13:37, Joel Reymont <joelr1@REDACTED> wrote:

> I have a record with about 80 fields.
>
> I'm in dialyzer hell because this record is in a header file and used all
> over the place.
>
> I would like to make this record opaque and completely encapsulate it in a
> single file.
>
> Should I export getters and setters for each field?
>

No idea about the rest of these questions, but look at
https://github.com/esl/parse_trans/blob/master/src/exprecs.erl to automate
generating accessor functions if you decide you need them.


>
> Would these be inlined by the compiler?
>
> Is ETS a suitable replacement for a record of this size?
>
>        Thanks, Joel
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