[erlang-questions] question about erlang doc

[Jeremy Ong]

See http://www.erlang.org/doc/reference_manual/typespec.html for more
details. Think of the type specification as a sort of function prototype
(coming from the C world).


On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@REDACTED> wrote:

> In http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/random.html I see this line:
>
> seed(X1 :: {A1, A2, A3}) -> undefined | ran()<http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/random.html#type-ran>
>
> Whats the '::' ?
> Also I cant figure out how to read what follows the '->'
>
> Please note I am not so much interested in the specifics of random numbers
> as in being able to read the manual!
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