[erlang-questions] Monitor option in spawn_opt/5

[Michał Ptaszek]

Hey,

What is the reason for not allowing to pass 'monitor' option to processes
spawned by erlang:spawn_opt/5?

The code inside of erlang.erl states:

    case lists:member(monitor, O) of
false -> ok;
true -> erlang:error(badarg, [N, M, F, A, O])
    end,

However the documentation does not clarify anything.
Setting up a monitor on the returned pid right after spawn works fine
though.

Thanks,
Michal
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