[erlang-questions] Newbie: Compile error with records

[Alex Hammel]

I don't think it's legal to construct record instances at the top level.
(Even if it was, how would you refer to them?)

You'll need to wrap the record construction in a function or a macro.


On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 7:48 AM, Schneider <schneider@REDACTED> wrote:

> Hi list,
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> I am trying to create a bunch of records in an include file, but I just
> can’t get it to work.
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> What is wrong about this hrl file
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> -record(data_ids, {data_id, mnem, descr}).
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> #data_ids{data_id=1, mnem="ONE", descr="Number one."}.
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> The compiler gives the error:
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> src/data_ids.hrl:5: syntax error before: '#'
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> Thanks
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