[erlang-questions] net_kernel:start oddity

[David Welton]

Node Foo
========
davidw@REDACTED:~ $ erl
Erlang/OTP 17 [erts-6.3] [source-f9282c6] [64-bit] [smp:4:4]
[async-threads:10] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]

Eshell V6.3  (abort with ^G)
1> net_kernel:start([foo, longnames]).
{ok,<0.35.0>}
(foo@REDACTED)2> node().
'foo@REDACTED'

Node Bar
=======
davidw@REDACTED:~ $ erl
Erlang/OTP 17 [erts-6.3] [source-f9282c6] [64-bit] [smp:4:4]
[async-threads:10] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]

Eshell V6.3  (abort with ^G)
1> net_kernel:start(['bar@REDACTED', longnames]).
{ok,<0.35.0>}
(bar@REDACTED)2> net_adm:ping('foo@REDACTED').
pang


*However*, this works:

Node Bar
=======
Eshell V6.3  (abort with ^G)
1> net_kernel:start([bar, longnames]).
{ok,<0.35.0>}
(bar@REDACTED)2> net_adm:ping('foo@REDACTED').
pong


I mean, it's the same node, right?

net_kernel:start(['bar@REDACTED', longnames]).
{ok,<0.45.0>}
(bar@REDACTED)6> N1 = node().
'bar@REDACTED'
(bar@REDACTED)7> net_kernel:stop().
ok
8> net_kernel:start([bar, longnames]).
{ok,<0.54.0>}
(bar@REDACTED)9> N2 = node().
'bar@REDACTED'
(bar@REDACTED)10> N1 == N2.
true

Any ideas what is going on?

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David N. Welton

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