[erlang-questions] Dialyzer and List Type

[PhayTsukiming]

Thanks for you explanation. One more question: should I use non empty list
specification to make dialyzer complain?

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 4:03 PM Stavros Aronis <aronisstav@REDACTED> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> The most general type that foo can have is [number()] -> [number()]. The
> spec restricts both number() instances to just integer(). Then, since bar's
> only argument is given as is to foo, it should also be [integer()].
>
> If you specify bar's argument as atom() then there is no way to make a
> successful call to foo and Dialyzer complains. If however bar's argument is
> a list of atoms, then there is a way, though a bit trivial, for a call to
> succeed: an empty list is both a valid list of atoms and a valid list of
> integers.
>
> Dialyzer can see this, and does not complain. Perhaps a patch is needed,
> for a warning of type "only the empty list satisfies the given spec"...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Stavros
>
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, 08:50 PhayTsukiming, <moonsolo@REDACTED> wrote:
>
>> Hi list, I am new to erlang and dialyzer. I have encounter a problem
>> when I tried to fiddle with type specifications.
>>
>> Say, I have two functions:
>>
>> -module(t).
>> -export([foo/1, bar/1]).
>>
>> -spec foo([integer()])->[integer()].
>> foo(Arg)->
>>     [I+1||I<-Arg].
>>
>> -spec bar(atom())->[integer()].
>> bar(_Arg)->
>>     foo(_Arg).
>>
>> Then apply dialyzer to this module and dialyzer warns:
>>
>> t.erl:8: Invalid type specification for function t:bar/1. The success
>> typing is ([integer()]) -> [integer()]
>>
>> But if I change the specification of bar to:
>>
>> -spec bar([atom()])->[integer()].
>>
>> dialyzer will show no warnings. My intention is to make sure the argument
>> of bar is the same type of list as the argument of foo.
>>
>> Is this normal? Do I miss or misunderstand something about success typing
>> or dialyzer?
>>
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