[erlang-questions] Illegal Guard?

[Theepan]

Hi Rad,

Thanks, that helps.

Regards,
Theepan

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Rad Gruchalski <radek@REDACTED> wrote:

> It’s explained here:
> http://erlang.org/doc/reference_manual/expressions.html#id83710
> The set of valid *guard expressions* (sometimes called guard tests) is a
> subset of the set of valid Erlang expressions. The reason for restricting
> the set of valid expressions is that evaluation of a guard expression must
> be guaranteed to be free of side effects.
>
> Kind regards,
> Radek Gruchalski
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> On Friday, 5 February 2016 at 13:40, Theepan wrote:
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> Team - Any idea?
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> 60> is_integer(A = 5).
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> true
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> 61>
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> 61> fun () when is_integer(A = 5) -> ok end.
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> * 2: illegal guard expression
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> 62>
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> 62>
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> 62>
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> 62> fun () when is_integer(5) -> ok end.
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> #Fun<erl_eval.20.54118792>
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> 63>
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> 63> fun (A = 5) when is_integer(A) -> ok end.
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> #Fun<erl_eval.6.54118792>
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