Ad hoc use of a NIF

[Ali Sabil]

On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 at 11:33, Harris, Robert <robert.harris@REDACTED>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> For the sake of example, I have a library with two files:  a.erl and
> b.erl, where a.erl is accompanied by a NIF.  I am constrained by the
> need to construct b.erl using the output of a function contained in the
> NIF.
>
> I was planning to have the make process (called from rebar) for a's NIF
> use an escript to load it in order to generate b.erl.  This doesn't work
> because, as far as I can tell, I can't load a NIF from the shell.
>
> Could anyone recommend a clean solution?
>

Did you consider generating the `b' module at runtime, without in fact ever
creating a `b.erl' file?


> Robert
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