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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>It came to realisation by
returning R9x instead of <<R9x/binary>> in the second piece of code,
the code did compile.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>From:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>        <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><<_NIL<font color=black><span style='color:black'>:8</span></font>,
R9x/binary>> = R9</span></b>,<font color=black><span style='color:black'>                      <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>        {[],
<<R9x/binary>>}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>To:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:24.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><<_NIL<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>:8</span></font>, R9x/binary>> = R9</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>,<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>                      
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>        {[], <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>R9x</span></b>}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Regards,</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Chih-Wei Yu</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
erlang-questions-bounces@erlang.org
[mailto:erlang-questions-bounces@erlang.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Chih - Wei Yu [ MTN - Innovation Centre ]<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 15, 2008
2:18 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> erlang-questions@erlang.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [erlang-questions] R12B-0
Compiler questions</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I’m having some
issues when compiling code in R12B-0. Its reporting internal consistency check
failed. I can compile the code in R11B-5. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I’ve provided the
code that is reporting the error when compiling. I did see other
‘similar’ issues raised but would like to raise it again.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[Code]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>encode_octet_string(
<<OctetString/binary>>, Len ) -> <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'><<OctetString:Len/binary-unit:8>></span></b>;  % The
compiler reports an error for this line of code <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>encode_octet_string(
[H|T], Len )<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>-><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>    <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>B  = list_to_binary( [H|T] ), <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>   
<< B:Len/binary-unit:8>></span></font></b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>                                             
       
       
       
       
               
% However, for this line of code it does not report an error.</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>encode_octet_string(
_ANY, _ ) -> <<>>.</span></font><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[compiler error]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(test@test)8>
c("../../../../projects/src/smpp_types").<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>smpp_types: function encode_octet_string/2+9:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>  Internal consistency check failed - please
report this bug.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>  Instruction: {<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>bs_put_binary</span></b>,{f,0},<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>                             
{x,1},<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>     
                        8,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>                             
{field_flags,[unsigned,big]},<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>                             
{x,0}}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>  Error:      
{match_context,{x,0}}:</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Another piece of code<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[Code]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>    <<A:8,
 R8/binary>>        = R7,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>    <<B:8,  <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>R9</span></b>/binary>>       
= R8,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>    <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>    {C, <<_R10/binary>>} =
if<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>        A >
0  ->  decode_octet_string( A, R9 );<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>        true<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>        -><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>          
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> <<_NIL<font color=black><span
style='color:black'>:8</span></font>, R9x/binary>> = R9</span></b>,<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>                      
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>% The
compiler reports an error for this line of code <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>           
{[], <<R9x/binary>>}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>    end,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[Compiler error]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Internal consistency check failed - please report
this bug.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>  Instruction: {<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>bs_append</span></b>,{f,0},<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>                         
{integer,0},<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>                         
0,5,8,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>                         
{x,3},<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>                         
{field_flags,[]},<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>            
             {x,5}}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>  Error:      
{match_context,{x,3}}:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Regards,</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Chih-Wei Yu</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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