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Does anybody have some guidance here? Even a pointer to the appropriate docs would be enough.<BR>
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<B>From</B>: Michael T. Richter <<A HREF="mailto:%22Michael%20T.%20Richter%22%20%3cttmrichter@gmail.com%3e">ttmrichter@gmail.com</A>><BR>
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<B>To</B>: <A HREF="mailto:erlang-questions@erlang.org">erlang-questions@erlang.org</A><BR>
<B>Subject</B>: ERTS external term format questions.<BR>
<B>Date</B>: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:59:11 +0800<BR>
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For testing purposes I need to be able to generate every type of the <A HREF="http://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/erts/erl_ext_dist.html">External Term Format</A>. I've been able to do this for every type except REFERENCE_EXT (the system always gives me a NEW_REFERENCE_EXT) and FUN_EXT (the system always gives me a NEW_FUN_EXT). How would I go about making the run-time generate the older forms from terms?<BR>
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