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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I just noticed in dict.erl:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'>-record(dict,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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::integer(), % Number of elements<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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n=?seg_size
::integer(), % Number of active slots<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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maxn=?seg_size ::integer(), % Maximum
slots<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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bso=?seg_size div 2 ::integer(), % Buddy
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exp_size=?exp_size ::integer(), % Size to expand at<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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con_size=?con_size ::integer(), % Size to contract at<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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empty,
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segs
::tuple() % Segments<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'> }).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It appears that Erlang supports type declarations in record
declarations, but I could not find this syntax in the Erlang reference
documentation. Is there any documentation on this, and what effect it has
on the system?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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