<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>There have been suggestions along this path earlier. Unfortunately it will only work occasionally. It would allow you to write things like Foo{a=7} or perhaps Foo#{a=7}. I will admit I don't see the need, but then I am corrupted.<br><br>Robert<br><br><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">
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Changing the subject slightly.<div><br></div><div>One thing that would be nice is given:</div><div><br></div><div><div>-record(foo, {a = 1, b = 2}).</div><div><br></div><div>t() -></div><div> Foo = #foo{a = 8, b = 7},</div><div> Foo#foo.a.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>That since the pre-processor has seen that Foo is bound to a record #foo that I could do this instead:</div><div><br></div><div><div>t() -></div><div> Foo = #foo{a = 8, b = 7},</div><div> Foo.a.</div></div><div><br></div>Matt</div><div><br></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>