[eeps] Revised suggestion for EEP4 and EEP6

[Ulf Wiger (TN/EAB)]

I support the revised suggestion, including the
abbreviations for the bit syntax.

BR,
Ulf W


Kenneth Lundin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> From the different suggestions we have now the following compromise to suggest:
> 
> Type test functions:
> is_binary, is_bitstring
> 
> Size functions:
> tuple_size
> byte_size (which returns the size in bytes needed to hold the binary
> or bitstring)
> I.e no crash as suggested before.
> bit_size (which returns the size in number of bits)
> 
> Type qualifiers in binary/bitstring expressions:
> /binary
> /bitstring
> /bits (shorter alias to /bitstring)
> /bytes (shorter alias to binary)
> 
> It can be questioned to have bits and bytes as alias, the only reason
> is that it is convenient with a short notation in binary expressions
> (Kenneth).
> 
> We also think it is better to handle this and future EEP discussions
> on the mailing list eeps@REDACTED so I recommend you all to join
> that mailing list. Join
> here http://www.erlang.org/mailman/listinfo/eeps/
> 
> 
> 
> /Kenneth and Björn