newbie questions about dict.

[Vladimir Ulogov]

Hello people.

Digging in Erlang, I'd catch strange (for newbie) things:
7> dict:new().
[]
8> a=dict:new().
** exited: {{badmatch,[]},{erl_eval,expr,3}} **
9>

Can you tell to me, what I'd miss.

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