bit syntax documentation

[Ulf Wiger]

In the documentation for the bit syntax, I read the following:


"A segment of type binary must have a size evenly divisible by 8. 

     This means that the following head will never match: 

     foo(<<X:7/binary,Y:1/binary>>) ->"

(http://www.erlang.org/doc/r7b/doc/extensions/bit_syntax.html#6.6)

Since my code didn't work as expected, I tried to verify this:



30> F = fun(<<X:7/binary,Y:1/binary>>) -> {X,Y}; (Other) -> Other
end.
#Fun<erl_eval.17.63972567>
31> F(<<"12345678">>).                                                     
{<<49,50,51,52,53,54,55>>,<<56>>}



In other words, the head described in the manual matches just fine.

Comments?

/Uffe
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