Problem with bit syntax compilation

[Robert Virding]

"Jouni Ryno" <jouni.ryno@REDACTED> writes:
>From the following code
>
>-module(test).
>
>error(Test) ->
>    if
>	Test == 1 ->
>	    Problem = 1;
>	Test == 2 ->
>	    Problem = 2
>    end,
>    Dummy = 1,
>    OKbin = <<Test:7, Dummy:9>>,    % used only to prove, that it works 
>normally
>    MyBin = [<<Test:7, Problem:9>>, OKbin].
>
>I get compilation error from erlc test.erl (eshell V5.0.2
>
>/proj/cosima/egse/test.erl:none: internal error in v3_codegen;
>crash reason: {{case_clause,{'EXIT',{function_clause,
>                                        [{v3_codegen,fetch_reg,['Problem
> ...

This is a compiler bug which has been fixed in the next release.  The
way around it is as someone already has shown.  The warning should be
printed AFTER the compiler error trace.

        Robert

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