Buglet in gen_server?

[Bruce Fitzsimons]

Hi,

I've been using the emacs skeletons forever, and these do things such as:

gen_server:start_link({local, app}, app, [], []).

This syntax isn't documented in R9B, and is possibly deprecated, but the
interesting thing is that gen_server:call, and gen_server:start_link both
work, while gen_server:cast doesn't (and fails silently, the dangerous
little monster).

Is the ServerRef -> {local, app} syntax valid? deprecated? invalid?

Thanks,
Bruce