Package support in Erlang: Status ?

[Ulf Wiger]

On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Richard Carlsson wrote:

>
>On Sun, 20 Apr 2003, Wiger Ulf wrote:
>
>> I have also privately suggested that Erlang allow
>> "dotted atoms" (that is, without single quotes) in other
>> places as well, e.g. in registered names, ets tables,
>> etc. This would make package support feel a little less
>> like an afterthought, and more like an integrated part of
>> the language.
>
>You mean like this?:
>
>	1> register(self(), fee.fie.foo).
>	ok
>	2> whereis(fee.fie.foo).
>	<0.31.0>
>
>It's already there, if you try it. If you find some example
>of where it does not work, please report it to me.

<blush/> I admit that I hadn't tried it. Moot point then.

/Uffe
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