erlang:open_port_prim
Matthias Lang
matthias@REDACTED
Thu Feb 13 22:15:18 CET 2003
Bob Holmes writes:
> open_port eventually calls erlang:open_port_prim, which I don't find in
> erlang.erl. Where can I find it?
Many of the functions in the 'erlang' module are "builtin",
i.e. they're implemented in C inside the VM. open_port_prim is such a
function. You can ask the system about this:
1> erlang:is_builtin(lists, sort, 1).
false
3> erlang:is_builtin(erlang, open_port_prim, 2).
true
Matthias
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