Erlang is getting too big

[Richard A. O'Keefe]

Richard Carlsson <richardc@REDACTED> wrote:
	[that if you define a local function with the same name
	 = (symbol/arity) as a pervasive built-in, then you get a
	 warning that says you've redefined it, and you can call
	 it from the outside, but on the inside you get the built-in].

It seems to me that this is clearly a bug.  The warning is useful,
but a direct call to a function with a visible local definition
should _always_ find that local definition, or what are scope rules for?