Matching elements of records

[Bengt Kleberg]

Ulf Wiger (AL/EAB) wrote:
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> 
> ALWAYS WRITE PATTERN ALIASES AS <PATTERN>=<VAR>!!

i have lived under the assumption that

-record( rec, {a, b=b_default}).


func1( #rec{a=a} = Arg ) ->
	Arg.

func2( Arg = #rec{a=a} ) ->
	Arg.

would return different Arg. like this:

func1( #rec{a=a, b=b} ) => #rec{a=a, b=b}

func2( #rec{a=a, b=b} ) => #rec{a=a, b=b_default}

this is not the case, it was all a mistake on my part.
however, perhaps the possiblity of misunderstanding is a good reason to 
avoid func2() style pattern aliases?


bengt