Proposed change to libraries

[Chandrashekhar Mullaparthi]

I'm in favour of aligning the code to the documentation :-)

Chandru

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kostis Sagonas [mailto:kostis@REDACTED] 
> Sent: 04 February 2005 13:18
> To: erlang-questions@REDACTED
> Subject: Proposed change to libraries
> 
> 
> We had an interesting discussion in the HiPE group today, so let
> me take a quick poll on the following issue.
> 
> The Erlang/OTP documentation specifies that e.g. lists:map/2 is
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> map(Func, List1) -> List2
>    Types:
>       Func = fun(A) -> B
>       List1 = [A]
>       List2 = [B]
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> However, currently this does NOT agree with its implementation.
> For example, one can issue the call:
> 
>   lists:map(gazonk, [])
> 
> which will return [].
> 
> Will it cause havoc if in a future Erlang version such calls
> result in a 'function_clause' error?
> 
> I.e., change the implementation of map/2 (and similar functions)
> as if defined by:
> 
> map(F, [H|T]) ->
>   [F(H)|map(F, T)];
> map(F, []) when is_function(F) ->	%% andalso is_fun_arity(F) == 1
>   [].
> 
> 
> Kostis
> 



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