Proposed change to libraries
Luke Gorrie
luke@REDACTED
Tue Feb 22 20:39:56 CET 2005
Bjorn Gustavsson <bjorn@REDACTED> writes:
> Unfortunately, it is tricky to check that {M,F} is a valid fun. The module
> M might not even be loaded.
>
> It has been suggested earlier that we should add
>
> fun M:F/Arity
>
> to the language. Unfortunately, we didn't add it in R10B. We could add
> it in R11B.
I think it would be nice if this prints as something like:
#Fun<M:F/Arity>
so that you can easily see where it's pointing.
I also wonder if people are using {M,F}-funs without fixed arity.
toy example:
callback(Values, Callback = {M,F}) when list(Values) ->
apply(M, F, Values).
Cheers,
Luke
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