Three wishes

[Thomas Lindgren]

--- Samuel Rivas <samuel@REDACTED> wrote:
> Personally, I feel
> matching the if result is more erlangish (arguing
> whether it is better
> or worse is more a matter of taste);
> 
> test(X, Y) ->
>     {Sign, Abs} = if X > Y ->  {1, X - Y};
> 		     X < Y ->  {-1, Y - X};
> 		     X == Y -> {0, 0}
> 		  end,
>     ... More sentences ...

But doing it the other way REALLY IS, historically
speaking, the Erlang way. :-)

test(X,Y) ->
  if X > Y -> Sign = 1, Abs = X-Y;
     X < Y -> Sign = -1, Abs = Y-X;
     true -> Sign = 0, Abs = 0
  end, 
  %% use Sign, Abs

(Though due to the warnings you get nowadays, I tend
to pass around tuples.)

Happily, the compiler nowadays gets rid of most
intermediate tuples. In the days when it didn't, using
them reduced performance, of course.

Best,
Thomas


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