dialyzer and non-proper lists

Ulf Wiger (AL/EAB) ulf.wiger@REDACTED
Fri Sep 16 11:25:36 CEST 2005


It's been argued that non-proper lists can always be 
avoided at minimal expense.

How about this example:

20> [ets:insert(T, {"foo-" ++ integer_to_list(N)}) || N <- lists:seq(1,10)].
[true,true,true,true,true,true,true,true,true,true]
21> ets:select(T, [{{"foo" ++ '_'},[],['$_']}]).
[{"foo-6"},
 {"foo-7"},
 {"foo-3"},
 {"foo-8"},
 {"foo-2"},
 {"foo-9"},
 {"foo-10"},
 {"foo-5"},
 {"foo-4"},
 {"foo-1"}]


Never mind the ++. It expands before the select() call into
[$f, $o, $o | '_'], which is still a non-proper list, and the way
you're supposed to do it in ets:match() and ets:select()

/Uffe



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