Module attributes

[Bjorn Gustavsson]

"Vlad Dumitrescu XX (LN/EAB)" <vlad.xx.dumitrescu@REDACTED> writes:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-erlang-questions@REDACTED
> > [mailto:owner-erlang-questions@REDACTED]On Behalf Of Bjorn 
> > Gustavsson
> > > Shouldn't clause 4.2 say that a Module Attribute is -Tag(BasicTerm)
> > > where BasicTerm is an integer, real number, atom or string?
> > > 
> > 
> > List, tuples, and literal strings are also allowed.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Any reason why literal binaries shouldn't be allowed too?
> 

I was unclear in my answer. Actually, we allow literal binaries too,
but they used to crash the compiler in a later pass. Literal binaries
will work in R10B-7.

/Bjorn
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Björn Gustavsson, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB