[erlang-questions] How to avoid copying code?

[attila.rajmund.nohl@REDACTED]

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Bengt Kleberg wrote:

> On 2006-11-25 11:53, Mazen wrote:
> ...deleted
>> Obviously this function definition is exactly the same in all 20-30
>> modules, which I don't really like. Is there a way to define this
>> function only once? In Java I'd create an abstract ancestor class for
>
> how about having one module with the common code for this function, and
> then let all 20-30 other modules call this module for the common parts
> and only supply the module specific things (like values) on the 20-30
> modules?

Actually this is what I'm trying to achieve. My problem was that how
should I pass the module-specific values (in macros) to the common
code. However, If I not call the common parts, but include them
directly, I won't need to pass these data. For example, instead of:

lib.erl:
f(SomeData, ModuleSpecifiData) ->
...

module.erl:
lib:f(something, ?moduleData).

I'd try this:
lib.hrl:
f(SomeData) ->
  ... use ?moduleData here

module.erl:
-include(lib.hrl).

f(something).

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