[erlang-questions] lists:reverse/1 as a built-in function

[Robert Baruch]

On Jan 16, 2007, at 12:25 PM, Thomas Lindgren wrote:

> So, to recapitulate: example_function is locally
> defined and also imported.
>
(...)

> 2. If example_function is auto-imported, we get a
> compiler warning, and the call will invoke the BIF,
> not the local function. (The name clash is resolved
> "the wrong way")
>
> Example:
> -module(test).
> -compile(export_all).
>
> f(X) -> element(1,X).
> element(A,X) -> X.
>
> (Try test:f({a}).)
>

Actually, I think I had envisioned the BIF not being invoked, but  
rather the local function.

In any case, at least there's a warning -- and if it's a warning,  
then no matter which way you resolve it, there's a chance the  
resolution didn't read the programmer's mind properly :)  If you  
really want strict (maybe it could be a compiler option), then this  
would be an error.

--Rob