[erlang-questions] What is the function be defined as BIF?

[Bengt Kleberg]

greetings,

i interpret your question to be:

Q: why can register/2 be replaced with erlang:register/2 ?
is that correct?

A: a function without a module prefix can either be a function local to
the module, or it can be a function found in the module ''erlang''.
it helps subsequent readings of the code, and it avoids scooping
problems, if you always explicitly add the erlang module in front of
those functions.


bengt
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On 11/27/07 08:17, LUKE wrote:
> I found that i lose some word in the code.
>  
> start(Name,Mod)->register(Name,spawn(fun()->loop(Name,Mod,Mod:init()) end)).
> But
>  
> Why  the code can be compile?
> start(Name,Mod)->erlang:register(spawn(fun()->loop(Name,Mod,Mod:init()) 
> end)).
>  
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* LUKE <mailto:luke@REDACTED>
>     *To:* erlang-questions@REDACTED <mailto:erlang-questions@REDACTED>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, November 27, 2007 2:50 PM
>     *Subject:* What is the function be defined as BIF?
> 
>     -module(genserver).
>     -export([start/2,rpc/2]).
>      
>     start(Name,Mod)->register(spawn(fun()->loop(Name,Mod,Mod:init()) end)).
>     ....
>      
>     Eshell V5.5.5  (abort with ^G)
>     ...
>     9>c(genserver).
>     ./genserver.erl:4: function register/1 undefined
>      
>     --
>     modify the register to  erlang:register
>     start(Name,Mod)->erlang:register(spawn(fun()->loop(Name,Mod,Mod:init())
>     end)).
>     --
>      
>     10> c(genserver).
>     {ok,genserver}
>      
>     The register function is BIF ?
>     And the spawn function is BIF?
>     All of erlang:* is BIF?
>     When we need specify a prefix erlang:* ?
>     Why the most of example does not using erlang:register?
>      
>      
>      
> 
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