[erlang-questions] Newbie question about Erlang style

[Kevin Scaldeferri]

On Feb 27, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Convey Christian J NPRI wrote:

> Is there any non-aesthetic reason prefer one of the following  
> approaches over the other?
>
>
> if Foo  -> X = 1;
>   true -> X = 2
> end
>
> vs.
>
> X = if
>   Foo  -> 1;
>   true -> 2
>   end



A related question: are all variables function scoped in Erlang?   
Obviously, the first example wouldn't work at all if the branches of  
an if or case created a new scope.  Is there any way to explicitly  
create a new scope?


-kevin