[erlang-questions] Beginner's question on Erlang compilation

[Alexander Lamb]

Hello,

Ok, this is probably a stupid question, but somehow I have to ask!

When I compile my modules, the compiler doesn't check the existence of  
functions in other modules.

In other words if I do:

lists:do_something_non_existent()

or

my_module:do_something_else(abc)

If those functions don't exist, I will only know it when my code runs  
and crashes.
Ok, so I understand what late binding means, but couldn't the compiler  
at least test the existence of functions with a given arity?

I compile using erl -make

The makefile is generated by automake (I didn't manage, or want to  
dive into the traditional makefiles, see post a few weeks ago:-)

Thanks for any hints (and please be indulgent, my first "real"  
programming language was ADA so in terms of compilation, the warnings  
are really different)

Alex
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