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

[Christian S]

There is a tool called dialyzer that does whole program static type analysis.


On 6/9/08, Alexander Lamb <alexander.lamb@REDACTED> wrote:
> 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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