[erlang-questions] Help with tuple pattern match?

[Doug Edmunds]

Also count the braces.  You need an equal number of left {'s and
right }'s, regardless of the underlying structure of tuple.

Your

   {person,_,{name,_{first,_{last ,_}},{footsize,_}=Person.

has 5 left but only 3 right.

-dae
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