[erlang-questions] -extends(Module)

[Richard Carlsson]

Ulf Wiger wrote:
> I noticed that epp.erl recognizes an -extends(M) attribute,
> and uses this to define a macro, BASE_MODULE (and
> corresponding BASE_MODULE_STRING).
> 
> This seems interesting, but I can't find any other references
> to it, either in documentation or in code.
> 
> Is it work in progress or remnants of a discarded experiment?

Now I know you were sleeping during my presentation at EUC'07. ;-)
It's part of the experiment with inheritance (work in progress).

http://www.erlang.se/euc/07/papers/1700Carlsson.pdf

     /Richard