[erlang-questions] Fwd: Suggestion: New Info item for process_info/2

[Bengt Kleberg]

Greetings,

There is probably a reason for process_info/1 being restricted to
debugging (it might not be possible to interrupt and takes too much
time?). Adding 'all' to process_info/2 should turn it into
process_info/1 (or a super set of it) and make it as ''bad''.
What you probably want is process_info_available/0 which returns a list
of atoms.


bengt

On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 13:13 -0400, Edwin Fine wrote:
> LOL. I probably deserved that. Thanks for the replies - SOMEONE is out
> there!
> 
> Matt, the solution is workable, and I avoid pain as much as the next
> guy, but I really want to have something that will TELL me what all
> the valid process_info items are. process_info/1 only gives me SOME of
> them and is for debugging only.
> 
> Ok, then; here's a suggestion:
> 
> Erlang team, How about adding an info item of "all" for
> process_info/2? It won't break the interface, and it will allow people
> like me to "query" process_info for which items are valid.
> 
> Regards,
> Edwin Fine
> 
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:01 AM, Matthias Lang <matthias@REDACTED>
> wrote:
>         Edwin Fine writes:
>         
>          > I don't know if my first post just didn't make it, or got
>         ignored because I
>          > inadvertently offended someone, or perhaps it asked too
>         boring a
>          > question.
>         
>         
>         I thought "the guy's figured out a perfectly workable solution
>         but is
>         tying himself in knots to avoid using it because it doesn't
>         seem
>         painful enough." Either that, or he hasn't managed to explain
>         what he
>         really wants to do.
>         
>         Matt
>         
> 
> 
> 
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