[erlang-questions] Invoking function as record-member

[Jeroen Koops]

Hello,

I have a record with a member to which I assign a function:

$ cat test.hrl
-record(test, { my_fun }).
$

and, from the Erlang shell:

18> rr("test.hrl").
[test]
19> X=#test{my_fun = fun(X) -> X*2 end}.
#test{my_fun = #Fun<erl_eval.6.49591080>}

When I try to invoke the function, the shell complains with a syntax error:

20> X#test.my_fun(1).
** 1: syntax error before: '(' **

Of course, it does work when first assigning the record-member to a
variable:

21> Y=X#test.my_fun.
#Fun<erl_eval.6.49591080>
22> Y(1).
2

Is there some syntactical subtlety I'm missing out on, or is this something
I should just not want?

Thanks,

Jeroen
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