[erlang-questions] re cursive fun()

[deepblue_other]

so definitely no named nested functions?

Zvi wrote:
> 
> Otherwise, than passing the Fun as argument to itself, one can implement
> recursive functions, using code, like this:
> 
> fact(0) -> 1;
> fact(N) when N>0 ->
>             {M,F,_A} = element(2,process_info(self(),current_function)),
>             N * {M,F}(N-1).
> 
> But this doesn't work for funs, if there are was something like:
> 
> Fact = fun(0) -> 1;
>                (N) when N>0 ->
>                     Fun = element(2,process_info(self(),current_fun)),
>                     N * Fun(N-1).
> 
> Zvi
> 
> 
> deepblue_other wrote:
>> 
>> hello
>> I have this going on
>> 
>> FunVar = 
>>    fun() ->
>>       ...
>>       FunVar()
>>    end.
>> 
>> so the compiler is complaining that FunVar is unbound at the place where
>> its being used inside fun(); this makes sense, however Im wondering how
>> to make this into a recursive function since there's no name to reference
>> the function with. 
>> 
>> thanks
>> 
> 
> 

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