[erlang-questions] Convert atom and arity into fun

[Edwin Fine]

Thanks, Bjorn. Is there a good reason it is undocumented? I mean, if I use
it, am I in danger of my code breaking in a future release because of that?
Regards,
Edwin

On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 7:58 AM, Bjorn Gustavsson <bgustavsson@REDACTED>wrote:

> 2008/9/8 Edwin Fine <erlang-questions_efine@REDACTED>
>
>> I had this exact issue last night, and this is something like what I did
>> because I knew in advance what the arities would be (for better or worse,
>> IANAEE):
>>
>> mf_to_fun1(M, F) ->
>>     fun(X) -> M:F(X) end.
>>
>> mf_to_fun2(M, F) ->
>>     fun(X,Y) -> M:F(X,Y) end.
>>
>> Ugly but it got the job done. It would be really nice if we could just use
>> fun M:F/A, with all these being variables. Surely it can't be a big step
>> beyond apply(M, F, [Args])?
>>
>
> There is an undocumented BIF that can be called like this
>
> erlang:make_fun(Mod, Name, Arity)
>
> to create a fun.
>
> /Bjorn
>
> --
> Björn Gustavsson, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB
>
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