[erlang-questions] Bad warning when using short-circuit boolean expressions

[Anthony Molinaro]

Hi,

  I have this code

-module (is_dict).

-include_lib ("eunit/include/eunit.hrl").

-define (is_dict (D), is_tuple (D) andalso element (1, D) =:= dict).

is_dict_test () ->
  ?assertEqual (false, ?is_dict (a)),
  ?assertEqual (false, ?is_dict ({a, b})),
  ?assertEqual (false, ?is_dict ([{a, b}])),
  ?assertEqual (true, ?is_dict (dict:new())),
  ?assertEqual (true, ?is_dict (dict:from_list ([{a, b}]))).

which gives

Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.6.5 [source] [smp:2] [async-threads:0] [kernel-poll:false]

Eshell V5.6.5  (abort with ^G)
1> c (is_dict).
./is_dict.erl:8: Warning: this expression will fail with a 'badarg' exception
./is_dict.erl:10: Warning: this expression will fail with a 'badarg' exception
{ok,is_dict}
2> is_dict:test ().
  Test successful.
ok
3> 

The warnings seem wrong as the expression does not fail (or maybe I'm just
doing something wrong with this test?).

-Anthony

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Anthony Molinaro                                           <nym@REDACTED>