[erlang-questions] Proposal for is_iolist/1 guard

[Robert Virding]

Unfortunately not, as an iolist can also be a nested list strucure
containing bytes/characters and binaries.

Robert

2009/5/26 Oscar Hellström <oscar@REDACTED>

> Hi Maxim,
>
> Wouldn't is_list(X); is_binary(X) be enough?
>
> Maxim Treskin wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I see, erlang does not have is_iolist/1 guard, while iolist() type
> > used in some places in OTP (i.e. ports interaction).
> > Is it possible to add this BIF?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
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