[erlang-questions] Why can't I use variables to denote members of a record?

[Michael Turner]

Oh, wait, I found a version:

 
http://code.google.com/p/svnarchive/source/browse/trunk/util/src/exprecs.erl?spec=svn18&r=18

-michael turner


On 11/29/2009, "Michael Turner" <leap@REDACTED> wrote:

>Ulf -
>
>The link from your trapexit entry into the erlang mail archives
>
>  http://forum.trapexit.org/viewtopic.php?p=21790#21790
>
>seems to be dead.
>
>Direct search in mail archives at erlang.org on "exprecs" turns up
>messages that link to this same entry at trapexit.org, except for the
>first message you wrote on the subject of exprecs
>
>  http://www.erlang.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi/4/20050
>
>which says that the exprecs.erl code is attached.  But I don't see how
>to get that attachment from the archives.
>
>-michael turner
>
>
>On 11/29/2009, "Ulf Wiger" <ulf.wiger@REDACTED> wrote:
>
>>Tony Arcieri wrote:
>>> I ran into a case where it would really be helpful to do:
>>>
>>> Rec#some_record{Member = Value}
>>>
>>> And the Erlang preprocessor bitches:
>>>
>>>[...]
>>> Am I the first one in the history of Erlang to desire this behaviour?
>>
>>Not at all. It has in fact been debated quite a lot over
>>the years.
>>
>>I once wrote a parse_transform called exprecs that offers
>>a compromise by letting you 'export' a record, thereby auto-
>>generating accessor functions for that record.
>>
>>http://forum.trapexit.org/viewtopic.php?p=21790#21790
>>
>>I'm guessing that this won't entirely satisfy your needs,
>>but if so, perhaps you can use it as a starting point for
>>some similar transformation?
>>
>>BR,
>>Ulf W
>>--
>>Ulf Wiger
>>CTO, Erlang Training & Consulting Ltd
>>http://www.erlang-consulting.com
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