[erlang-questions] extra parameters to -module

[Jeroen Koops]

Hi Praveen,

This is a parametrized module. Parametrized modules are a non-standard but
widely used feature of Erlang. More information can be found at:

http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/erlang/workshop/2003/paper/p29-carlsson.pdf

Regards,

Jeroen




On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Praveen Ray <praveen.ray@REDACTED>wrote:

> This might be a basic erlang questions but I'm not sure..while reading ewgi
> source, I came across this line:
>
> -module(ewgi_yaws, [Appl]).
>
> Does anyone know what does the [Appl] parameter mean? Where is the
> reference
> documentation for 'module' directive?
>
> thanks
>