[erlang-questions] OOP in Erlang

Attila Rajmund Nohl attila.r.nohl@REDACTED
Wed Aug 11 14:08:40 CEST 2010


2010/8/11, Ulf Wiger <ulf.wiger@REDACTED>:
[...]
> In short, I have not missed OO when using Erlang in its original
> domain. I have, on occasion, missed being able to conveniently
> extend modules and override individual functions when working
> on other things (e.g. like extending mnesia).

This is something I also miss. I've seen way too many instances of
code simply copied and only 2 functions were substantially changed out
of 16. Of course, this can be refactored, but it just doesn't feel
elegant.

But it's nothing compared to the headache caused by the four different
ways to end a "statement": comma, full stop, semicolon or nothing.


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