SV: [erlang-questions] A style question

[Ulf Wiger]

There is an alternative that actually has a distinct advantage:

mnesia:activity(
    transaction,
    fun my_transaction_fun/0)

The advantage is that when tracing, you get much more readable output. A disadvantage is that you forego the pleasure of inheriting the environment.

Note also the use of mnesia:activity/2 rather than transaction/1. It has much better semantics, and is more flexible.

BR,
Ulf W

Ulf Wiger
CTO, Erlang Solutions, Ltd.

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Ämne: [erlang-questions] A style question
Från: "Richard O'Keefe" <OK@REDACTED>
Datum: 2010.02.12 05.37

I've been looking at some Erlang code that's full of stuff like

	F = fun() -> ...
	mnesia:transaction(F)

My preferred style for this would be

	mnesia:transaction(fun () ->
	    ....
	end)

which I think a Smalltalk or Ruby programmer would also prefer.
But is this just prejudice on my part, or is there a reason why
inserting an opaque name like "F" is a good idea?



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