[erlang-questions] Binaries in records syntax error

[Robert Virding]

It's not just setting binaries in records, you always need a space
between an '=' and the << otherwise the parser groups them
incorrectly. So:

X=<<1,2,3>>,                 %This is BAD

will cause the same error. You need to write:

X = <<1,2,3>>

There is nothing really which can be done about this as you scan from
left-to-right.

Robert

On 31 July 2010 00:59, James Aimonetti <james.aimonetti@REDACTED> wrote:
> If setting raw binaries into records, a space is important between the
> binding and the start of the binary.
>
> #foo{bar=<<"something">>} causes a "syntax error before: '=<' " during
> compilation.
>
> #foo{bar= <<"something">>} is fine.
>
> Caught me by surprise. FYI
>
> James
>
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