Using bound variables in a fun's function clause

Vincent de Phily vincent.dephily@REDACTED
Mon Oct 18 15:29:34 CEST 2010


Hi all,

consider the following snipnet :

> #!/usr/bin/escript
> main([Arg1, Arg2]) ->
>     F = fun(Arg1) -> match;                                                                                                                                                                 
>            (_) -> nomatch                                                                                                                                                                    
>         end,                                                                                                                                                                                 
>     io:format("~p~n", [F(Arg2)]).

Compiling this (R13B04) will complain about
./test/funbind.es:3: Warning: variable 'Arg1' is unused
./test/funbind.es:4: Warning: variable 'Arg1' is unused
./test/funbind.es:4: Warning: variable 'Arg1' shadowed in 'fun'
and create a fun where Arg1 is unbound. 

If I change the implementation to :
>    F = fun(Arg1_tmp) when Arg1_tmp == Arg1 -> match;                                                                                                                                         
>           (_) -> nomatch                                                                                                                                                                      
>        end,                                                                                                                                                                                 
or even :
>    F = fun(Foo) ->
>                case Foo of
>                    Arg1 -> match;
>                    _ -> nomatch  
>                end
>        end,
I'll get the behavior I want (creating the fun with Arg1 bound) without any 
compile warning.


Is this the expected behaviour ? If so, what's the rationale ? It's easy to 
work around, but it is quite surprising.

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