[erlang-questions] Using bound variables in a fun's function clause

[Ahmed Omar]

Hi Vincent,
Yes it's expected. It's about the variables scope
You can read more here:
http://www.erlang.org/doc/programming_examples/funs.html#id58554

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Vincent de Phily <
vincent.dephily@REDACTED> wrote:

> 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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