[erlang-questions] Trouble with Erlang's lenient comparisons

[Ahmed Omar]

Using Typer and Dialyzer is usually what you u need
http://www.erlang.org/doc/reference_manual/typespec.html#id72693


On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:08 AM, JohnyTex <ekeroth.christoffer@REDACTED>wrote:

> Hello! :)
> I'm a newbie Erlang programmer, and I've really liked my experience so
> far. However, I've made mistakes related to Erlang's type system a
> couple of times now, more specifically the fact that you can compare
> different types with each other without Erlang complaining.
>
> I've inherited someone else's code base; sometimes I forget that a
> function returns a tuple and I up comparing it with an integer or
> similar, and get weird behaviour and hard-to-find bugs as a result.
>
> What's the best way to prevent this? I will try writing some unit
> tests later today with EUnit, and I'm generating PLTs for Dialyzer as
> I write this, but I was wondering if there are any other tools or
> "best practices" that could help me to write more "type safe" code?
>
> Thanks in advance! :)
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