[erlang-questions] [ANN] Erlson - dynamic name-value dictionary data type and syntax

[Anton Lavrik]

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:05 AM, Rapsey <rapsey@REDACTED> wrote:
> Looks great. Glancing at the code, erlson:from_proplist if your proplist key
> is not an atom will not work, or will it? It would be nice if it
> automatically converted from lists and binaries.

Yes, erlson:from_proplist() accepts only atoms as keys. Otherwise, it
would be inconsistent with property lists as defined by the
"proplists" module. Here's a quote from the documentation:

"Property lists are ordinary lists containing entries in the form of
either tuples, whose first elements are keys used for lookup and
insertion, or atoms, which work as shorthand for tuples {Atom, true}
."

Anton