[erlang-questions] Re: If one guard expression in the guard fails, are the remaining expressions still evaluated?

Alexey Romanov alexey.v.romanov@REDACTED
Sun Feb 20 18:01:09 CET 2011


> If a guard statement does return false it will not continue executing if , are used

That's precisely what I was asking about. Thank you!

Yours, Alexey Romanov


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alexey Romanov" <alexey.v.romanov@REDACTED>
> To: "Steve Davis" <steven.charles.davis@REDACTED>
> Cc: erlang-questions@REDACTED
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 3:46:27 PM GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Bern / Rome / Stockholm / Vienna
> Subject: Re: [erlang-questions] Re: If one guard expression in the guard fails, are the remaining expressions still evaluated?
>
> I've asked precisely because reading section 7.24 didn't clarify it
> for me. The relevant sentences are "The guard is true if all guard
> expressions evaluate to true." and "If an arithmetic expression, a
> boolean expression, a short-circuit expression, or a call to a guard
> BIF fails (because of invalid arguments), the entire guard fails." The
> first sentence suggests to me that all expressions are evaluated; the
> second that expressions after the one that failed aren't. But both
> aren't explicit.
>
> I know about short-circuit expressions, but 7.14 doesn't say anything
> about evaluation of guards (unsurprisingly).
>
> Yours, Alexey Romanov
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Steve Davis
> <steven.charles.davis@REDACTED> wrote:
>>
>> Take a look at section 7.14 (Short-Circuit Expressions) as well as 7.24 of
>> that chapter. It should clarify.
>>
>> /s
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