[erlang-questions] about the use of parametrized modules

[Alisdair Sullivan]

>> What prevent you add SockedPid to Req
>> It already contain socket and socket_mode, why not SockedPid?
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> the fact that SocketPid shouldn't be used by developers, the rest, yes.

There is essentially no functional difference between 'Req:foo(bar, baz)' and 'req:foo(Req, bar, baz)'. In both examples Req is an opaque blob that we are calling a function on. The second, however, makes it much clearer at a cost of a few keystrokes. if you wish to hide state from users the correct abstraction is an opaque type or process - both of which have clearly defined interfaces - not a module.

The popularity of parameterized modules is that they look familiar to people coming from python and ruby and java. That is not sufficient reason to use them.
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