[erlang-questions] [erlang-bugs] parser/preprocessor bug

[Joe Armstrong]

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Vlad Dumitrescu <vladdu55@REDACTED> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 14:11, Joe Armstrong <erlang@REDACTED> wrote:
> > -module(bug).
> > -compile(export_all).
> > -record(bug,{a}).
> > test() ->
> >     [#bug{a=1} #bug{a=2}].
>
> It's not a bug, it's the same as
>
> test() ->
>    B = #bug{a=1},
>     [B#bug{a=2}].
>
>
Ouch - oh dear you're right.

When I wrote this I thought #bug{a=1} is syntactic sugar for {bug,1}
therefore [#bug{a=1} #bug{a=2}] is the same as [{bug1,} {bug,2}] which is
an invalid list.

/J





> regards,
> Vlad
>
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