[erlang-questions] process_info/2 returning badarg with message_que_len

[Bob Ippolito]

Is that a typo in the docs? Should be message_queue_len.

On Monday, April 22, 2013, Bryan Hughes wrote:

>  Howdy,
>
> I am having some weirdness.  Running on the latest build of R16B
> (erts-5.10.1).  Per the documentation (
> http://erlang.org/doc/man/erlang.html#process_info-2),
> when I call it:
>
> Info = erlang:process_info(self(), [memory, heap_size, message_que_len]),
>
> I get the following error:
>
> * Reason for termination ==
> ** {badarg,[{erlang,process_info,
>                     [<0.127.0>,[memory,heap_size,message_que_len]],
>                     []},
>
> When I call it without message_que_len, or instead use messages:
>
> Info = erlang:process_info(self(), [memory, heap_size, messages]),
>
> Life is good.  According to the docs, message_que_len is a valid
> process_info_item().  Is the documentation wrong, or am I doing something
> wrong?
>
> Note that this also happens in the shell.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Cheers,
> Bryan
>
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>
> Bryan Hughes
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>
>
>
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