[erlang-questions] clarify: gen_server:start_link/3 return values?

[Aggelos Giantsios]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Bengt Kleberg
<bengt.kleberg@REDACTED>wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Should gen_server:start_link/3 return {error, Reason} if my init/1
> returns {stop, Reason}?
>

Hey there!

gen_server:start_link/3 should return {error, Reason} only if init/1 fails
with Reason.
In the case where init/1 returns {error, Reason} or ignore, the process
that calls gen_server:start_link/3 should fail with Reason or ignore
respectively.

Aggelos
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