[erlang-questions] OTP R16B01 has been released

[Thomas Lindgren]

Sounds great. Unless there are good reasons to keep the current behavior (anyone?), how about just naming your patch start/1?

The current behavior, should one need it, might be renamed to start_only/1. Maybe add a boolean function to check if an application has been started. Anything else?

Best,
Thomas



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> From: Geoff Cant <nem@REDACTED>
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>Interestingly, with correct OTP .app files, 'application' has enough information to start my app and all its dependencies. Currently 'application' is a bit of a jerk - it tells me the exact app that it could have started for me, that is a missing start dependency for the app I am trying to start.
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>These lines may make development a little easier for you right now, and either I, or someone soon to be on my famed Holiday Card List, will hopefully fix this wart before R16B02.
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>Anyone have suggestions for a function name for this feature? application:recursive_start/2? application:start_recursively/2? application:run/2?
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