[erlang-questions] Dialyzer safe way to test failure

[Jay Nelson]

The following tests in my common_test suite:

    true = try ?TM:reserve(atom_to_list(Cache_Name), Cache_Module) catch error:function_clause -> true end,
    true = try ?TM:reserve(Cache_Name, atom_to_list(Cache_Module)) catch error:function_clause -> true end,

cause dialyzer to complain:

cxy_cache_SUITE.erl:58: The call cxy_cache:reserve(string(),Cache_Module::atom()) will never return since the success typing is (atom(),atom()) -> atom() | {'error','already_exists'} and the contract is (Name,module()) -> Name | {'error','already_exists'} when is_subtype(Name,cache_name())
cxy_cache_SUITE.erl:59: The call cxy_cache:reserve(Cache_Name::atom(),string()) will never return since the success typing is (atom(),atom()) -> atom() | {'error','already_exists'} and the contract is (Name,module()) -> Name | {'error','already_exists'} when is_subtype(Name,cache_name())


Is there a better way to check for failure when a non-string is passed as an arg to a function
that expects two atoms?

jay

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