[erlang-questions] Atomically replace named process?

[Michael Truog]

If you need redundant process names, you should probably look at pg2 (http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/pg2.html) or cpg (https://github.com/okeuday/cpg/).

On 06/11/2014 12:17 AM, Roger Lipscombe wrote:
> I've got a gen_server with a particular name. I've got a bunch of
> other processes calling and casting to it, by name.
>
> Can I spin up another gen_server, and have the name transferred
> without anyone noticing? That is: can I redirect the calls and casts
> to the new process without interruption?
>