[erlang-questions] Noob question: Need some help to limit process spawing

[Edward Halls]

Perhaps some better syntax highlighting can help you spot this in the
future.

A good ide will also tell you when there are unused variables.
On 16 Aug 2015 2:22 pm, "Robert Raschke" <rtrlists@REDACTED> wrote:

> Could be the typo? Value2 vs Val2.
> On Aug 16, 2015 12:44 PM, "avinash D'silva" <evnix.com@REDACTED> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have these lines code:
>>
>>  timer:apply_after(5*1000,mymodule,myfunction,[Value]),
>>  timer:apply_after(5*1000,mymodule,myfunction,[Value]),
>>  timer:apply_after(5*1000,mymodule,myfunction,[Value]),
>>  timer:apply_after(5*1000,mymodule,myfunction,[Value]),
>>  timer:apply_after(5*1000,mymodule,myfunction,[Value]),
>>
>> "myfunction" looks like this:
>> myfunction(Value)->
>>
>> Val2=iolist_to_binary([Value,"_P"]),
>>
>> case pg2:get_members(Value2) of
>>
>>         [] ->
>>             {ok,P}=mymodule:start_link(),
>>             pg2:join(Value2,P2),
>>             gen_server:call(P2,{push,Msg});
>>         Otherwise ->
>>             [Px|_]=Otherwise,
>>             gen_server:call(Px,{push,Msg})
>>       end,
>>
>> the problem is instead of creating a single process of mymodule.
>> there are 5 processes, as time taken to register the process is more,
>>
>> Any solution to this problem?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Avinash D' Silva
>>
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