[erlang-questions] io:format question

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Tue Feb 3 16:52:22 CET 2015


On 02/03/2015 04:49 PM, Daniil Churikov wrote:
> Does anybody know why `Format' param of `io:format' and friends disallows
> `iodata'?

allow me to guess:
because
iodata flattening while during output is a side effect of the output 
mechanisms
.
using iodata as "format" argument will require real flattening anyway, 
rendering its useless.



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