[erlang-questions] why isn't scope in "begin end" block？

[Brujo Benavides]

You can’t write that but you can write this:

output_3(A) -> [_,_,B|_]=A, io:format(“~p~n”, [B]).

and then, in your code, instead of ?OUTPUT_3(…something…) you just use output_3(…something…)

> On Oct 10, 2015, at 06:59, Dao Gui <guidao1013@REDACTED> wrote:
> 
> Sorry to my pool English
> Example:
> 
> -module(test).
> -export([test/0]).
> 
> test() ->
>     begin A = 1 end,
>     A = 2. %% match error
>     %io:format("~p~n", [A]). %normal output
> 
> The var A is in begin end scope, but it can visited by other scope.
> Why isn't erlang support this?
> 
> no this feature， I can't write the next code:
> -define(OUTPUT_3(A), begin [_,_,B|_]=A, io:format("~p~n", [B]) end).
> 
> 
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