[erlang-questions] function clauses with maps (18.3)

[Björn-Egil Dahlberg]

This is a current limitation with maps and bitsyntax. Variables has to be
bound before being used as an expression in a pattern.

2016-03-30 22:01 GMT+02:00 Luis Azedo <luis.azedo@REDACTED>:

> Hi,
>
> this doesn't compile in 18.3. is it supposed to work with the maps spec ?
> maybe in a later release ?
>
> -spec my_match(atom(), atom(), map()) -> any().
> my_match(Classification, CarType, #{my_key := #{ Classification := #{
> <<"cars">> := #{ CarType := Map}}}}) ->
> ....
> variable 'Classification' is unbound
> variable 'CarType' is unbound
>
>
> this works but we're not taking advantage of function clauses.
>
> my_match(Classification, CarType, M ) ->
>     #{my_key := #{ Classification := #{ <<"cars">> := #{ CarType :=
> Map}}}} = M,
>     Map.
> ....
>
> TIA
>
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