[erlang-questions] escript exception error, undefined function, why can't use fun in escript script?

[lib nl]

Hi,

On Linux Mint 18.2 + Erlang/OTP 20.0, there are two escript scripts: a and b.


1.      a
#!/usr/bin/env escript
main(_) ->
       L = lists:map(fun(N) -> 2*N end, lists:seq(1,10)),
       io:format("~p~n", [L]).



2.      b
#!/usr/bin/env escript
main(_) ->
       L = lists:map(fun f2/1, lists:seq(1,10)),
       io:format("~p~n", [L]).

f2(N) -> 2 * N.


$ chmod u+x a
$ ./a
[2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20]

$ chmod u+x b
$ ./b
escript: exception error: undefined function erl_eval:f2/1


So why can't use fun in escript script? Is this a limitation or known issue? Are there any references that can give more info regarding this behavior? Thanks!



Thanks!


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