[erlang-questions] otp 21.2

[Sam Overdorf]

This kind of defeats the purpose of an ".rc" file.
The unix world uses them to set default behavior for scripts and programs.
Now I have to remember to add "c:erlangrc()" to each of my programs.
If I forget to do this then OOPs things don't work correctly.

Sam





On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 9:01 PM Dan Sommers
<2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE@REDACTED> wrote:
>
> On 12/12/18 5:30 PM, Sam Overdorf wrote:
> > I believe you missed the point that they "erl" and "escript" should
> > have the same behavior.
>
> I don't know the exact reason for the change, but if your escript
> depends on your .erlang file, then you can't share it with anyone.
>
> In fact, if your escript even just loads your .erlang file, then
> you can't share it with anyone.
>
> I believe that the correct behaviour for escript is *not* to read
> a .erlang file, unless directed to do so explicitly.
>
> Dan
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