[erlang-questions] Access to process dictionary

[Pierre Fenoll]

Hi list.
Am I the only one not seeing the first email of most threads? Or is it my
gmail mobile client that does its thing?
Thanks & be well

On Sun 23 Dec 2018 at 10:13, Eric Pailleau <eric.pailleau@REDACTED> wrote:

> You should however avoid to use process dictionaries if possible.
>
> It is handy to store things, but generally a sign that your code is
> missing something.
>
> For instance if you face some processes crashes, your process dictionary
> will be lost, while using states in OTP libs will be shown in crash report.
> Easier for debugging.
>
> Regards
>
> Envoyé depuis mon mobile
>
>
> ---- Donald Steven a écrit ----
>
> Merci Eric!
>
> On 12/22/2018 8.56 AM, Eric Pailleau wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Process dictionary is a dictionary for a process.
>
> If you call each functions from different processes, they are
> independents.
>
> From a single process two functions cannot be called at same time.
>
> Envoyé depuis mon mobile
>
>
> ---- Donald Steven a écrit ----
>
> Do two function calls with the same name but one parameter different
>
> (see below) share access to the same process dictionary or does each
>
> have a distinct instance?
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> Example:
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> funA(param1, param2) -> do something.
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> funA(param1, differentparam2) -> do something different.
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> ===
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> I could just use an if statement within one function call, but I'd like
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> to know if they share the same process dictionary. Thanks.
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Pierre Fenoll
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