[erlang-questions] Access to process dictionary

[Benoit Chesneau]

nope i got that too... and recently received a probe test as well. Not sure
what's the issue.

Benoit

On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 11:15 AM Pierre Fenoll <pierrefenoll@REDACTED>
wrote:

> Hi list.
> Am I the only one not seeing the first email of most threads? Or is it my
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> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Example:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> funA(param1, param2) -> do something.
>>
>>
>>
>> funA(param1, differentparam2) -> do something different.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ===
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I could just use an if statement within one function call, but I'd like
>>
>> to know if they share the same process dictionary. Thanks.
>>
>>
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