[erlang-questions] true
zxq9@REDACTED
zxq9@REDACTED
Thu Mar 28 15:16:21 CET 2019
On 2019年3月27日水曜日 18時21分36秒 JST Donald Steven wrote:
> As someone very new to Erlang, I find it interesting to follow the
> discussion on guards.
>
>
> FWIW, the *only* thing about Erlang that drives me to distraction is the
> use of the atom 'true' as a reliable "or, if the above ain't so" default
> value for the expression. If only (how I wish it were so) the atom
> wasn't so often completely at odds -- and at times the inverse -- of the
> normal English 'read' of the if expression. Please consider
> grandfathering 'true' (not to break old code) and coming up with a
> logically less committed atom-of-the-future such as 'default' or
> 'otherwise'.
Use `case` and general matching instead of `if` and other boolean constructs
and your life will be better.
In Erlang boolean comparison constructs apply mostly in *range* comparisons,
not general comparisons. `if` means something *very* different in Erlang
than you're used to.
-Craig
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