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| datacompboy |
 Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:26 am |
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Does anybody knows what dot before module name on function call means?
I have saw sometimes something like
A = .lists:flatten(B).
What dot mean? Erlang eats that, and do exactly as
A = lists:flatten(B).
I see no difference. But then, why that allowed?! |
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| francesco |
| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:31 pm |
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I suspect it has to do with packages, and the attempt to address name space problems in Erlang. The community is divided over their introduciton in the language, as some (Me included, who now has 11 years working with Erlang full time) never saw the need, and felt this is an issue which should have been addressed in OTP applications, and not in the syntax and semantics of the language. Luckily, it is an undocumented feature which is not that widely used... Meaning the OTP team reserves the right to remove it in future releases.
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