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<p>In <c>Module:Name/Arity</c>, <c>Module</c> and <c>Name</c> are atoms
and <c>Arity</c> is an integer.
A fun defined in this way will refer to the function <c>Name</c>
- with arity <c>Arity</c> in the <em>latest</em> version of module <c>Module</c>.
+ with arity <c>Arity</c> in the <em>latest</em> version of module
+ <c>Module</c>. A fun defined in this way will not be dependent on
+ the code for module in which it is defined.
</p>
<p>When applied to a number N of arguments, a tuple
<c>{Module,FunctionName}</c> is interpreted as a fun, referring
to the function <c>FunctionName</c> with arity N in the module
<c>Module</c>. The function must be exported.
- <em>This usage is deprecated.</em>
+ <em>This usage is deprecated.</em> Use <c>fun Module:Name/Arity</c>
+ instead.
See <seealso marker="#calls">Function Calls</seealso> for an example.</p>
<p>More examples can be found in <em>Programming Examples</em>.</p>
</section>