%%---------------------------------------------------------------------------- %% Mail from user (username: sauron!) via Dan Gudmundsson (17 Dec 2010). %% %% tried this on: %% Erlang R14B (erts-5.8.1.2) [smp:2:2] [rq:2] [async-threads:0] ... %% and got funny diagnostics from dialyzer %% %% false_false.erl:20: Function false_or/0 has no local return %% false_false.erl:25: The variable _ can never match since previous %% clauses completely covered the type 'ok' %% %% Problem in the handling of 'or' with constant 'false' arguments %% fixed by Stavros Aronis and Maria Christakis on the same day. %%---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -module(false_false). -export([false_or/0, wips/0]). false_or() -> false or false. wips() -> case new_execute_cmd(random:uniform(2)) of ok -> mostly_good; _ -> and_here_we_are end. new_execute_cmd(1) -> ok; new_execute_cmd(2) -> io:format("Surprise result is: ~p~n", [false or false]), false.