I’ve seen module_name:new used in Erlang code, but there is no reference to a “new” function in the module_name module. What does “new” do?
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I’ve seen module_name:new used in Erlang code, but there is no reference to a “new” function in the module_name module. What does “new” do?
It is for “parametrized module”: see here and there for more details.