From 0d6b7513c79bee6daf131d4437bf1319559fb6f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Jo=C3=A3o=20Veiga?= Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 07:51:34 +0200 Subject: replaced <- with send, corrected message sending --- elixir.html.markdown | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/elixir.html.markdown b/elixir.html.markdown index 0892deb7..b27b2ee8 100644 --- a/elixir.html.markdown +++ b/elixir.html.markdown @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ f = fn -> 2 * 2 end #=> #Function spawn(f) #=> #PID<0.40.0> # `spawn` returns a pid (process identifier), you can use this pid to send -# messages to the process. To do message passing we use the `<-` operator. +# messages to the process. To do message passing we use the `send` operator. # For all of this to be useful we need to be able to receive messages. This is # achived with the `receive` mechanism: defmodule Geometry do @@ -378,11 +378,11 @@ end pid = spawn(fn -> Geometry.area_loop() end) #=> #PID<0.40.0> # Send a message to `pid` that will match a pattern in the receive statement -pid <- {:rectangle, 2, 3} +send pid, {:rectangle, 2, 3} #=> Area = 6 # {:rectangle,2,3} -pid <- {:circle, 2} +send pid, {:circle, 2} #=> Area = 12.56000000000000049738 # {:circle,2} -- cgit v1.2.3