blackode

blackode

Ever thought pattern matching with floats in Elixir was straightforward? We learned the hard way in production that it can be surprisingly tricky. This post dives into a real-world bug, why it happened, and how to avoid it.

https://blackode.medium.com/a-subtle-elixir-gotcha-that-bit-us-in-production-pattern-matching-with-floats-1c6a50369389?sk=e0c87477949dce239cd06428515484a2

elixir programming #PatternMatching #BugFix

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hauleth

hauleth

Wait till you learn that IEEE 754 has two different zeros and pattern matching differentiates between them.

adamu

adamu

It’s always DNS floats.

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