bodhilogic
An Observation of Unexpected Results
This is not a question, just an observation that is worth noting…
I was getting ‘incorrect’ information on one of my web pages and I discovered this anomoly in Elixir:
iex(1)> 1 > nil
false
iex(2)> 1 < nil
true
iex(3)> -1 > nil
false
iex(4)> -1 < nil
true
I was expecting any non-null value to be greater than null (nil). Apparently that isn’t the case, so just be careful when your code requires a comparison against null (nil).
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benwilson512
Notably, this is covered in the operator docs: Operators reference — Elixir v1.20.2
NobbZ
nil is just an atom as every other atom, with the exception that you can leave off the colon. Nothing more, nothing less.
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