shijith.k
How does the < work? By accident, in my code, I compared an integer with a list, and it gave me a boolean value as response instead of error.
iex(1)> integer = 1
1
iex(2)> list = [1]
[1]
iex(3) integer < list
true
So how does the operator work here?
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</2and friends work by comparing “terms” as explained in the erlang manual:kelvinst
It is also explained on the Elixir guides: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/basic-operators.html
For those who don’t want to open another site:
kelvinst
PS.: just expressing my opinion on the matter, I think this is a really nice way to handle comparison between different data types. I mean, a lot better than what JS does, trying to discover what the user means by comparing different types. And that also allows some powerful stuff, like using any type as a key on maps and still be able to do a binary search on it, without any extra function needed