STDLIB(7)

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✨ STDLIB — the Erlang Application Definition page, but make it cute ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because this is STDLIB(7) from the Erlang Application Definition manual and it's honestly a short one but it's lowkey important, so pay attention 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

STDLIB — it's The STDLIB application, that's the whole name, that's the vibe 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: the STDLIB application is mandatory in the sense that the minimal system based on Erlang/OTP consists of Kernel and STDLIB. that's it. those two. the dynamic duo. the main characters 👑

and the plot twist? the STDLIB application contains no services. none. zero. it's giving minimalism, it's giving "I'm just here to exist" 💅

🎀 CONFIGURATION 🎀

so these are the configuration parameters defined for the STDLIB application, and if you want more deets about configuration parameters in general, go read the app(5) module in Kernel, she explains it all 🫶

  • shell_esc = icl | abort — can be used to change the behavior of the Erlang shell when ^G is pressed. that's the control-G moment, bestie, and you get to pick how it goes down ✨
  • restricted_shell = module() — can be used to run the Erlang shell in restricted mode. yes, locked-down era, we love boundaries 🔒
  • shell_catch_exception = boolean() — can be used to set the exception handling of the evaluator process of Erlang shell. it's giving emotional regulation for your shell 😌
  • shell_history_length = integer() >= 0 — can be used to determine how many commands are saved by the Erlang shell. your shell keeps receipts, and this is how many 📝
  • shell_prompt_func = {Mod, Func} | default — where:
    • Mod = atom()
    • Func = atom()

can be used to set a customized Erlang shell prompt function. make your prompt your own, main character energy only 💅

  • shell_saved_results = integer() >= 0 — can be used to determine how many results are saved by the Erlang shell. so like, how many of your wins get archived 🏆
  • shell_strings = boolean() — can be used to determine how the Erlang shell outputs lists of integers. because sometimes a list of integers is a list of integers and sometimes it's a string, and the shell needs to know which one you want 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these next, iykyk:

and that's the whole page, bestie, no cap 🫶

this iconic lil' number came to you from Ericsson AB, stdlib 4.3.1.3, and honestly it ate. periodt 💖✨🎀🦋🌸

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