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| author | javimolla <javier.molla.moreno@gmail.com> | 2015-10-04 11:25:24 +0200 |
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| committer | javimolla <javier.molla.moreno@gmail.com> | 2015-10-04 11:25:24 +0200 |
| commit | 3eeb9035341731035d4c4fa17ca7f1a4b913112d (patch) | |
| tree | 0a915f3a983e5f4d02fad9dc67b44858ba733d66 | |
| parent | fa865ce5c1dc189029207533805da205e39d1bb5 (diff) | |
| download | elixir-3eeb9035341731035d4c4fa17ca7f1a4b913112d.tar.gz | |
fix3761: Add more info about :via registry to GenServer
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/elixir/lib/gen_server.ex | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/elixir/lib/gen_server.ex b/lib/elixir/lib/gen_server.ex index 45b4ad8fe..f99f6ddde 100644 --- a/lib/elixir/lib/gen_server.ex +++ b/lib/elixir/lib/gen_server.ex @@ -76,8 +76,13 @@ defmodule GenServer do term using the functions in the `:global` module. * `{:via, module, term}` - the GenServer is registered with the given - mechanism and name. The `:via` option expects a module name to control - the registration mechanism alongside a name which can be any term. + mechanism and name. The `:via` option expects a module that exports + `register_name/2`, `unregister_name/1`, `whereis_name/1` and `send/2` + functions implemented in `:global` module. These functions are + responsible for keeping the list of names of processes and their + associated pid's that are available globally for a network of Erlang + nodes whereas in the module you could choose to register globally or + local with a custom implementation. For example, we could start and register our Stack server locally as follows: |