Rule: Do not use lists on start_link/3,4 and init/1

[elbrujohalcon]

Name

No Init Lists

Brief Description

The idea is to avoid code like this one…

-module my_server.
% …exports and everything else…
start_link(AParam) ->
  gen_server:start_link(?MODULE, [AParam], []).

init([AParam]) ->
  …

Reasoning

See this thread in the forums

Refactoring Proposal

Use maps, tuples, or… if you need to ignore the parameter at all, use an atom like undefined or no_argument.

[paulo-ferraz-oliveira]

Should this be a default rule?

[elbrujohalcon]

If I'm the one with the final vote, I say yes!! But what do you think?

[paulo-ferraz-oliveira]

I'm Ok with that. I think it's otherwise misleading, too.