Running Code on Load

on_load

According to:

http://www.erlang.org/doc/reference_manual/code_loading.html

We can run code once we load the document by using a directive called on_load:

-module(test2).
-on_load(run_it/0).

run_it() -> io:format("RAN IT!~n").

Notice that an export isn't necessary! So from the shell when I do this:

> c(test2).

I get:

RAN IT!
ok

Just a neat little trick.