[rabbitmq-discuss] amqp_rpc_server

Wed Jul 17 20:47:41 BST 2013

On 17/07/13 13:51, Carlo Bertoldi wrote:
>   I'm looking through the amqp_rpm_server, in particular the start
> function. I wonder why you used a start instead of a start_link.

Laziness. There is nothing stopping you from linking to the returned pid 
yourself, though obviously at the risk of getting the wrong exit code if 
the process dies immediately after starting up successfully.

Matthias.