Managing the Type Boundary: Gleam FFI for the BEAM
Learn how Gleam's FFI interacts with the BEAM, the risks of the trust boundary between static and dynamic types, and how to verify external function signatures using Dialyzer.
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Learn how Gleam's FFI interacts with the BEAM, the risks of the trust boundary between static and dynamic types, and how to verify external function signatures using Dialyzer.
Learn when to use Result types versus panics in Gleam to balance type safety with code readability and system stability.
Learn how Gleam uses the Result type and the 'use' keyword to replace dangerous exceptions with compile-time safety and linear error handling.