Skip to content

Add nil as documented :name option for GenServer.start_link #15187

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Sign up for GitHub

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Merged
josevalim merged 1 commit into from
Mar 12, 2026
Merged

Add nil as documented :name option for GenServer.start_link #15187

Changes from all commits
Commits
Show all changes
1 commit
Select commit
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension
Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion lib/elixir/lib/gen_server.ex
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ defmodule GenServer do
a name on start via the `:name` option. Registered names are also
automatically cleaned up on termination. The supported values are:

* `nil` (default) - the GenServer is not registered with a name.

* an atom - the GenServer is registered locally (to the current node)
with the given name using `Process.register/2`.

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -858,7 +860,7 @@ defmodule GenServer do
@type on_start :: {:ok, pid} | :ignore | {:error, {:already_started, pid} | term}

@typedoc "The GenServer name"
@type name :: atom | {:global, term} | {:via, module, term}
@type name :: nil | atom | {:global, term} | {:via, module, term}

@typedoc "Options used by the `start*` functions"
@type options :: [option]
Expand Down
Loading