Is it possible to send an object to the REPL from application code?

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If possible, I would like to be able to send some object from a process to the Erlang shell and bind it to a variable so that I can play with it in the REPL for debugging. Is it possible?

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DISCLAIMER: I’m a novice, so take whatever I say with a pinch of salt.

I’m also interested to know that.

But generally speaking, wouldn’t it be easier to send a message to the process and have ot reply with whatever you want?

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Sure, just get the pid() of your shell and use it to send the term(), then receive it in the shell:

1> Pid = self().
<0.84.0>
2> Pid ! foo.
foo
3> receive Foo -> Foo end.
foo
4> Foo.
foo
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