Erlang doesn't make any assumptions about what it is.
To Erlang, it is a list of 32 bit integers. There is no difference between a list of integers and a list of characters.
The shell will transform this list of 32 bit integers with ASCII equivalents into text for your convenience, but it doesn't do any sort of conversion or typing.
To Erlang, it is a list of 32 bit integers. There is no difference between a list of integers and a list of characters.
The shell will transform this list of 32 bit integers with ASCII equivalents into text for your convenience, but it doesn't do any sort of conversion or typing.