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Add timer:send_interval/3

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Can we add [timer:send_interval/3](https://www.erlang.org/doc/man/timer#send_interval-3) to `gleam/erlang/process`? It behaves similarly to [`send_after`](https://hexdocs.pm/gleam_erlang/gleam/erlang/process.html#send_after), except it spins up a process that repeatedly sends the message every time interval. It's useful for a low-fidelity...

erikareads

Selecting records with more than one "tag" element

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The Erlang [`socket`](https://www.erlang.org/doc/man/socket.html) module has a "nowait" mode for some functions which, instead of waiting for something to happen (like receiving data), returns immediately and later sends a message letting...

digitalcora

Add `erlang:display`

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While there is `io.debug`, `string.inspect` in stdlib, in gleam_erlang there could be another debug function that is helpful when debugging underlaying erlang values such as this: https://github.com/gleam-lang/stdlib/issues/332 I'd suggest to...

inoas

Registered subjects

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The README of gleam/otp mentions *There is no support for named processes. They are untyped global mutable variables which may be uninitialized, more research is needed to find a suitable...

dvic

With these functions implemented you can use `selecting_recordX`, `selecting_anything` to receive references and subjects.

NorbertSzydlik