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lists, how do they work
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list.ex
iex(8)> list = [:width, 1024, :height, 768, :content_type, "image/png", :postProcess, true]
[:width, 1024, :height, 768, :content_type, "image/png", :postProcess, true]
iex(9)> is_list list
true
iex(10)> :erlang.list_to_binary list
** (ArgumentError) argument error
:erlang.list_to_binary([:width, 1024, :height, 768, :content_type, "image/png", :postProcess, true])
iex(11)> List.Chars.to_char_list(list) |> :erlang.list_to_binary
** (ArgumentError) argument error
:erlang.list_to_binary([:width, 1024, :height, 768, :content_type, "image/png", :postProcess, true])
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