Why I cannot use tuple as application env key?

Max Lapshin <[email protected]> Mon, 26 Oct 2020 13:15:18 +0300

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I want to use tuple as application env key:

application:set_env(sessions, {backend,Name},  Configuration).


Why is it forbidden? Why application_controller assumes that I must
use only atoms?

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