> Does Dialyzer understand Elixir? Last I knew, it could only process Erlang source code and BEAM files. Once compiled, it boils down to BEAM files that Dialyz

> Does Dialyzer understand Elixir? Last I knew, it could only process Erlang source code and BEAM files. Once compiled, it boils down to BEAM files that Dialyzer can understand, yes. And the [Dialyxir](https://dialyxir.hexdocs.pm https://dialyxir.hexdocs.pm) wrapper helps translating error messages in Elixir. But, there is a significant limitation compared to plain Erlang: Elixir protocols (which are quite used in core parts of the language) are not an Erlang construct, so Dialyzer will be clueless about them, just accepting any term. Enum.map(nil, & &foo/1) or to_string(%{}) will be invisible to it.