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Document checking whether a process on another node is alive
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Expand Up @@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ defmodule Process do
`pid` must refer to a process running on the local node or `ArgumentError` is raised.

Inlined by the compiler.

To check whether a process on any node is alive you can use the :rpc module.

:rpc.call(node(pid), Process, :alive?, [pid])
"""
@spec alive?(pid) :: boolean
defdelegate alive?(pid), to: :erlang, as: :is_process_alive
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