how to hold lists

Bengt Kleberg bengt.kleberg@REDACTED
Fri May 12 10:20:40 CEST 2006


On 2006-05-12 09:56, Yani Dzhurov wrote:
>...deleted

> How would it better and faster to hold them:
> 
> -as macros
> 
> -define(LIST1, [a,b,c,…..]).
> 
>  
> 
> or have a function which returns it
> 
>  
> 
> get_list1()-> [a,b,c,….].

macros will force a recompile every time you want to change a list.
in that respect a function is better.

macros might be very slightly faster. measure and compare to your 
requirements. then you know if you can take the better solution, or must 
take the very slightly faster one.


bengt



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