[erlang-questions] split_binary simple question

Per Gustafsson per.gustafsson@REDACTED
Sun Jul 8 19:01:45 CEST 2007


Mike McNally wrote:
> Does split_binary/2 make two new copies of the pieces of the binary
> that's split? I would think not, but the documentation (which, it should
> be noted, I have a history of misunderstanding) doesn't say explicitly.
>
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split_binary/2 does not create two new copies. It creates pointers into 
the original binary.

Per















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