[erlang-questions] Sharing data by reference

[Richard Andrews]

> I read in this post
> 
> http://www.erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2009-March/042503.html
> 
> that compile time constants are in constant pool and are used by reference in 
> each process. This works well for compile time constants. What about the the 
> run-time constant, for example configuration read from the file. This 
> configuration remains constant through-out the life time of the VM. Is it 
> possible to put that in the constant pool and have a reference to it in each 
> process instead of copying around?

I believe binaries are treated this way.
If you keep references to the binary (read from file) then all of the state objects with a "copy" of the binary refer to the same immutable data. One copy.


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