[erlang-questions] keys for mnesia

[Igor Ribeiro Sucupira]

Hi.

I'd also appreciate an answer to that question.  :)

My guess is that the more space-efficient would be the smallest in
binary format. In that case, your second option would be the best:

1> BS = fun(Term) -> erlang:byte_size(term_to_binary(Term)) end.
#Fun<erl_eval.6.13229925>
2> BS({myapp, myattr}).
20
3> BS("myapp.myattr").
16
4> BS(<<"myapp.myattr">>).
18


But I'm not sure.

Best regards.
Igor.

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Steve Davis
<steven.charles.davis@REDACTED> wrote:
> Which would be more efficient/recommended to use as the key of a k/v
> pair for an mnesia table:
>
> {myapp, myattr}
>
> or
>
> "myapp.myattr"
>
> or
>
> <<"myapp.myattr">>
>
> ?
>
> BR
> /s
>
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