[erlang-questions] What is the difference between maps and dict in R17

[Lukas Larsson]

Maps does not have a syntax for variable keys, that does not mean that you
cannot have variable keys. Using the maps module you can add and get any
keys you want to a map.

Lukas


On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:12 PM, David Mercer <dmercer@REDACTED> wrote:

> Also, maps cannot have variable keys.
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> In the long run, maps may probably subsume dict and gb_trees. In the short
> term they won't since maps currently is not optimized for a large number of
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> On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 10:19 AM, 用户 <zehongzheng2008@REDACTED> wrote:
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> Both of maps and dict are used as map, so when and where to use maps?
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