[erlang-questions] BEAM micro-optimization: term comparison (> 0) versus pattern-matching

[Ulf Wiger]

2017-04-16 14:41 GMT+01:00 Mikael Pettersson <mikpelinux@REDACTED>:

> Mikael Pettersson writes:
> ...
> f is option 1 above, g is option 2.  h is g with added is_integer/1 check.
> i is f but with integer tags not atoms.  j wraps the two cases as [X|[]]
> and {Y}.
> k is j but with Y left unwrapped.  l is j but swaps the order and checks
> with
> is_integer/1 before matching on [Y|_].
>

Just a note: [X|[]] and [X] result in identical abstract code.

BR,
Ulf W
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