[erlang-questions] Erlang AST with locations

[Bjorn Gustavsson]

"Kenneth Lundin" <kenneth.lundin@REDACTED> writes:

> 
> I don't agree
> Why should it be important to have a erl_scan:binary?
> When it is so damn easy to do:
> {ok,Bin} = file:read_file(File),
> Str = binary_to_list(Bin),
> erl_scan:string(Str),

One reason is that the list will need 8 times as much memory (in 32-bit emulator)
as the binary.

/Bjorn 
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Björn Gustavsson, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB