[erlang-questions] erlang:phash2(make_ref(), 1 bsl 32)

[Darren New]

Per Melin wrote:
> Isn't that a little unfortunate?

I'm no expert, but my understanding is that make_ref() doesn't make a 
particularly unique reference. It wouldn't serve well as (say) a primary 
key in a long-term database, unlike (say) a microsoft-style GUID. Am I 
right in this?

I was thinking about this and came to the conclusion that either
   {node(),now()}
or
   {make_ref(),now()}
would be unique enough to hash into a long-term unique value.

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