[erlang-questions] Warning: erlang:phash2 output

[Paulo Sérgio Almeida]

Bjorn Gustavsson wrote:

> Actually, it produces good hash values for any term *except* atoms.

More good news. Now I can avoid doing a term_to_binary, and get around 
twice the speed for common small terms.

Thanks Bjorn,
/psa

> 
> If you have term that contains atoms (e.g. atoms in a list or tuple), you
> will probably get a decent hash value anyway because the hash for
> the atoms is mixed into the hash value calculated by the list or the
> tuple.
> 
> Try:
> 
> erlang:phash2([a]).
> erlang:phash2([b]).
> erlang:phash2([c]).
> 
> /Bjorn