[erlang-questions] ETS: binary matching in match specifications

[Jeff Schultz]

On Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 08:08:43PM -0400, Aaron Bawcom wrote:
> % Col1 == Number of elements in table

> % Col2 == Memory size of table

> % Col3 == Average ets:member/sec for 10M lookups

> 1> test:do_ets_test(). % Using 4 segment 128bit Binary for Key lookup

> 1279, 16937, 5882352

> 3> test:do_ets_test(). % Using 4 element tuple of integers for Key lookup

> 1279, 15658, 5479452

There's something missing in these memory figures.  128b is 16 byte.
16937/1279 = 13.24, 15658/1279 = 12.24.  Doesn't look like these
figures include the keys.  (Hmm, 16937-15658 = 1279.  Looks like the
reported memory use is exactly 1 byte / element more for the binary
key version.)


In any case, the performance difference you show between the two
versions isn't large.  Does it matter that much?


    Jeff Schultz