[erlang-questions] Missing binary BIFs

[Ignas Vyšniauskas]

Hi,

On 2012.02.08 18:29, Loïc Hoguin wrote:
> It feels a bit tedious to keep doing things like
>   list_to_binary(integer_to_list(42))

<<42>> /= <<"42">>, so this would be ambigous.

> or even
>   list_to_binary(atom_to_list(forty_two))
> 

Check out atom_to_binary/2.

Ignas