[erlang-questions] Terms to binary and viceversa

[Björn-Egil Dahlberg]

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2013/1/17 Fred Hebert <mononcqc@REDACTED>

> I went with whatever structure was mentionned in the parent post.
>
> If the pid expected is 27 bytes then it should work, if for example it
> equals some hardcoded node name (which is a big no-no to begin with.)
> Personally I'd use the Erlang External Term Format
> (http://erlang.org/doc/apps/erts/erl_ext_dist.html) (or BERT) and
> serialize everything with it, or go with a prefix indicating the length
> of the term to follow to make it simpler.
>
> On 01/17, Bj�rn-Egil Dahlberg wrote:
> > Pids are not always 27 bytes. Names are atoms.
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > -module(t).
> >
> > -compile([export_all]).
> >
> > start() ->
> >     Pid = self(),
> >     PidBin = term_to_binary(Pid),
> >     SomeData = <<"some other data">>,
> >     Bin = <<$A, PidBin/binary, SomeData/binary>>,
> >     <<$A, 131, 103, 100, Len:16, Name:Len/binary, Id:4/binary,
> > Serial:4/binary, Creation, Rest/binary>> = Bin,
> >     DecPid = binary_to_term(<<131, 103, 100, Len:16, Name/binary,
> > Id/binary, Serial/binary, Creation>>),
> >     {Pid, DecPid, Rest}.
> >
> > Output:
> >
> > egil@REDACTED ~ $ erl -sname some-node-name-used
> > Erlang R15B (erts-5.9) [source] [smp:4:4] [async-threads:0] [hipe]
> > [kernel-poll:false]
> >
> > Eshell V5.9  (abort with ^G)
> > (some-node-name-used@REDACTED)1> t:start().
> > {<0.37.0>,<0.37.0>,<<"some other data">>}
> >
> >
> > // Björn-Egil
> >
> >
> > 2013/1/17 Fred Hebert <mononcqc@REDACTED>
> >
> > > The pattern:
> > >
> > >     <<$A, BinPid:27/binary, Data/binary>>
> > >
> > > Should do it. Then you can get `Pid` by calling `binary_to_term/1` on
> > > `BinPid`. By default, the size of the `binary` type of matching is in
> > > bytes, so you should be extracting it fine. To get it in bits, you'd
> > > need to specify `BinPid:216/binary-unit:1`, for example.
> > >
> > > In your case, what you were doing is returning `Pid` as a 216 bits
> > > integer (the default type), not something you can use in any useful
> way.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Fred.
> > >
> > > On 01/17, Alessandro Sivieri wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I have the following situation: two processes are exchanging data,
> and
> > > one
> > > > particular packet contains the following three contents:
> > > >
> > > >    - a character (which defines the type of that specific packet, in
> this
> > > >    case it is a 'A')
> > > >    - a pid
> > > >    - some binary data which I encode and decode in a specific way
> > > >
> > > > The question is: how can I extract the pid part using the bit
> syntax? I
> > > am
> > > > able to extract the character, and I know that the pid (encoded to
> binary
> > > > with term_to_binary) is 27 bytes, or 216 bits, so my first thought
> was
> > > > something like
> > > >
> > > > <<$A:8, Pid:216, Data/binary>>
> > > >
> > > > But this is wrong because in Pid at this point I have a very large
> > > integer
> > > > (and I see my error in that pattern), so do I have to get each single
> > > byte
> > > > of the 27 bytes composing the pid one by one or is there a pattern
> that
> > > > immediately matches that term giving me something that I can pass to
> > > > binary_to_term? I have experimented a little but I always obtain a no
> > > > matching clause...
> > > >
> > > > Alessandro
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Sivieri Alessandro
> > > > alessandro.sivieri@REDACTED
> > > > http://sivieri.wordpress.com/
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