[erlang-questions] Luerl and dynamically created lists

[Thomas Lindgren]

I think the erlang community has gotten wedged in a needlessly unconstructive state regarding atoms. Not sure why?

Best,
Thomas



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> From: Robert Virding <robert.virding@REDACTED>
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>Atoms, however, definitely do exist. :-) They are literal constants with a name. And you should definitely avoid dynamically creating atoms in an uncontrolled fashion or you will eventually fill the atom table and crash the system.
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