[erlang-questions] Cross-referencing binaries

[Lukas Larsson]

Hello,

On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 3:35 PM, Roger Lipscombe <roger@REDACTED>
wrote:

> If I get the list of binaries for a process, using process_info(Pid,
> binary), each returned binary has an Id. If I find the same Id in the
> list of binaries for another process, is it the same binary?
>

yes, it is the same binary. The ID is, in the current implementation, the
pointer to the binary data.

Lukas
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