[erlang-questions] Equal binaries with different integers

[Bob Ippolito]

It's possible because the default size for an integer in bit syntax is 8.

1> 24930 rem 256 =:= 98.
true

For further explanation of this behavior you can take a look at this
section of the documentation:
http://erlang.org/doc/programming_examples/bit_syntax.html#Defaults

-bob

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 1:27 AM DOBRO <chessvegas@REDACTED> wrote:

> Hi,
> could anyone explain me how is it possible?
>
> In shell:
>
> 1> <<24930>> =:= <<98>>.
> true
>
>
> I'm using OTP-21.3.7.
>
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