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ASF GitHub Bot commented on THRIFT-3214:
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Github user jparise commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/thrift/pull/535#discussion_r33729457
--- Diff: compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_erl_generator.cc ---
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class t_erl_generator : public t_generator {
out_dir_base_ = "gen-erl";
legacy_names_ = (parsed_options.find("legacynames") !=
parsed_options.end());
+ use_maps_ = (parsed_options.find("usemaps") != parsed_options.end());
--- End diff --
I think `maps` would be a more consistent option name. Similar existing
options are `slots` (for Python) and `templates` (for C++), which don't include
a **use** prefix.
> Add Erlang option for using maps instead of dicts
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: THRIFT-3214
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-3214
> Project: Thrift
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Erlang - Compiler
> Reporter: Michael Oliver
> Assignee: Michael Oliver
> Priority: Minor
>
> Erlang OTP 18 introduces significant performance improvements when using maps
> instead of dicts. Here is a benchmark showing the gains:
> https://gist.github.com/BinaryMuse/bb9f2cbf692e6cfa4841
> Thrift should support an option for the Erlang compiler to produce maps
> instead of dicts, to take advantage of these performance improvements.
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