[THRIFT-3214] Add Erlang option for using maps instead of dicts

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.3
• Component/s: Erlang - Compiler
• Assignee: Michael Oliver
• Reporter: Michael Oliver
• Created: 01/Jul/15 00:21
• Updated: 11/Jul/15 09:55
• Resolved: 02/Jul/15 19:11

Description

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.