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References

References are globally unique Erlang terms. They are created with the BIF erlang:make_ref(). References are useful for creating unique tags that can be included in data and then at a later stage compared for equality. For example, a bug-tracking system might add a reference to each new bug report in order to give it a unique identity.

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