Re: Using bytes or strings as keys?

[Owen O'Malley]

On Jul 26, 2009, at 4:51 PM, Mark Kerzner wrote:

Hi,
I want to use the hash (sha-1) for the key. Should I use the binary
representation in bytes, or the ascii representation, as given by the

sha1sum utility in Linux? Which is faster, and are there any additional

considerations?

The easiest and fastest way would be to use BytesWritable.