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| author | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2016-01-20 19:42:31 +0100 |
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| committer | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2016-01-20 19:42:31 +0100 |
| commit | 53dcd92be965d35ef53a27efda0597b2961921ba (patch) | |
| tree | c3fdf6fe033d88a2ce34cb316ddb21fe268d1bd0 | |
| parent | f6c266765cfd48416000e49f0043827d42e0e83f (diff) | |
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erts: Update docs for erlang:purge_module/1
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 8ddbd95de5..72d08a03fe 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -4870,6 +4870,12 @@ os_prompt% </pre> <seealso marker="kernel:code">code(3)</seealso>) and is not to be used elsewhere.</p> </warning> + <note> + <p>As from <c>ERTS</c> 8.0 (OTP 19), any lingering processes + that still execute the old code will be killed by this function. + In earlier versions, such incorrect use could cause much + more fatal failures, like emulator crash.</p> + </note> <p>Failure: <c>badarg</c> if there is no old code for <c><anno>Module</anno></c>.</p> </desc> |