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authorXavier Noria <[email protected]>2018-01-23 11:47:58 +0100
committerXavier Noria <[email protected]>2018-02-02 09:02:08 +0100
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Reword docs related to the runtime system mode
The existing wording may be interpreted as saying that embedded mode eager loads all modules. This revision makes clear embedded mode only disables module auto loading. Since I was on it, I have reordered a couple of places to describe interactive first, and then embedded. It feels natural to cover first the default and positive mode (auto loads), and then its negation.
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
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@@ -360,11 +360,12 @@
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-mode interactive | embedded]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Indicates if the system is to load code dynamically
- (<c><![CDATA[interactive]]></c>), or if all code is to be loaded
- during system initialization (<c><![CDATA[embedded]]></c>); see
- <seealso marker="kernel:code"><c>code(3)</c></seealso>.
- Defaults to <c><![CDATA[interactive]]></c>.</p>
+ <p>Modules are auto loaded when they are first referenced if the
+ runtime system runs in <c><![CDATA[interactive]]></c> mode, which is
+ the default. In <c><![CDATA[embedded]]></c> mode modules are not auto
+ loaded. The latter is recommended when the boot script preloads all
+ modules, as conventionally happens in OTP releases. See
+ <seealso marker="kernel:code"><c>code(3)</c></seealso></p>.
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-name Name]]></c></tag>
<item>
@@ -1693,4 +1694,3 @@ code:load_abs("..../user_default"). ]]></code>
<seealso marker="tools:make"><c>make(3)</c></seealso></p>
</section>
</comref>
-