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author | Hans Bolinder <[email protected]> | 2018-01-04 16:54:22 +0100 |
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committer | Hans Bolinder <[email protected]> | 2018-01-05 16:37:42 +0100 |
commit | de0771a4b3d882161f10c1d2d03c8027327f9323 (patch) | |
tree | 26df8eed7c649978fdb513e5cd818e6592b1bafd /lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml | |
parent | 31782c3accacafb20bc7efd46004921aea8f9f22 (diff) | |
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stdlib: Let filelib:find_source() search subdirs
The Design Principles states that an application can have Erlang
source files one level below the "src" directory, and now
filelib:find_source() by default searches one level below "src".
The same applies to "esrc". That directory is only mentioned in
filename(3).
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml | 20 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml index e5ac031539..0762cebc94 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <appref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2017</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -469,8 +469,12 @@ MaxT = TickTime + TickTime / 4</code> <item><c>ObjSuffix = string()</c></item> <item><c>SrcSuffix = string()</c></item> </list> - <p>Specifies a list of rules for use by <c>filelib:find_file/2</c> and - <c>filelib:find_source/2</c>. If this is set to some other value + <p>Specifies a list of rules for use by + <seealso marker="stdlib:filelib#find_file/2"> + <c>filelib:find_file/2</c></seealso> + <seealso marker="stdlib:filelib#find_source/2"> + <c>filelib:find_source/2</c></seealso> + If this is set to some other value than the empty list, it replaces the default rules. Rules can be simple pairs of directory suffixes, such as <c>{"ebin", "src"}</c>, which are used by <c>filelib:find_file/2</c>, or @@ -478,6 +482,16 @@ MaxT = TickTime + TickTime / 4</code> file name extensions, for example <c>[{".beam", ".erl", [{"ebin", "src"}]}</c>, which are used by <c>filelib:find_source/2</c>. Both kinds of rules can be mixed in the list.</p> + <p>The interpretation of <c>ObjDirSuffix</c> and <c>SrcDirSuffix</c> + is as follows: if the end of the directory name where an + object is located matches <c>ObjDirSuffix</c>, then the + name created by replacing <c>ObjDirSuffix</c> with + <c>SrcDirSuffix</c> is expanded by calling + <seealso marker="stdlib:filelib#wildcard/1"> + <c>filelib:wildcard/1</c></seealso>, and the first regular + file found among the matches is the source file. + </p> + </item> </taglist> </section> |