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authorBjörn Gustavsson <[email protected]>2011-11-28 15:05:23 +0100
committerBjörn Gustavsson <[email protected]>2011-11-28 15:05:23 +0100
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Merge branch 'bjorn/compiler/options/OTP-9752'
* bjorn/compiler/options/OTP-9752: filename documentation: Recommend against using filename:find_src/1,2 Teach filename:find_src/1,2 to handle slim or stripped BEAM files filename: Eliminate failing call to Mod:module_info(source_file) filename.erl:filter_options/1: Remove handling of dead options compiler: Don't include {cwd,_} in module_info(compile) compiler: Don't include source code options in module_info(compile) hipe: Teach hipe to handle slim or stripped BEAM files
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@@ -295,6 +295,12 @@
<p>Finds the source filename and compiler options for a module.
The result can be fed to <c>compile:file/2</c> in order to
compile the file again.</p>
+
+ <warning><p>We don't recommend using this function. If possible,
+ use <seealso marker="beam_lib">beam_lib(3)</seealso> to extract
+ the abstract code format from the BEAM file and compile that
+ instead.</p></warning>
+
<p>The <c><anno>Beam</anno></c> argument, which can be a string or an atom,
specifies either the module name or the path to the source
code, with or without the <c>".erl"</c> extension. In either