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authorRichard Carlsson <[email protected]>2016-12-06 12:14:18 +0100
committerRichard Carlsson <[email protected]>2017-02-06 15:36:20 +0100
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Add shell shortcut for recompiling existing modules
This extends the shell function c/1 and c/2 so that if the argument is a module name instead of a file name, it automatically locates the .beam file and the corresponding source file, and then recompiles the module using the same compiler options (plus any options passed to c/2). If compilation fails, the old beam file is preserved. Also adds c(Mod, Opts, Filter), where the Filter argument allows you to remove old compiler options before the new options are added.
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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell.xml
index d6e8036d4e..f52bc39deb 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell.xml
@@ -165,12 +165,12 @@
<item>
<p>Evaluates <c>shell_default:help()</c>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>c(File)</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>c(Mod)</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Evaluates <c>shell_default:c(File)</c>. This compiles
- and loads code in <c>File</c> and purges old versions of
- code, if necessary. Assumes that the file and module names
- are the same.</p>
+ <p>Evaluates <c>shell_default:c(Mod)</c>. This compiles and
+ loads the module <c>Mod</c> and purges old versions of the
+ code, if necessary. <c>Mod</c> can be either a module name or a
+ a source file path, with or without <c>.erl</c> extension.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>catch_exception(Bool)</c></tag>
<item>