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authorBjörn Gustavsson <[email protected]>2016-11-02 12:35:07 +0100
committerBjörn Gustavsson <[email protected]>2016-11-02 12:35:07 +0100
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Merge branch 'essen/stdlib/proc_lib-propagate-exceptions/PR-1088/OTP-14001'
* essen/stdlib/proc_lib-propagate-exceptions/PR-1088/OTP-14001: Propagate exceptions fully when using proc_lib
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@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@
<seealso marker="sasl:error_logging">SASL Error Logging</seealso>
in the SASL User's Guide.</p>
+ <p>Unlike in "plain Erlang", <c>proc_lib</c> processes will not generate
+ <em>error reports</em>, which are written to the terminal by the
+ emulator and do not require SASL to be started. All exceptions are
+ converted to <em>exits</em> which are ignored by the default
+ <c>error_logger</c> handler.</p>
+
<p>The crash report contains the previously stored information, such
as ancestors and initial function, the termination reason, and
information about other processes that terminate as a result