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authorHans Bolinder <[email protected]>2015-11-30 09:26:16 +0100
committerHans Bolinder <[email protected]>2016-02-17 12:58:19 +0100
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stdlib: Modify the preprocessor as to expose typed record fields
Problem: The types of record fields have since R12B been put in a separate form by epp:parse_file(), leaving the record declaration form untyped. The separate form, however, does not follow the syntax of type declarations, and parse transforms inspecting -type() attributes need to know about the special syntax. Since the compiler stores the return value of epp:parse_file() as debug information in the abstract code chunk ("Abst" or 'abstract_code'), tools too need to know about the special syntax, if they inspect -type() attributes in abstract code. Solution: As of this commit no separate form is created by epp:parse_file(), but the type information kept in the record fields. This means that all parse transforms and all tools inspecting -record() declarations need to recognize {typed_record_field, Field, Type}. We recommend that all parse transforms and tools be updated as to recognize typed record fields. Discussion: As of OTP 19.0, the abstract form of type declarations and function specifications is documented. An (unsatisfactory) alternative to the above solution is to document two formats of the abstract form of typed record fields: one if returned by epp:parse_file(); and one if returned by, for example, epp:parse_erl_form(). Yet another (bad) alternative is to not document the format returned by epp:erl_parse(), but instead document the idempotent function epp:restore_typed_record_fields/1, and urge authors of parse transform and tools to always call this function.
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