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| author | Lukas Larsson <[email protected]> | 2011-02-02 10:52:42 +0100 |
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| committer | Lukas Larsson <[email protected]> | 2011-02-02 10:59:23 +0100 |
| commit | cb119ebc0e923b6b85a8352ef71012eb431b54d5 (patch) | |
| tree | 8ad219c5bba26f2606d22a8f4673546ff92f765d /lib/tools/doc/src/cover.xml | |
| parent | e24ae469ca5c2814dfd133da1e6882b84a7db95b (diff) | |
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Update documentation to reflect performance enhancement changes of cover
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diff --git a/lib/tools/doc/src/cover.xml b/lib/tools/doc/src/cover.xml index 323bd0dda8..0a3302bda5 100644 --- a/lib/tools/doc/src/cover.xml +++ b/lib/tools/doc/src/cover.xml @@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ defaults to <c>function</c>.</p> <p>If <c>Module</c> is not Cover compiled, the function returns <c>{error,{not_cover_compiled,Module}}</c>.</p> + <p>HINT: It is possible to issue multiple analyse_to_file commands at + the same time. </p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -307,6 +309,33 @@ <c>.beam</c> file, or in <c>../src</c> relative to that directory. If no source code is found, <c>,{error,no_source_code_found}</c> is returned.</p> + <p>HINT: It is possible to issue multiple analyse_to_file commands at + the same time. </p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> + <name>async_analyse_to_file(Module) -> </name> + <name>async_analyse_to_file(Module,Options) -> </name> + <name>async_analyse_to_file(Module, OutFile) -> </name> + <name>async_analyse_to_file(Module, OutFile, Options) -> pid()</name> + <fsummary>Asynchronous call to analyse_to_file.</fsummary> + <type> + <v>Module = atom()</v> + <v>OutFile = string()</v> + <v>Options = [Option]</v> + <v>Option = html</v> + <v>Error = {not_cover_compiled,Module} | {file,File,Reason} | no_source_code_found | not_main_node</v> + <v> File = string()</v> + <v> Reason = term()</v> + </type> + <desc> + <p>This function works exactly the same way as + <seealso marker="#analyse_to_file-1">analyse_to_file</seealso> except + that it is asynchronous instead of synchronous. The spawned process + will link with the caller when created. If an <c>Error</c> occurs + while doing the cover analysis the process will crash with the same + error reason as <seealso marker="#analyse_to_file-1">analyse_to_file</seealso> + would return.</p> </desc> </func> <func> |