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authorHans Bolinder <[email protected]>2014-06-03 08:55:18 +0200
committerHans Bolinder <[email protected]>2014-06-03 08:55:18 +0200
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Merge branch 'hb/dialyzer/correct_docs' into maint
* hb/dialyzer/correct_docs: [dialyzer] Correct docs about options
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml109
-rw-r--r--lib/dialyzer/src/dialyzer_cl_parse.erl13
2 files changed, 71 insertions, 51 deletions
diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml
index a92b890a80..3de60b2f7a 100644
--- a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml
+++ b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2006</year><year>2013</year>
+ <year>2006</year><year>2014</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -50,33 +50,31 @@
<p>Dialyzer also has a command line version for automated use. Below is a
brief description of the list of its options. The same information can
be obtained by writing</p>
- <code type="none"><![CDATA[
- dialyzer --help
- ]]></code>
+ <code type="none">
+ dialyzer --help</code>
<p>in a shell. Please refer to the GUI description for more details on
the operation of Dialyzer.</p>
<p>The exit status of the command line version is:</p>
- <code type="none"><![CDATA[
+ <code type="none">
0 - No problems were encountered during the analysis and no
warnings were emitted.
1 - Problems were encountered during the analysis.
- 2 - No problems were encountered, but warnings were emitted.
- ]]></code>
+ 2 - No problems were encountered, but warnings were emitted.</code>
<p>Usage:</p>
- <code type="none"><![CDATA[
+ <code type="none">
dialyzer [--help] [--version] [--shell] [--quiet] [--verbose]
[-pa dir]* [--plt plt] [--plts plt*] [-Ddefine]*
- [-I include_dir]* [--output_plt file] [-Wwarn]*
+ [-I include_dir]* [--output_plt file] [-Wwarn]* [--raw]
[--src] [--gui] [files_or_dirs] [-r dirs]
[--apps applications] [-o outfile]
[--build_plt] [--add_to_plt] [--remove_from_plt]
[--check_plt] [--no_check_plt] [--plt_info] [--get_warnings]
- [--no_native] [--fullpath]
- ]]></code>
+ [--dump_callgraph file] [--no_native] [--fullpath]
+ [--statistics]</code>
<p>Options:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c><![CDATA[files_or_dirs]]></c> (for backwards compatibility also
- as: <c><![CDATA[-c files_or_dirs]]></c></tag>
+ as: <c><![CDATA[-c files_or_dirs]]></c>)</tag>
<item>Use Dialyzer from the command line to detect defects in the
specified files or directories containing <c><![CDATA[.erl]]></c> or
<c><![CDATA[.beam]]></c> files, depending on the type of the
@@ -88,16 +86,14 @@
analysis.</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[--apps applications]]></c></tag>
<item>Option typically used when building or modifying a plt as in:
- <code type="none"><![CDATA[
- dialyzer --build_plt --apps erts kernel stdlib mnesia ...
- ]]></code>
+ <code type="none">
+ dialyzer --build_plt --apps erts kernel stdlib mnesia ...</code>
to conveniently refer to library applications corresponding to the
Erlang/OTP installation. However, the option is general and can also
be used during analysis in order to refer to Erlang/OTP applications.
In addition, file or directory names can also be included, as in:
- <code type="none"><![CDATA[
- dialyzer --apps inets ssl ./ebin ../other_lib/ebin/my_module.beam
- ]]></code></item>
+ <code type="none">
+ dialyzer --apps inets ssl ./ebin ../other_lib/ebin/my_module.beam</code></item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-o outfile]]></c> (or
<c><![CDATA[--output outfile]]></c>)</tag>
<item>When using Dialyzer from the command line, send the analysis
@@ -129,24 +125,26 @@
that the plts are disjoint (i.e., do not have any module
appearing in more than one plt).
The plts are created in the usual way:
- <code type="none"><![CDATA[
+ <code type="none">
dialyzer --build_plt --output_plt plt_1 files_to_include
...
- dialyzer --build_plt --output_plt plt_n files_to_include
- ]]></code>
+ dialyzer --build_plt --output_plt plt_n files_to_include</code>
and then can be used in either of the following ways:
- <code type="none"><![CDATA[
- dialyzer files_to_analyze --plts plt_1 ... plt_n
- ]]></code>
+ <code type="none">
+ dialyzer files_to_analyze --plts plt_1 ... plt_n</code>
or:
- <code type="none"><![CDATA[
- dialyzer --plts plt_1 ... plt_n -- files_to_analyze
- ]]></code>
+ <code type="none">
+ dialyzer --plts plt_1 ... plt_n -- files_to_analyze</code>
(Note the -- delimiter in the second case)</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-Wwarn]]></c></tag>
<item>A family of options which selectively turn on/off warnings
(for help on the names of warnings use
- <c><![CDATA[dialyzer -Whelp]]></c>).</item>
+ <c><![CDATA[dialyzer -Whelp]]></c>).
+ Note that the options can also be given in the file with a
+ <c>-dialyzer({nowarn_tag, WarningTags})</c> attribute.
+ See <seealso
+ marker="doc/reference_manual:typespec#suppression">Erlang Reference
+ Manual</seealso> for details.</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[--shell]]></c></tag>
<item>Do not disable the Erlang shell while running the GUI.</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[--version]]></c> (or <c><![CDATA[-v]]></c>)</tag>
@@ -220,8 +218,6 @@
<item>Suppress warnings for unused functions.</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_improper_lists]]></c></tag>
<item>Suppress warnings for construction of improper lists.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_tuple_as_fun]]></c></tag>
- <item>Suppress warnings for using tuples instead of funs.</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_fun_app]]></c></tag>
<item>Suppress warnings for fun applications that will fail.</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_match]]></c></tag>
@@ -229,9 +225,16 @@
match.</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_opaque]]></c></tag>
<item>Suppress warnings for violations of opaqueness of data types.</item>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_fail_call]]></c></tag>
+ <item>Suppress warnings for failing calls.</item>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_contracts]]></c></tag>
+ <item>Suppress warnings about invalid contracts.</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_behaviours]]></c></tag>
<item>Suppress warnings about behaviour callbacks which drift from the
published recommended interfaces.</item>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_undefined_callbacks]]></c></tag>
+ <item>Suppress warnings about behaviours that have no
+ <c>-callback</c> attributes for their callbacks.</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-Wunmatched_returns]]></c>***</tag>
<item>Include warnings for function calls which ignore a structured return
value or do not match against one of many possible return
@@ -278,13 +281,13 @@
</type>
<desc>
<p>Dialyzer GUI version.</p>
- <code type="none"><![CDATA[
+ <code type="none">
OptList :: [Option]
Option :: {files, [Filename :: string()]}
| {files_rec, [DirName :: string()]}
| {defines, [{Macro: atom(), Value : term()}]}
- | {from, src_code | byte_code} %% Defaults to byte_code
- | {init_plt, FileName :: string()} %% If changed from default
+ | {from, src_code | byte_code} %% Defaults to byte_code
+ | {init_plt, FileName :: string()} %% If changed from default
| {plts, [FileName :: string()]} %% If changed from default
| {include_dirs, [DirName :: string()]}
| {output_file, FileName :: string()}
@@ -304,14 +307,15 @@ WarnOpts :: no_return
| no_match
| no_opaque
| no_fail_call
+ | no_contracts
+ | no_behaviours
+ | no_undefined_callbacks
+ | unmatched_returns
| error_handling
| race_conditions
- | behaviours
- | unmatched_returns
| overspecs
| underspecs
- | specdiffs
- ]]></code>
+ | specdiffs</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
@@ -323,17 +327,30 @@ WarnOpts :: no_return
</type>
<desc>
<p>Dialyzer command line version.</p>
- <code type="none"><![CDATA[
+ <code type="none">
Warnings :: [{Tag, Id, Msg}]
-Tag :: 'warn_return_no_exit' | 'warn_return_only_exit'
- | 'warn_not_called' | 'warn_non_proper_list'
- | 'warn_fun_app' | 'warn_matching'
- | 'warn_failing_call' | 'warn_contract_types'
- | 'warn_contract_syntax' | 'warn_contract_not_equal'
- | 'warn_contract_subtype' | 'warn_contract_supertype'
+Tag :: 'warn_behaviour'
+ | 'warn_bin_construction'
+ | 'warn_callgraph'
+ | 'warn_contract_not_equal'
+ | 'warn_contract_range'
+ | 'warn_contract_subtype'
+ | 'warn_contract_supertype'
+ | 'warn_contract_syntax'
+ | 'warn_contract_types'
+ | 'warn_failing_call'
+ | 'warn_fun_app'
+ | 'warn_matching'
+ | 'warn_non_proper_list'
+ | 'warn_not_called'
+ | 'warn_opaque'
+ | 'warn_race_condition'
+ | 'warn_return_no_exit'
+ | 'warn_return_only_exit'
+ | 'warn_umatched_return'
+ | 'warn_undefined_callbacks'
Id = {File :: string(), Line :: integer()}
-Msg = msg() -- Undefined
-]]></code>
+Msg = msg() -- Undefined</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/src/dialyzer_cl_parse.erl b/lib/dialyzer/src/dialyzer_cl_parse.erl
index db27b2037d..04ce0e8bc3 100644
--- a/lib/dialyzer/src/dialyzer_cl_parse.erl
+++ b/lib/dialyzer/src/dialyzer_cl_parse.erl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
%%-----------------------------------------------------------------------
%% %CopyrightBegin%
%%
-%% Copyright Ericsson AB 2006-2013. All Rights Reserved.
+%% Copyright Ericsson AB 2006-2014. All Rights Reserved.
%%
%% The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
%% Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
@@ -357,12 +357,13 @@ help_warnings() ->
help_message() ->
S = "Usage: dialyzer [--help] [--version] [--shell] [--quiet] [--verbose]
[-pa dir]* [--plt plt] [--plts plt*] [-Ddefine]*
- [-I include_dir]* [--output_plt file] [-Wwarn]*
+ [-I include_dir]* [--output_plt file] [-Wwarn]* [--raw]
[--src] [--gui] [files_or_dirs] [-r dirs]
[--apps applications] [-o outfile]
[--build_plt] [--add_to_plt] [--remove_from_plt]
[--check_plt] [--no_check_plt] [--plt_info] [--get_warnings]
- [--no_native] [--fullpath] [--statistics]
+ [--dump_callgraph file] [--no_native] [--fullpath]
+ [--statistics]
Options:
files_or_dirs (for backwards compatibility also as: -c files_or_dirs)
Use Dialyzer from the command line to detect defects in the
@@ -495,14 +496,16 @@ warning_options_msg() ->
Suppress warnings for unused functions.
-Wno_improper_lists
Suppress warnings for construction of improper lists.
- -Wno_tuple_as_fun
- Suppress warnings for using tuples instead of funs.
-Wno_fun_app
Suppress warnings for fun applications that will fail.
-Wno_match
Suppress warnings for patterns that are unused or cannot match.
-Wno_opaque
Suppress warnings for violations of opaqueness of data types.
+ -Wno_fail_call
+ Suppress warnings for failing calls.
+ -Wno_contracts
+ Suppress warnings about invalid contracts.
-Wno_behaviours
Suppress warnings about behaviour callbacks which drift from the published
recommended interfaces.