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| author | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2014-05-20 20:42:29 +0200 |
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| committer | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2014-05-20 20:42:33 +0200 |
| commit | d4d5b4375dae706edb6deda9faebc66000aa2019 (patch) | |
| tree | 8bacb40163179f93af6e3a5a23563f89d4882078 /system | |
| parent | 23f73961cbd2d48b019214dcba243afb80034ce9 (diff) | |
| parent | 0dbcbea0cf52672ef1cf051c3cd7640eb7ff728e (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'sverk/better-module-info'
OTP-11940
* sverk/better-module-info:
Remove obsolete 'imports' entry from module_info/1/2 functions
Add 'module' entry for module_info/0 function for completeness
Add 'md5' entry for module_info/0/1 functions.
Diffstat (limited to 'system')
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/modules.xml | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/modules.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/modules.xml index f0ec7ef165..5fc8b363f8 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/modules.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/modules.xml @@ -229,13 +229,9 @@ behaviour_info(callbacks) -> Callbacks.</pre> <p>The <c>module_info/0</c> function in each module returns a list of <c>{Key,Value}</c> tuples with information about the module. Currently, the list contain tuples with the following - <c>Key</c>s: <c>attributes</c>, <c>compile</c>, - <c>exports</c>, and <c>imports</c>. The order and number of tuples + <c>Key</c>s: <c>module</c>, <c>attributes</c>, <c>compile</c>, + <c>exports</c> and <c>md5</c>. The order and number of tuples may change without prior notice.</p> - - <warning><p>The <c>{imports,Value}</c> tuple may be removed in a future - release because <c>Value</c> is always an empty list. - Do not write code that depends on it being present.</p></warning> </section> <section> @@ -246,6 +242,11 @@ behaviour_info(callbacks) -> Callbacks.</pre> <p>The following values are allowed for <c>Key</c>:</p> <taglist> + <tag><c>module</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Return an atom representing the module name.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>attributes</c></tag> <item> <p>Return a list of <c>{AttributeName,ValueList}</c> tuples, @@ -267,10 +268,9 @@ behaviour_info(callbacks) -> Callbacks.</pre> <seealso marker="stdlib:beam_lib#strip/1">beam_lib(3)</seealso>.</p> </item> - <tag><c>imports</c></tag> + <tag><c>md5</c></tag> <item> - <p>Always return an empty list. The <c>imports</c> key may not - be supported in future release.</p> + <p>Return a binary representing the MD5 checksum of the module.</p> </item> <tag><c>exports</c></tag> |