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-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erlc.xml10
-rw-r--r--lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml12
-rw-r--r--lib/compiler/src/compile.erl6
-rw-r--r--lib/compiler/test/compile_SUITE.erl4
4 files changed, 26 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlc.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlc.xml
index 10cab344b0..c3fc3b1686 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlc.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlc.xml
@@ -234,6 +234,16 @@ erlc +export_all file.erl</pre>
from the shell.</p>
<p>Supported options: -I, -o, -D, -v, -W, -b.</p>
</item>
+ <tag>.S</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Erlang assembler source code. It generates a <c><![CDATA[.beam]]></c> file.</p>
+ <p>Supported options: same as for .erl.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag>.core</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Erlang core source code. It generates a <c><![CDATA[.beam]]></c> file.</p>
+ <p>Supported options: same as for .erl.</p>
+ </item>
<tag>.yrl</tag>
<item>
<p>Yecc source code. It generates an <c><![CDATA[.erl]]></c> file.</p>
diff --git a/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml b/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml
index 73d75851cf..1459f696a0 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml
+++ b/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml
@@ -350,12 +350,18 @@ module.beam: module.erl \
parsed code before the code is checked for errors.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>asm</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>from_asm</c></tag>
<item>
<p>The input file is expected to be assembler code (default
file suffix ".S"). Note that the format of assembler files
- is not documented, and may change between releases - this
- option is primarily for internal debugging use.</p>
+ is not documented, and may change between releases.</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <tag><c>from_core</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The input file is expected to be core code (default
+ file suffix ".core"). Note that the format of core files
+ is not documented, and may change between releases.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>no_strict_record_tests</c></tag>
diff --git a/lib/compiler/src/compile.erl b/lib/compiler/src/compile.erl
index 47d446273b..38a733751a 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/src/compile.erl
+++ b/lib/compiler/src/compile.erl
@@ -417,6 +417,10 @@ pass(from_core) ->
pass(from_asm) ->
{".S",[?pass(beam_consult_asm)|asm_passes()]};
pass(asm) ->
+ %% TODO: remove 'asm' in R18
+ io:format("compile:file/2 option 'asm' has been deprecated and will be "
+ "removed in R18.~n"
+ "Use 'from_asm' instead.~n"),
pass(from_asm);
pass(from_beam) ->
{".beam",[?pass(read_beam_file)|binary_passes()]};
@@ -1613,7 +1617,7 @@ compile_beam(File0, _OutFile, Opts) ->
compile_asm(File0, _OutFile, Opts) ->
File = shorten_filename(File0),
- case file(File, [asm|make_erl_options(Opts)]) of
+ case file(File, [from_asm|make_erl_options(Opts)]) of
{ok,_Mod} -> ok;
Other -> Other
end.
diff --git a/lib/compiler/test/compile_SUITE.erl b/lib/compiler/test/compile_SUITE.erl
index 1dc1ddb653..4ec75d015e 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/test/compile_SUITE.erl
+++ b/lib/compiler/test/compile_SUITE.erl
@@ -769,8 +769,8 @@ do_core({M,A}, Outdir) ->
error
end.
-%% Compile to Beam assembly language (.S) and the try to
-%% run .S throught the compiler again.
+%% Compile to Beam assembly language (.S) and then try to
+%% run .S through the compiler again.
asm(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
?line Dog = test_server:timetrap(test_server:minutes(20)),