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@@ -2068,8 +2068,15 @@ end</pre>
Typically, this is used when a process started from a
certain shell is to have another group leader than
<c>init</c>.</p>
+ <p>The group leader should be rarely changed in
+ applications with a supervision tree, because OTP
+ assumes the group leader of their processes is
+ their application master.</p>
<p>See also
- <seealso marker="#group_leader/0"><c>group_leader/0</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <seealso marker="#group_leader/0"><c>group_leader/0</c></seealso>
+ and <seealso marker="doc/design_principles:applications#stopping">OTP
+ design principles</seealso> related to starting and stopping
+ applications.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -4832,11 +4839,11 @@ RealSystem = system + MissedSystem</code>
</item>
<tag><c>error_logger</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>When set to <c>true</c>, the runtime system sends a
- message to the current <seealso marker="kernel:error_logger">
- <c>error_logger</c></seealso>
+ <p>When set to <c>true</c>, the runtime system logs an
+ error event via <seealso marker="kernel:logger">
+ <c>logger</c></seealso>,
containing details about the process when the maximum
- heap size is reached. One <c>error_logger</c> report is sent
+ heap size is reached. One log event is sent
each time the limit is reached.</p>
<p>If <c>error_logger</c> is not defined in the map, the system
default is used. The default system default is <c>true</c>.
@@ -4850,7 +4857,7 @@ RealSystem = system + MissedSystem</code>
amount of memory that is used during the garbage collection. When
contemplating using this option, it is recommended to first run
it in production with <c>kill</c> set to <c>false</c> and inspect
- the <c>error_logger</c> reports to see what the normal peak sizes
+ the log events to see what the normal peak sizes
of the processes in the system is and then tune the value
accordingly.
</p>
@@ -7382,7 +7389,7 @@ ok
<note><p>If a scheduler fails to bind, this is often silently
ignored, as it is not always possible to verify valid
logical processor identifiers. If an error is reported,
- it is reported to <c>error_logger</c>. To verify that the
+ an error event is logged. To verify that the
schedulers have bound as requested, call
<seealso marker="#system_info_scheduler_bindings">
<c>erlang:system_info(scheduler_bindings)</c></seealso>.</p>