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diff --git a/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml b/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml
index 61e214294e..10164890f2 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml
+++ b/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -132,12 +132,10 @@
<tag><c>debug_info</c></tag>
<item>
<marker id="debug_info"></marker>
- <p>Includes debug information in the form of abstract code
- (see
- <seealso marker="erts:absform">The Abstract Format</seealso>
- in ERTS User's Guide) in the compiled beam module. Tools
- such as <c>Debugger</c>, <c>Xref</c>, and <c>Cover</c> require
- the debug information to be included.</p>
+ <p>Includes debug information in the form of <seealso marker="erts:absform">
+ Erlang Abstract Format</seealso> in the <c>debug_info</c>
+ chunk of the compiled beam module. Tools such as Debugger,
+ Xref, and Cover require the debug information to be included.</p>
<p><em>Warning</em>: Source code can be reconstructed from
the debug information. Use encrypted debug information
@@ -147,6 +145,21 @@
<seealso marker="stdlib:beam_lib#debug_info">beam_lib(3)</seealso>.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>{debug_info, {Backend, Data}}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <marker id="debug_info"></marker>
+ <p>Includes custom debug information in the form of a
+ <c>Backend</c> module with custom <c>Data</c> in the compiled beam module.
+ The given module must implement a <c>debug_info/4</c> function
+ and is responsible for generating different code representations,
+ as described in the <c>debug_info</c> under
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:beam_lib#debug_info">beam_lib(3)</seealso>.</p>
+
+ <p><em>Warning</em>: Source code can be reconstructed from
+ the debug information. Use encrypted debug information
+ (<c>encrypt_debug_info</c>) to prevent this.</p>
+ </item>
+
<tag><c>{debug_info_key,KeyString}</c></tag>
<item></item>
<tag><c>{debug_info_key,{Mode,KeyString}}</c></tag>
@@ -176,6 +189,14 @@
<seealso marker="stdlib:beam_lib#debug_info">beam_lib(3)</seealso>.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>deterministic</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Omit the <c>options</c> and <c>source</c> tuples in
+ the list returned by <c>Module:module_info(compile)</c>.
+ This option will make it easier to achieve reproducible builds.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
<tag><c>makedep</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Produces a Makefile rule to track headers dependencies.
@@ -410,7 +431,7 @@ module.beam: module.erl \
without module prefix to local or imported functions before
trying with auto-imported BIFs. If the BIF is to be
called, use the <c>erlang</c> module prefix in the call, not
- <c>{ no_auto_import,[{F,A}, ...]}</c>.</p>
+ <c>{no_auto_import,[{F,A}, ...]}</c>.</p>
</note>
<p>If this option is written in the source code, as a
<c>-compile</c> directive, the syntax <c>F/A</c> can be used instead
@@ -431,6 +452,15 @@ module.beam: module.erl \
</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>{extra_chunks, [{binary(), binary()}]}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Pass extra chunks to be stored in the <c>.beam</c> file.
+ The extra chunks must be a list of tuples with a four byte
+ binary as chunk name followed by a binary with the chunk contents.
+ See <seealso marker="stdlib:beam_lib">beam_lib</seealso> for
+ more information.
+ </p>
+ </item>
</taglist>
<p>If warnings are turned on (option <c>report_warnings</c>
@@ -498,9 +528,11 @@ module.beam: module.erl \
</warning>
</item>
- <tag><c>warn_export_all</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>nowarn_export_all</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Emits a warning if option <c>export_all</c> is also given.</p>
+ <p>Turns off warnings for uses of the <c>export_all</c>
+ option. Default is to emit a warning if option
+ <c>export_all</c> is also given.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>warn_export_vars</c></tag>
@@ -544,7 +576,7 @@ module.beam: module.erl \
compiler to be deprecated. Notice that the compiler does not know
about attribute <c>-deprecated()</c>, but uses an
assembled list of deprecated functions in Erlang/OTP. To
- do a more general check, the <c>Xref</c> tool can be used.
+ do a more general check, the Xref tool can be used.
See also
<seealso marker="tools:xref#deprecated_function">xref(3)</seealso>
and the function
@@ -568,13 +600,13 @@ module.beam: module.erl \
to be deprecated.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>warn_obsolete_guard</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>nowarn_obsolete_guard</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Emits warnings for calls to old type testing BIFs,
+ <p>Turns off warnings for calls to old type testing BIFs,
such as <c>pid/1</c> and <c>list/1</c>. See the
<seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:expressions#guards">Erlang Reference Manual</seealso>
for a complete list of type testing BIFs and their old
- equivalents. Default is to emit no warnings for calls to
+ equivalents. Default is to emit warnings for calls to
old type testing BIFs.</p>
</item>
@@ -597,6 +629,14 @@ module.beam: module.erl \
<p>Turns off warnings for unused record types. Default is to
emit warnings for unused locally defined record types.</p>
</item>
+
+ <tag><c>nowarn_get_stacktrace</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Turns off warnings for using <c>get_stacktrace/0</c> in a context
+ where it will probably not work in a future release. For example,
+ by default there will be a warning if <c>get_stacktrace/0</c> is
+ used following a <c>catch</c> expression.</p>
+ </item>
</taglist>
<p>Another class of warnings is generated by the compiler
@@ -669,7 +709,7 @@ module.beam: module.erl \
<fsummary>Compiles a list of forms.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Is the same as
- <c>forms(File, [verbose,report_errors,report_warnings])</c>.
+ <c>forms(Forms, [verbose,report_errors,report_warnings])</c>.
</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -846,7 +886,7 @@ pi() -> 3.1416.
<section>
<title>Inlining of List Functions</title>
<p>The compiler can also inline various list manipulation functions
- from the module <c>list</c> in <c>STDLIB</c>.</p>
+ from the module <c>list</c> in STDLIB.</p>
<p>This feature must be explicitly enabled with a compiler option or a
<c>-compile()</c> attribute in the source module.</p>