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<p>This document describes the changes made to the Compiler
application.</p>
+<section><title>Compiler 4.8.1</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ In rare circumstance, the compiler could crash when
+ compiling a case statement. (Thanks to Hakan Mattsson.)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9842</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Calling a guard test (such as is_list/1) from the
+ top-level in a guard, would cause a compiler crash if
+ there was a local definition with the same name.
+ Corrected to reject the program with an error
+ message.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9866</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Using <c>get/1</c> in a <c>try</c> block could in some
+ cases cause an internal compiler error. (Thanks to Eric
+ Merritt.)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9867</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ An unexported on_load function would not get run if the
+ module was compiled with the <c>inline</c> option.
+ (Thanks to Yiannis Tsiouris.)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9910</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fixed a discrepancy in compile_info</p>
+ <p>
+ The BEAM disassembler used the atom 'none' to signify the
+ absence of a compile_info chunk in a .beam file. This
+ clashed with the type declaration of the compile_info
+ field of a #beam_file{} record as containing a list. Now
+ [] signifies the absence of this chunk. This simplifies
+ the code and avoids a dialyzer warning.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9917</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix typo in `compile' doc: unmatched parenthesis (Thanks
+ to Ricardo Catalinas Jim�nez)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9919</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>In a <c>try</c>...<c>catch</c> statement that always
+ returned <c>false</c>, the compiler would remove calls to
+ BIFs that could not cause an exception (such as
+ <c>put/2</c>). Example of such code: <c>try put(K, V),
+ false catch _:_ -&gt; false end.</c></p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9982</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>Compiler 4.8</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>