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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/compiler/doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml | 41 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/compiler/doc/src/ref_man.xml | 2 |
3 files changed, 56 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml b/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml index 954750fcdd..3ce37b98e9 100644 --- a/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml +++ b/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml @@ -40,6 +40,19 @@ <funcs> <func> + <name>env_compiler_options()</name> + <fsummary> + Compiler options defined via the environment variable + <c>ERL_COMPILER_OPTIONS</c> + </fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Return compiler options given via the environment variable + <c>ERL_COMPILER_OPTIONS</c>. If the value is a list, it is + returned as is. If it is not a list, it is put into a list. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name>file(File)</name> <fsummary>Compiles a file.</fsummary> <desc> @@ -123,7 +136,7 @@ (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 + such as Debugger, Xref, and Cover require the debug information to be included.</p> <p><em>Warning</em>: Source code can be reconstructed from @@ -531,7 +544,7 @@ 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 @@ -768,6 +781,9 @@ module.beam: module.erl \ if you do not want the environment variable to be consulted, for example, if you are calling the compiler recursively from inside a parse transform.</p> + + <p>The list can be retrieved with + <seealso marker="#env_compiler_options/0">env_compiler_options/0</seealso>.</p> </section> <section> @@ -830,7 +846,7 @@ 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> diff --git a/lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml index dede5aa0fd..dd6b132a92 100644 --- a/lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -32,18 +32,42 @@ <p>This document describes the changes made to the Compiler application.</p> +<section><title>Compiler 7.0.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + A literal binary matching regression was introduced in + 19.0 where a match could fail to resolve to the right + clause. This has now been fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13738</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Compiler 7.0</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> <list> <item> <p><c>compile:forms/1,2</c> would crash when used in a - working directory thad had been deleted by another - process. (Thanks to Adam Lindberg for reporting this - bug.)</p> + working directory that had been deleted by another + process.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-13430 Aux Id: ERL-113 </p> </item> + <item> + <p>Dialyzer no longer crashes when there is an invalid + function call such as <c>42(7)</c> in a module being + analyzed. The compiler will now warn for invalid function + calls such as <c>X = 42, x(7)</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13552 Aux Id: ERL-138 </p> + </item> </list> </section> @@ -107,6 +131,13 @@ <p> Own Id: OTP-13504</p> </item> + <item> + <p>The function <c>compile:env_compiler_options/0</c> has + been added to allow tools to pick up the same default + compiler options as the compiler itself.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13654</p> + </item> </list> </section> @@ -249,7 +280,7 @@ <item> <p> The <c>cerl</c> and <c>cerl_trees</c> modules in the - <c>compiler</c> application are now documented.</p> + Compiler application are now documented.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-11978</p> </item> @@ -1951,7 +1982,7 @@ <c>RightExpr</c> or vice versa. The evaluation order is only important if the expressions contains and/or depends on operations with side-effects, such as message passing - or <c>ets</c> operations.</p> + or ETS operations.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-7206</p> </item> diff --git a/lib/compiler/doc/src/ref_man.xml b/lib/compiler/doc/src/ref_man.xml index f5466553c0..c32c499008 100644 --- a/lib/compiler/doc/src/ref_man.xml +++ b/lib/compiler/doc/src/ref_man.xml @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ <file>application.sgml</file> </header> <description> - <p>The <c>Compiler</c> application compiles Erlang + <p>The Compiler application compiles Erlang code to byte-code. The highly compact byte-code is executed by the Erlang emulator.</p> </description> |