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-rw-r--r--lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml89
-rw-r--r--lib/compiler/doc/src/part_notes_history.xml2
3 files changed, 162 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml b/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml
index e1f24b602d..f2af932aef 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>2010</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -164,6 +164,70 @@
for details.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>makedep</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Produce a Makefile rule to track headers dependencies.
+ No object file is produced.
+ </p>
+ <p>By default, this rule is written to
+ <c><![CDATA[<File>.Pbeam]]></c>. However, if the option
+ <c>binary</c> is set, nothing is written and the rule is
+ returned in <c>Binary</c>.
+ </p>
+ <p>For instance, if one has the following module:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+-module(module).
+
+-include_lib("eunit/include/eunit.hrl").
+-include("header.hrl").
+ </code>
+ <p>Here is the Makefile rule generated by this option:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+module.beam: module.erl \
+ /usr/local/lib/erlang/lib/eunit/include/eunit.hrl \
+ header.hrl
+ </code>
+ </item>
+
+ <tag><c>{makedep_output, Output}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Write generated rule(s) to <c>Output</c> instead of the
+ default <c><![CDATA[<File>.Pbeam]]></c>. <c>Output</c>
+ can be a filename or an <c>io_device()</c>. To write to
+ stdout, use <c>standard_io</c>. However if <c>binary</c>
+ is set, nothing is written to <c>Output</c> and the
+ result is returned to the caller with
+ <c>{ok, ModuleName, Binary}</c>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
+ <tag><c>{makedep_target, Target}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Change the name of the rule emitted to <c>Target</c>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
+ <tag><c>makedep_quote_target</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Characters in <c>Target</c> special to make(1) are quoted.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
+ <tag><c>makedep_add_missing</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Consider missing headers as generated files and add them to the
+ dependencies.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
+ <tag><c>makedep_phony</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Add a phony target for each dependency.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
<tag><c>'P'</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Produces a listing of the parsed code after preprocessing
@@ -310,9 +374,9 @@
(there will not even be a warning if there is a mismatch).</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>{no_auto_import,[F/A, ...]}</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>{no_auto_import,[{F,A}, ...]}</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Makes the function <c>F/A</c> no longer beeing
+ <p>Makes the function <c>F/A</c> no longer being
auto-imported from the module <c>erlang</c>, which resolves
BIF name clashes. This option has to be used to resolve name
clashes with BIFs auto-imported before R14A, if one wants to
@@ -323,8 +387,12 @@
without module prefix to local or imported functions before
trying 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
+ of <c>{F,A}</c>. Example:</p>
+ <code>-compile({no_auto_import,[error/1]}).</code>
</item>
</taglist>
diff --git a/lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml
index 00ea0da55c..25a6db4ce0 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,95 @@
<p>This document describes the changes made to the Compiler
application.</p>
+<section><title>Compiler 4.7.3</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The <c>-export_type()</c> directive is no longer included
+ among the attributes.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-8998</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The maximum number of allowed arguments for an Erlang
+ function has been lowered from 256 to 255, so that the
+ number of arguments can now fit in a byte.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9049</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Dependency generation for Makefiles has been added to the
+ compiler and erlc. See the manual pages for
+ <c>compile</c> and <c>erlc</c>. (Thanks to Jean-Sebastien
+ Pedron.)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9065</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Compiler 4.7.2</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Two compiler bugs (that would cause the compiler to
+ terminate) reported by Christopher Williams have been
+ fixed.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-8949</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>The compiler would translate binary comprehensions
+ containing tail segments in a way that would would
+ confuse Dialyzer. For instance:</p>
+ <p><c>[42 || &lt;&lt;_:8/integer, _/bits&gt;&gt; &lt;=
+ Bits]</c></p>
+ <p>
+ would produce a Dialyzer warning.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-8864</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Code such as <c>foo(A) -&gt; &lt;&lt;A:0&gt;&gt;</c>
+ would crash the compiler.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-8865</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The compiler could fail with an internal error when
+ variables were exported from a receive block but the
+ return value of the receive block were not used. (Thanks
+ to Jim Engquist for reporting this error.)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-8888</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>Compiler 4.7.1</title>
<section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
diff --git a/lib/compiler/doc/src/part_notes_history.xml b/lib/compiler/doc/src/part_notes_history.xml
index cd17c4285e..12366f0006 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/doc/src/part_notes_history.xml
+++ b/lib/compiler/doc/src/part_notes_history.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<header>
<copyright>
<year>2006</year>
- <year>2007</year>
+ <year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>