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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml | 66 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml | 50 |
2 files changed, 115 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml b/lib/compiler/doc/src/compile.xml index c3d65b4cb5..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 diff --git a/lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml index 00ea0da55c..9d89b17afb 100644 --- a/lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,56 @@ <p>This document describes the changes made to the Compiler application.</p> +<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 || <<_:8/integer, _/bits>> <= + 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) -> <<A:0>></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> |