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diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml
index e482b1e6f8..3fd34241b2 100644
--- a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml
+++ b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml
@@ -4,20 +4,21 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2006</year><year>2014</year>
+ <year>2006</year><year>2015</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
- The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
- Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
- compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
- Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
- retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
- basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
- the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
- under the License.
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
</legalnotice>
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@
[--build_plt] [--add_to_plt] [--remove_from_plt]
[--check_plt] [--no_check_plt] [--plt_info] [--get_warnings]
[--dump_callgraph file] [--no_native] [--fullpath]
- [--statistics]</code>
+ [--statistics] [--no_native_cache]</code>
<p>Options:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c><![CDATA[files_or_dirs]]></c> (for backwards compatibility also
@@ -139,7 +140,11 @@
<tag><c><![CDATA[-Wwarn]]></c></tag>
<item>A family of options which selectively turn on/off warnings
(for help on the names of warnings use
- <c><![CDATA[dialyzer -Whelp]]></c>).</item>
+ <c><![CDATA[dialyzer -Whelp]]></c>).
+ Note that the options can also be given in the file with a
+ <c>-dialyzer()</c> attribute. See <seealso
+ marker="#suppression">Requesting or Suppressing Warnings in
+ Source Files</seealso> below for details.</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[--shell]]></c></tag>
<item>Do not disable the Erlang shell while running the GUI.</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[--version]]></c> (or <c><![CDATA[-v]]></c>)</tag>
@@ -194,6 +199,11 @@
heuristically performs when dialyzing many files; this avoids the
compilation time but it may result in (much) longer analysis
time.</item>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[--no_native_cache]]></c></tag>
+ <item>By default, Dialyzer caches the results of native compilation in the
+ <c>$XDG_CACHE_HOME/erlang/dialyzer_hipe_cache</c> directory.
+ <c>XDG_CACHE_HOME</c> defaults to <c>$HOME/.cache</c>.
+ Use this option to disable caching.</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[--fullpath]]></c></tag>
<item>Display the full path names of files for which warnings are emitted.</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[--gui]]></c></tag>
@@ -227,6 +237,8 @@
<tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_behaviours]]></c></tag>
<item>Suppress warnings about behaviour callbacks which drift from the
published recommended interfaces.</item>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_missing_calls]]></c></tag>
+ <item>Suppress warnings about calls to missing functions.</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_undefined_callbacks]]></c></tag>
<item>Suppress warnings about behaviours that have no
<c>-callback</c> attributes for their callbacks.</item>
@@ -242,9 +254,16 @@
analysis that finds data races performs intra-procedural data flow analysis
and can sometimes explode in time. Enable it at your own risk.
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wunderspecs]]></c>***</tag>
+i <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wunderspecs]]></c>***</tag>
<item>Warn about underspecified functions
(the -spec is strictly more allowing than the success typing).</item>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wunknown]]></c>***</tag>
+ <item>Let warnings about unknown functions and types affect the
+ exit status of the command line version. The default is to ignore
+ warnings about unknown functions and types when setting the exit
+ status. When using the Dialyzer from Erlang, warnings about unknown
+ functions and types are returned; the default is not to return
+ these warnings.</item>
</taglist>
<p>The following options are also available but their use is not
recommended: (they are mostly for Dialyzer developers and internal
@@ -269,6 +288,71 @@
given from the command line, so please refer to the sections above for
a description of these.</p>
</section>
+
+ <section>
+ <marker id="suppression"></marker>
+ <title>Requesting or Suppressing Warnings in Source Files</title>
+ <p>
+ The <c>-dialyzer()</c> attribute can be used for turning off
+ warnings in a module by specifying functions or warning options.
+ For example, to turn off all warnings for the function
+ <c>f/0</c>, include the following line:
+ </p>
+<code type="none">
+-dialyzer({nowarn_function, f/0}).
+</code>
+ <p>To turn off warnings for improper lists, add the following line
+ to the source file:
+ </p>
+<code type="none">
+-dialyzer(no_improper_lists).
+</code>
+ <p>The <c>-dialyzer()</c> attribute is allowed after function
+ declarations. Lists of warning options or functions are allowed:
+ </p>
+<code type="none">
+-dialyzer([{nowarn_function, [f/0]}, no_improper_lists]).
+</code>
+ <p>
+ Warning options can be restricted to functions:
+ </p>
+<code type="none">
+-dialyzer({no_improper_lists, g/0}).
+</code>
+<code type="none">
+-dialyzer({[no_return, no_match], [g/0, h/0]}).
+</code>
+ <p>
+ For help on the warning options use <c>dialyzer -Whelp</c>. The
+ options are also enumerated <seealso
+ marker="#gui/1">below</seealso> (<c>WarnOpts</c>).
+ </p>
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ The <c>-dialyzer()</c> attribute is not checked by the Erlang
+ Compiler, but by the Dialyzer itself.
+ </p>
+ </note>
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ The warning option <c>-Wrace_conditions</c> has no effect when
+ set in source files.
+ </p>
+ </note>
+ <p>
+ The <c>-dialyzer()</c> attribute can also be used for turning on
+ warnings. For instance, if a module has been fixed regarding
+ unmatched returns, adding the line
+ </p>
+<code type="none">
+-dialyzer(unmatched_returns).
+</code>
+ <p>
+ can help in assuring that no new unmatched return warnings are
+ introduced.
+ </p>
+ </section>
+
<funcs>
<func>
<name>gui() -> ok | {error, Msg}</name>
@@ -283,13 +367,14 @@
OptList :: [Option]
Option :: {files, [Filename :: string()]}
| {files_rec, [DirName :: string()]}
- | {defines, [{Macro: atom(), Value : term()}]}
+ | {defines, [{Macro :: atom(), Value :: term()}]}
| {from, src_code | byte_code} %% Defaults to byte_code
| {init_plt, FileName :: string()} %% If changed from default
| {plts, [FileName :: string()]} %% If changed from default
| {include_dirs, [DirName :: string()]}
| {output_file, FileName :: string()}
| {output_plt, FileName :: string()}
+ | {check_plt, boolean()},
| {analysis_type, 'succ_typings' |
'plt_add' |
'plt_build' |
@@ -313,7 +398,8 @@ WarnOpts :: no_return
| race_conditions
| overspecs
| underspecs
- | specdiffs</code>
+ | specdiffs
+ | unknown</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
@@ -347,6 +433,7 @@ Tag :: 'warn_behaviour'
| 'warn_return_only_exit'
| 'warn_umatched_return'
| 'warn_undefined_callbacks'
+ | 'warn_unknown'
Id = {File :: string(), Line :: integer()}
Msg = msg() -- Undefined</code>
</desc>