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diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml index a92b890a80..e482b1e6f8 100644 --- a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml +++ b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2006</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2006</year><year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -50,33 +50,31 @@ <p>Dialyzer also has a command line version for automated use. Below is a brief description of the list of its options. The same information can be obtained by writing</p> - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ - dialyzer --help - ]]></code> + <code type="none"> + dialyzer --help</code> <p>in a shell. Please refer to the GUI description for more details on the operation of Dialyzer.</p> <p>The exit status of the command line version is:</p> - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ + <code type="none"> 0 - No problems were encountered during the analysis and no warnings were emitted. 1 - Problems were encountered during the analysis. - 2 - No problems were encountered, but warnings were emitted. - ]]></code> + 2 - No problems were encountered, but warnings were emitted.</code> <p>Usage:</p> - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ + <code type="none"> dialyzer [--help] [--version] [--shell] [--quiet] [--verbose] [-pa dir]* [--plt plt] [--plts plt*] [-Ddefine]* - [-I include_dir]* [--output_plt file] [-Wwarn]* + [-I include_dir]* [--output_plt file] [-Wwarn]* [--raw] [--src] [--gui] [files_or_dirs] [-r dirs] [--apps applications] [-o outfile] [--build_plt] [--add_to_plt] [--remove_from_plt] [--check_plt] [--no_check_plt] [--plt_info] [--get_warnings] - [--no_native] [--fullpath] - ]]></code> + [--dump_callgraph file] [--no_native] [--fullpath] + [--statistics]</code> <p>Options:</p> <taglist> <tag><c><![CDATA[files_or_dirs]]></c> (for backwards compatibility also - as: <c><![CDATA[-c files_or_dirs]]></c></tag> + as: <c><![CDATA[-c files_or_dirs]]></c>)</tag> <item>Use Dialyzer from the command line to detect defects in the specified files or directories containing <c><![CDATA[.erl]]></c> or <c><![CDATA[.beam]]></c> files, depending on the type of the @@ -88,16 +86,14 @@ analysis.</item> <tag><c><![CDATA[--apps applications]]></c></tag> <item>Option typically used when building or modifying a plt as in: - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ - dialyzer --build_plt --apps erts kernel stdlib mnesia ... - ]]></code> + <code type="none"> + dialyzer --build_plt --apps erts kernel stdlib mnesia ...</code> to conveniently refer to library applications corresponding to the Erlang/OTP installation. However, the option is general and can also be used during analysis in order to refer to Erlang/OTP applications. In addition, file or directory names can also be included, as in: - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ - dialyzer --apps inets ssl ./ebin ../other_lib/ebin/my_module.beam - ]]></code></item> + <code type="none"> + dialyzer --apps inets ssl ./ebin ../other_lib/ebin/my_module.beam</code></item> <tag><c><![CDATA[-o outfile]]></c> (or <c><![CDATA[--output outfile]]></c>)</tag> <item>When using Dialyzer from the command line, send the analysis @@ -129,19 +125,16 @@ that the plts are disjoint (i.e., do not have any module appearing in more than one plt). The plts are created in the usual way: - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ + <code type="none"> dialyzer --build_plt --output_plt plt_1 files_to_include ... - dialyzer --build_plt --output_plt plt_n files_to_include - ]]></code> + dialyzer --build_plt --output_plt plt_n files_to_include</code> and then can be used in either of the following ways: - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ - dialyzer files_to_analyze --plts plt_1 ... plt_n - ]]></code> + <code type="none"> + dialyzer files_to_analyze --plts plt_1 ... plt_n</code> or: - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ - dialyzer --plts plt_1 ... plt_n -- files_to_analyze - ]]></code> + <code type="none"> + dialyzer --plts plt_1 ... plt_n -- files_to_analyze</code> (Note the -- delimiter in the second case)</item> <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wwarn]]></c></tag> <item>A family of options which selectively turn on/off warnings @@ -220,8 +213,6 @@ <item>Suppress warnings for unused functions.</item> <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_improper_lists]]></c></tag> <item>Suppress warnings for construction of improper lists.</item> - <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_tuple_as_fun]]></c></tag> - <item>Suppress warnings for using tuples instead of funs.</item> <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_fun_app]]></c></tag> <item>Suppress warnings for fun applications that will fail.</item> <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_match]]></c></tag> @@ -229,9 +220,16 @@ match.</item> <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_opaque]]></c></tag> <item>Suppress warnings for violations of opaqueness of data types.</item> + <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_fail_call]]></c></tag> + <item>Suppress warnings for failing calls.</item> + <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_contracts]]></c></tag> + <item>Suppress warnings about invalid contracts.</item> <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_undefined_callbacks]]></c></tag> + <item>Suppress warnings about behaviours that have no + <c>-callback</c> attributes for their callbacks.</item> <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wunmatched_returns]]></c>***</tag> <item>Include warnings for function calls which ignore a structured return value or do not match against one of many possible return @@ -240,7 +238,10 @@ <item>Include warnings for functions that only return by means of an exception.</item> <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wrace_conditions]]></c>***</tag> - <item>Include warnings for possible race conditions.</item> + <item>Include warnings for possible race conditions. Note that the + 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> <item>Warn about underspecified functions (the -spec is strictly more allowing than the success typing).</item> @@ -278,13 +279,13 @@ </type> <desc> <p>Dialyzer GUI version.</p> - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ + <code type="none"> OptList :: [Option] Option :: {files, [Filename :: string()]} | {files_rec, [DirName :: string()]} | {defines, [{Macro: atom(), Value : term()}]} - | {from, src_code | byte_code} %% Defaults to byte_code - | {init_plt, FileName :: string()} %% If changed from default + | {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()} @@ -304,14 +305,15 @@ WarnOpts :: no_return | no_match | no_opaque | no_fail_call + | no_contracts + | no_behaviours + | no_undefined_callbacks + | unmatched_returns | error_handling | race_conditions - | behaviours - | unmatched_returns | overspecs | underspecs - | specdiffs - ]]></code> + | specdiffs</code> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -323,17 +325,30 @@ WarnOpts :: no_return </type> <desc> <p>Dialyzer command line version.</p> - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ + <code type="none"> Warnings :: [{Tag, Id, Msg}] -Tag :: 'warn_return_no_exit' | 'warn_return_only_exit' - | 'warn_not_called' | 'warn_non_proper_list' - | 'warn_fun_app' | 'warn_matching' - | 'warn_failing_call' | 'warn_contract_types' - | 'warn_contract_syntax' | 'warn_contract_not_equal' - | 'warn_contract_subtype' | 'warn_contract_supertype' +Tag :: 'warn_behaviour' + | 'warn_bin_construction' + | 'warn_callgraph' + | 'warn_contract_not_equal' + | 'warn_contract_range' + | 'warn_contract_subtype' + | 'warn_contract_supertype' + | 'warn_contract_syntax' + | 'warn_contract_types' + | 'warn_failing_call' + | 'warn_fun_app' + | 'warn_matching' + | 'warn_non_proper_list' + | 'warn_not_called' + | 'warn_opaque' + | 'warn_race_condition' + | 'warn_return_no_exit' + | 'warn_return_only_exit' + | 'warn_umatched_return' + | 'warn_undefined_callbacks' Id = {File :: string(), Line :: integer()} -Msg = msg() -- Undefined -]]></code> +Msg = msg() -- Undefined</code> </desc> </func> <func> diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/notes.xml index b61b1af1b0..4020165697 100644 --- a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,279 @@ <p>This document describes the changes made to the Dialyzer application.</p> +<section><title>Dialyzer 2.7.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> When compiling Erlang source, Dialyzer now ignores + the environment variable ERL_COMPILER_OPTIONS as well as + skips the Erlang Compiler option + <c>warnings_as_errors</c>. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12225</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Dialyzer did not check the type of record elements + when updating them. The bug, introduced in Erlang/OTP + 17.1, has been corrected. (Thanks to Nicolas Dudebout for + pointing it out.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12319</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Coalesce map keys in dialyzer mode</p> + <p> + This fixes a regression introduced in commit + 805f9c89fc01220bc1bb0f27e1b68fd4eca688ba The problem + occurred with compounded map keys compiled with dialyzer + option turned on, '+dialyzer'.</p> + <p> + Reported by: Ivan Uemlianin</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12347</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Dialyzer 2.7.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> A bug concerning <c>is_record/2,3</c> has been fixed, + as well as some cases where Dialyzer could crash due to + reaching system limits. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12018</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> When given the <c>-Wunderspecs</c> flag Dialyzer + sometimes output bogus warnings for parametrized types. + This bug has been fixed. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12111</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Dialyzer now fetch the compile options from beam + files, and use them when creating core from the abstract + code. Previously the options were ignored. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12150</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Dialyzer 2.7.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> Fix a bug concerning opaque types. Thanks to Shayan + Pooya for pointing out the bug.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11869</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> A bug where Dialyzer failed to handle typed records + with fields containing remote types has been fixed. + Thanks to Erik Søe Sørensen for reporting the bug. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11918</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Make sure that only literal records are checked + against the types of record definitions. Until now the + elements of tuples have been checked against record field + types if the tag och size of the tuple matches the record + definition, often with surprising results. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11935 Aux Id: seq12590 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A Dialyzer crash involving analysis of Map types has now + been fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11947</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Dialyzer 2.7</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> Dialyzer will no longer emit warnings when inspecting + or modifying opaque types within the scope of a module. + </p> <p> Hitherto the shape of terms (tuple, list, etc.) + has been used to determine the opaque terms, but now the + contracts are used for decorating types with opaqueness. + </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10397</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + With <c>--Wunmatched_returns</c>, dialyzer will no longer + warn when the value of a list comprehension is ignored, + provided that the each value in the list would be an + atomic value (such as integer or atoms, as opposed to + tuples and lists). Example: ignoring '<c>[io:format(...) + || ...]</c>' will not cause a warning, while ignoring + '<c>[file:close(Fd) || ...]</c>' will.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11626</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The man page for dialyzer now contains correct + information regarding -Wno_behaviours. (Thanks to Steve + Vinosky.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11706</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Fix handling of 'on_load' attribute. (Thanks to + Kostis Sagonas.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11743</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Application upgrade (appup) files are corrected for the + following applications: </p> + <p> + <c>asn1, common_test, compiler, crypto, debugger, + dialyzer, edoc, eldap, erl_docgen, et, eunit, gs, hipe, + inets, observer, odbc, os_mon, otp_mibs, parsetools, + percept, public_key, reltool, runtime_tools, ssh, + syntax_tools, test_server, tools, typer, webtool, wx, + xmerl</c></p> + <p> + A new test utility for testing appup files is added to + test_server. This is now used by most applications in + OTP.</p> + <p> + (Thanks to Tobias Schlager)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11744</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The generalization of guard constraints has been + modified. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11798 Aux Id: seq12547 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Dialyzer now plays nicely with funs that come as + "external" arguments. (Thanks to Stavros Aronis for + fixing the bug.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11826</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> The pre-defined types <c>array/0</c>, <c>dict/0</c>, + <c>digraph/0</c>, <c>gb_set/0</c>, <c>gb_tree/0</c>, + <c>queue/0</c>, <c>set/0</c>, and <c>tid/0</c> have been + deprecated. They will be removed in Erlang/OTP 18.0. </p> + <p> Instead the types <c>array:array/0</c>, + <c>dict:dict/0</c>, <c>digraph:graph/0</c>, + <c>gb_set:set/0</c>, <c>gb_tree:tree/0</c>, + <c>queue:queue/0</c>, <c>sets:set/0</c>, and + <c>ets:tid/0</c> can be used. (Note: it has always been + necessary to use <c>ets:tid/0</c>.) </p> <p> It is + allowed in Erlang/OTP 17.0 to locally re-define the types + <c>array/0</c>, <c>dict/0</c>, and so on. </p> <p> New + types <c>array:array/1</c>, <c>dict:dict/2</c>, + <c>gb_sets:set/1</c>, <c>gb_trees:tree/2</c>, + <c>queue:queue/1</c>, and <c>sets:set/1</c> have been + added. </p> <p> A compiler option, + <c>nowarn_deprecated_type</c>, has been introduced. By + including the attribute </p> <c> + -compile(nowarn_deprecated_type).</c> <p> in an Erlang + source file, warnings about deprecated types can be + avoided in Erlang/OTP 17.0. </p> <p> The option can also + be given as a compiler flag: </p> <c> erlc + +nowarn_deprecated_type file.erl</c> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10342</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Removed gs based applications and gs based backends. The + <c>observer</c> application replaces the removed + applications.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10915</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Forbid unsized fields in patterns of binary generators + and simplified v3_core's translation of bit string + generators. (Thanks to Anthony Ramine.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11186</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + EEP43: New data type - Maps</p> + <p> + With Maps you may for instance: <taglist> <item><c>M0 = + #{ a => 1, b => 2}, % create + associations</c></item> <item><c>M1 = M0#{ a := 10 }, % + update values</c></item> <item><c>M2 = M1#{ "hi" => + "hello"}, % add new associations</c></item> <item><c>#{ + "hi" := V1, a := V2, b := V3} = M2. % match keys with + values</c></item> </taglist></p> + <p> + For information on how to use Maps please see Map Expressions in the + <seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:expressions#map_expressions"> + Reference Manual</seealso>.</p> + <p> + The current implementation is without the following + features: <taglist> <item>No variable keys</item> + <item>No single value access</item> <item>No map + comprehensions</item> </taglist></p> + <p> + Note that Maps is <em>experimental</em> during OTP 17.0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11616</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Parameterized opaque types have been introduced. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11625</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Some function specs are corrected or moved and some edoc + comments are corrected in order to allow use of edoc. + (Thanks to Pierre Fenoll)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11702</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Dialyzer 2.6.1</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |