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-rw-r--r--lib/dialyzer/doc/manual.txt6
-rw-r--r--lib/dialyzer/doc/src/book.xml4
-rw-r--r--lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml119
-rw-r--r--lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer_chapter.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/dialyzer/doc/src/fascicules.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/dialyzer/doc/src/notes.xml169
-rw-r--r--lib/dialyzer/doc/src/part.xml4
-rw-r--r--lib/dialyzer/doc/src/part_notes.xml4
-rw-r--r--lib/dialyzer/doc/src/ref_man.xml4
9 files changed, 247 insertions, 67 deletions
diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/doc/manual.txt b/lib/dialyzer/doc/manual.txt
index d519ac960b..29c9518d84 100644
--- a/lib/dialyzer/doc/manual.txt
+++ b/lib/dialyzer/doc/manual.txt
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ The exit status of the command line version is:
Usage: dialyzer [--help] [--version] [--shell] [--quiet] [--verbose]
[-pa dir]* [--plt plt] [--plts plt*] [-Ddefine]*
[-I include_dir]* [--output_plt file] [-Wwarn]*
- [--src] [--gui | --wx] [files_or_dirs] [-r dirs]
+ [--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]
@@ -234,9 +234,7 @@ Options:
--fullpath
Display the full path names of files for which warnings are emitted.
--gui
- Use the gs-based GUI.
- --wx
- Use the wx-based GUI.
+ Use the GUI.
Note:
* denotes that multiple occurrences of these options are possible.
diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/book.xml b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/book.xml
index ec06427671..61b873fb5b 100644
--- a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/book.xml
+++ b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/book.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE book SYSTEM "book.dtd">
<book xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<header titlestyle="normal">
<copyright>
- <year>2006</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>2006</year><year>2013</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml
index 0ac96e8ac9..3de60b2f7a 100644
--- a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml
+++ b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
<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]*
- [--src] [--gui | --wx] [files_or_dirs] [-r dirs]
+ [-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
@@ -129,24 +125,26 @@
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
(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({nowarn_tag, WarningTags})</c> attribute.
+ See <seealso
+ marker="doc/reference_manual:typespec#suppression">Erlang Reference
+ Manual</seealso> 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>
@@ -204,9 +202,7 @@
<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>
- <item>Use the gs-based GUI.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[--wx]]></c></tag>
- <item>Use the wx-based GUI.</item>
+ <item>Use the GUI.</item>
</taglist>
<note>
<p>* denotes that multiple occurrences of these options are possible.</p>
@@ -222,8 +218,6 @@
<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>
@@ -231,9 +225,16 @@
match.</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_opaque]]></c></tag>
<item>Suppress warnings for violations of opaqueness of data types.</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[-Wno_behaviours]]></c>***</tag>
+ <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
@@ -280,13 +281,13 @@
</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()}
@@ -306,14 +307,15 @@ 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>
@@ -325,17 +327,30 @@ 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/dialyzer_chapter.xml b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer_chapter.xml
index be75f1cc65..2626e19050 100644
--- a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer_chapter.xml
+++ b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer_chapter.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd">
<chapter>
diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/fascicules.xml b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/fascicules.xml
index 0678195e07..37feca543f 100644
--- a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/fascicules.xml
+++ b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/fascicules.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE fascicules SYSTEM "fascicules.dtd">
<fascicules>
diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/notes.xml
index 70ebee678c..05baa93557 100644
--- a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd">
<chapter>
@@ -31,6 +31,173 @@
<p>This document describes the changes made to the Dialyzer
application.</p>
+<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 =&gt; 1, b =&gt; 2}, % create
+ associations</c></item> <item><c>M1 = M0#{ a := 10 }, %
+ update values</c></item> <item><c>M2 = M1#{ "hi" =&gt;
+ "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 the
+ <seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:maps">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>
diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/part.xml b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/part.xml
index 564ef3a52f..83289206f9 100644
--- a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/part.xml
+++ b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/part.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE part SYSTEM "part.dtd">
<part xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2006</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>2006</year><year>2013</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/part_notes.xml b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/part_notes.xml
index 992ee73daa..3798d25315 100644
--- a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/part_notes.xml
+++ b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/part_notes.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE part SYSTEM "part.dtd">
<part xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2006</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>2006</year><year>2013</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/ref_man.xml b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/ref_man.xml
index 7e5367b7c5..23e7b6f57d 100644
--- a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/ref_man.xml
+++ b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/ref_man.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE application SYSTEM "application.dtd">
<application xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2006</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>2006</year><year>2013</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>