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-rw-r--r--lib/dialyzer/doc/src/notes.xml74
2 files changed, 76 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml
index 3de60b2f7a..e482b1e6f8 100644
--- a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml
+++ b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml
@@ -139,12 +139,7 @@
<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>).
- 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>
+ <c><![CDATA[dialyzer -Whelp]]></c>).</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>
@@ -243,7 +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>
diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/notes.xml
index 05baa93557..d35639aa32 100644
--- a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,74 @@
<p>This document describes the changes made to the Dialyzer
application.</p>
+<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>
@@ -167,9 +235,9 @@
"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>
+ 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>