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diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml b/lib/dialyzer/doc/src/dialyzer.xml index a92b890a80..3de60b2f7a 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 @@ -129,24 +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> @@ -220,8 +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> @@ -229,9 +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_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 @@ -278,13 +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()} @@ -304,14 +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> @@ -323,17 +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> |