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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml index d3611d6a03..21f8a2d54a 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml @@ -651,6 +651,11 @@ ok = code:finish_loading(Prepared), <p>Purges the code for <c><anno>Module</anno></c>, that is, removes code marked as old. If some processes still linger in the old code, these processes are killed before the code is removed.</p> + <note><p>As of ERTS version 9.0, a process is only considered + to be lingering in the code if it has direct references to the code. + For more information see documentation of + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#check_process_code/3"><c>erlang:check_process_code/3</c></seealso>, + which is used in order to determine this.</p></note> <p>Returns <c>true</c> if successful and any process is needed to be killed, otherwise <c>false</c>.</p> </desc> @@ -661,6 +666,11 @@ ok = code:finish_loading(Prepared), <desc> <p>Purges the code for <c><anno>Module</anno></c>, that is, removes code marked as old, but only if no processes linger in it.</p> + <note><p>As of ERTS version 9.0, a process is only considered + to be lingering in the code if it has direct references to the code. + For more information see documentation of + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#check_process_code/3"><c>erlang:check_process_code/3</c></seealso>, + which is used in order to determine this.</p></note> <p>Returns <c>false</c> if the module cannot be purged because of processes lingering in old code, otherwise <c>true</c>.</p> </desc> |