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</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to the Kernel application.</p>
+<section><title>Kernel 2.14.3</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ <c>os:find_executable/{1,2}</c> will no longer return the
+ path of a directory that happens to be in the PATH.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-8983 Aux Id: seq11749 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix -spec for file:write_file/3</p>
+ <p>
+ Change type for second parameter from binary() to
+ iodata(), since the function explicitly takes steps to
+ accept lists as well as binaries. (thanks to Magnus
+ Henoch).</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9067</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Sanitize the specs of the code module</p>
+ <p>
+ After the addition of unicode_binary() to the
+ file:filename() type, dialyzer started complaining about
+ erroneous or incomplete specs in some functions of the
+ 'code' module. The culprit was hard-coded information in
+ erl_bif_types for functions of this module, which were
+ not updated. Since these functions have proper specs
+ these days and code duplication (pun intended) is never a
+ good idea, their type information was removed from
+ erl_bif_types.</p>
+ <p>
+ While doing this, some erroneous comments were fixed in
+ the code module and also made sure that the code now runs
+ without dialyzer warnings even when the
+ -Wunmatched_returns option is used.</p>
+ <p>
+ Some cleanups were applied to erl_bif_types too.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9100</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ - Add spec for function that does not return - Strenghen
+ spec - Introduce types to avoid duplication in specs -
+ Add specs for functions that do not return - Add specs
+ for behaviour callbacks - Simplify two specs</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9127</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Kernel 2.14.2</title>
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The Erlang VM now supports Unicode filenames. The feature
+ is turned on by default on systems where Unicode
+ filenames are mandatory (Windows and MacOSX), but can be
+ enabled on other systems with the '+fnu' emulator option.
+ Enabling the Unicode filename feature on systems where it
+ is not default is however considered experimental and not
+ to be used for production. Together with the Unicode file
+ name support, the concept of "raw filenames" is
+ introduced, which means filenames provided without
+ implicit unicode encoding translation. Raw filenames are
+ provided as binaries, not lists. For further information,
+ see stdlib users guide and the chapter about using
+ Unicode in Erlang. Also see the file module manual page.</p>
+ <p>
+ *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-8887</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ There is now a new function inet:getifaddrs/0 modeled
+ after C library function getifaddrs() on BSD and LInux
+ that reports existing interfaces and their addresses on
+ the host. This replaces the undocumented and unsupported
+ inet:getiflist/0 and inet:ifget/2.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-8926</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>Kernel 2.14.1.1</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>