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@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
<item><c>erl_boot_server</c></item>
<item><c>erl_ddll</c></item>
<item><c>error_logger</c></item>
+ <item><c>error_logger_format_depth</c></item>
<item><c>file</c></item>
<item><c>global</c></item>
<item><c>global_group</c></item>
@@ -152,6 +153,42 @@
</item>
</taglist>
</item>
+ <tag><c>error_logger_format_depth = Depth</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <marker id="error_logger_format_depth"></marker>
+ <p>This parameter can be used to limit the size of the
+ formatted output from the error logger event handlers.</p>
+
+ <note><p>This configuration parameter was introduced in OTP 18.1.
+ It is currently experimental. Based on user feedback it
+ may be changed or improved in future releases, for example
+ to gain better control over how to limit the size of the
+ formatted output. We have no plans to entirely remove this
+ new feature, unless it turns out to be completely
+ useless. In OTP 19, the default may be changed to limit the
+ formatted output.</p></note>
+
+ <p><c>Depth</c> is a positive integer that is the maximum
+ depth to which terms are printed by the error logger event
+ handlers included in OTP. Specifically, the two event handlers
+ defined by the <c>Kernel</c> application and the two event
+ handlers in the <c>SASL</c> application will use this
+ configuration parameter. (If you have implemented you own
+ error handlers, this configuration parameter will have no
+ effect on them.)</p>
+
+ <p>The way <c>Depth</c> is used, is that format strings
+ string passed to the event handlers will be rewritten.
+ The "~p" and "~w" format controls will be replaced with
+ "~P" and "~W", respectively, and <c>Depth</c> will be
+ used as the depth parameter. See
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:io#format/2">io:format/2</seealso>.</p>
+
+ <note><p>A reasonable starting value for <c>Depth</c> is
+ <c>30</c>. You should test crashing various processes in your
+ application and examine the logs from the crashes, and then
+ either increase or decrease the value.</p></note>
+ </item>
<tag><c>global_groups = [GroupTuple]</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines global groups, see