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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/src/code.erl')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/src/code.erl | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/code.erl b/lib/kernel/src/code.erl index bb19d6716d..0ad0676f98 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/src/code.erl +++ b/lib/kernel/src/code.erl @@ -738,11 +738,16 @@ where_is_file(File) when is_list(File) -> Path = get_path(), where_is_file(Path, File). --spec where_is_file(Path :: file:filename(), Filename :: file:filename()) -> - file:filename() | 'non_existing'. +%% To avoid unnecessary work when looking at many modules, this also +%% accepts pairs of directories and pre-fetched contents in the path +-spec where_is_file(Path :: [Dir|{Dir,Files}], Filename :: file:filename()) -> + 'non_existing' | file:filename() when + Dir :: file:filename(), Files :: [file:filename()]. where_is_file([], _) -> non_existing; +where_is_file([{Path, Files}|Tail], File) -> + where_is_file(Tail, File, Path, Files); where_is_file([Path|Tail], File) -> case erl_prim_loader:list_dir(Path) of {ok,Files} -> |