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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml')
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1 files changed, 38 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml index 92ab59c6b0..7666699183 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml @@ -52,13 +52,27 @@ <func> <name name="c" arity="1"/> <name name="c" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Compile and load code in a file.</fsummary> + <name name="c" arity="3"/> + <fsummary>Compile and load a file or module.</fsummary> <desc> - <p>Compiles and then purges and loads the code for a file. - <c><anno>Options</anno></c> defaults to <c>[]</c>. Compilation is - equivalent to:</p> - <code type="none"> -compile:file(<anno>File</anno>, <anno>Options</anno> ++ [report_errors, report_warnings])</code> + <p>Compiles and then purges and loads the code for a module. + <c><anno>Module</anno></c> can be either a module name or a source + file path, with or without <c>.erl</c> extension. + <c><anno>Options</anno></c> defaults to <c>[]</c>.</p> + <p>If <c><anno>Module</anno></c> is an atom and is not the path of a + source file, then the code path is searched to locate the object + file for the module and extract its original compiler options and + source path. If the source file is not found in the original + location, <seealso + marker="filelib#find_source/1"><c>filelib:find_source/1</c></seealso> + is used to search for it relative to the directory of the object + file.</p> + <p>The source file is compiled with the the original + options appended to the given <c><anno>Options</anno></c>, the + output replacing the old object file if and only if compilation + succeeds. A function <c><anno>Filter</anno></c> can be specified + for removing elements from from the original compiler options + before the new options are added.</p> <p>Notice that purging the code means that any processes lingering in old code for the module are killed without warning. For more information, see <c>code/3</c>.</p> @@ -148,6 +162,15 @@ compile:file(<anno>File</anno>, <anno>Options</anno> ++ [report_errors, report_w </func> <func> + <name name="lm" arity="0"/> + <fsummary>Loads all modified modules.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Reloads all currently loaded modules that have changed on disk (see <c>mm()</c>). + Returns the list of results from calling <c>l(M)</c> for each such <c>M</c>.</p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> <name name="ls" arity="0"/> <fsummary>List files in the current directory.</fsummary> <desc> @@ -182,6 +205,15 @@ compile:file(<anno>File</anno>, <anno>Options</anno> ++ [report_errors, report_w </func> <func> + <name name="mm" arity="0"/> + <fsummary>Lists all modified modules.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Lists all modified modules. Shorthand for + <seealso marker="kernel:code#modified_modules/0"><c>code:modified_modules/0</c></seealso>.</p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> <name name="memory" arity="0"/> <fsummary>Memory allocation information.</fsummary> <desc> |