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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml')
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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml index 2a413835d0..7acef51ca1 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml @@ -356,10 +356,12 @@ true <p>Finds the source filename and compiler options for a module. The result can be fed to <seealso marker="compiler:compile#file/2"> <c>compile:file/2</c></seealso> to compile the file again.</p> - <warning><p>It is not recommended to use this function. If possible, - use the <seealso marker="beam_lib"><c>beam_lib(3)</c></seealso> - module to extract the abstract code format from the Beam file and - compile that instead.</p></warning> + <warning> + <p>This function is deprecated. Use <seealso marker="filelib#find_source/1"> + <c>filelib:find_source/1</c></seealso> instead for finding source files.</p> + <p>If possible, use the <seealso marker="beam_lib"><c>beam_lib(3)</c></seealso> + module to extract the compiler options and the abstract code + format from the Beam file and compile that instead.</p></warning> <p>Argument <c><anno>Beam</anno></c>, which can be a string or an atom, specifies either the module name or the path to the source code, with or without extension <c>".erl"</c>. In either |