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diff --git a/lib/tools/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/tools/doc/src/notes.xml index e788814564..45f276c09e 100644 --- a/lib/tools/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/tools/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2004</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -31,6 +31,379 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the Tools application.</p> +<section><title>Tools 2.11.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> A counting bug is corrected in <c>Cover</c>. The bug + was introduced in Erlang/OTP 18.0. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14817 Aux Id: PR 1641 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The <c>lcnt</c> server will no longer crash if + <c>lcnt:information/0</c> is called before + <c>lcnt:collect/0</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14912</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>lcnt:collect</c> will now implicitly start the + <c>lcnt</c> server, as per the documentation.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14913</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Improved indentation in emacs and various other updates.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14944</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Tools 2.11.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> Removed all old unused files in the documentation. + </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14475 Aux Id: ERL-409, PR-1493 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Tools 2.11</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> The predefined Xref analysis <c>locals_not_used</c> + no longer reports unused functions with the + <c>-on_load()</c> attribute.</p> <p> The new predefined + Xref variable <c>OL</c> holds all functions with the + <c>-on_load()</c> attribute. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14344</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + In fprof when sampling multiple processes and analyzing + with totals set to true, the output now sums together all + caller and callee entries which concerns the same + function. Previous behaviour was to report each + contributing entry separately.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14500</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>Lock counting can now be fully toggled at runtime in + the lock counting emulator (<c>-emu_type lcnt</c>). + Everything is enabled by default to match the old + behavior, but specific categories can be toggled at will + with minimal runtime overhead when disabled. Refer to the + documentation on <c>lcnt:rt_mask/1</c> for details.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13170</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>lcnt:collect</c> and <c>lcnt:clear</c> will no + longer block all other threads in the runtime system.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14412</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + General Unicode improvements.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14462</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Tools are updated to show Unicode atoms correctly.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14464</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Add <c>erlang:iolist_to_iovec/1</c>, which converts an + iolist() to an erlang:iovec(), which suitable for use + with <c>enif_inspect_iovec</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14520</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Tools 2.10.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + In OTP-20.0, the behavior of c, make, and ct_make was + changed so that in some cases the beam files by default + would be written to the directory where the source files + were found. This is now changed back to the old behavior + so beam files are by default written to current + directory.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14489 Aux Id: ERL-438 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Tools 2.10</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + In some situations, <c>make:all()</c> and friends did not + detect changes in include files located in the current + directory. This is now corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14339 Aux Id: ERL-395 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>The <c>make</c> module now accepts the + <c>{emake,Emake}</c> option.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14253</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Miscellaneous updates due to atoms containing + arbitrary Unicode characters. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14285</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Tools 2.9.1</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Improved edoc support in emacs mode.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14217 Aux Id: PR-1282 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Tools 2.9</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix unhandled trace event send_to_non_existing_process in + fprof.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13998</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Improved edoc support in emacs erlang-mode.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13945 Aux Id: PR-1157 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Added erldoc to emacs mode which opens html documentation + in browser from emacs. For example <c>M-x erldoc-browse + RET lists:foreach/2</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14018 Aux Id: PR-1197 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Tools 2.8.6</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Errors in type specification and Emacs template + generation for <c>gen_statem:code_change/4</c> has been + fixed from bugs.erlang.org's Jira cases ERL-172 and + ERL-187.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13746 Aux Id: ERL-172, ERL-187 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix gc_start/gc_end in fprof tags when parsing old trace + logs.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13778 Aux Id: PR-1136 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>make</c> (tools) and <c>ct_make</c> (common_test) + would crash if an Erlang source file contained a + <c>-warning()</c> directive.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13855</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Tools 2.8.5</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>Correct a bug when adding multiple modules to an Xref + server. The bug was introduced in OTP-19.0. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13708 Aux Id: ERL-173 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Tools 2.8.4</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Update fprof to use the new 'spawned' trace event to + determine when a process has been created.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13499</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>Optimize adding multiple modules to an Xref server. + </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13593</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Various emacs mode improvements, such as better tags + support.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13610</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Tools 2.8.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + <c>cover:compile_beam/1</c> and + <c>cover:compile_beam_directory/1,2</c> crashed when + trying to compile a beam file without a <c>'file'</c> + attribute. This has been corrected and an error is + returned instead.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Louis-Philippe Gauthier for reporting this bug.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13200</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Fix a bit string comprehension bug in Cover. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13277 Aux Id: PR 856 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Tools 2.8.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The emacs mode does not add a newline after the arrow on + -callback lines anymore.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13042</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Tools 2.8.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + If a module includes eunit.hrl, a parse transform adds + the function test/0 on line 0 in the module. A bug in + OTP-18.0 caused cover:analyse_to_file/1 to fail to insert + cover data in the output file when line 0 existed in the + cover data table. This is now corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12981</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Tools 2.8</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |