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2017-04-25Store abstract code in the Dbgi chunkJosé Valim
The new Dbgi chunk returns data in the following format: {debug_info_v1, Backend, Data} This allows compilers to store the debug info in different formats. In order to retrieve a particular format, for instance, Erlang Abstract Format, one may invoke: Backend:debug_info(erlang_v1, Module, Data, Opts) Besides introducing the chunk above, this commit also: * Changes beam_lib:chunk(Beam, [:abstract_code]) to read from the new Dbgi chunk while keeping backwards compatibility with old .beams * Adds the {debug_info, {Backend, Data}} option to compile:file/2 and friends that are stored in the Dbgi chunk. This allows the debug info encryption mechanism to work across compilers * Improves dialyzer to work directly on Core Erlang, allowing languages that do not have the Erlang Abstract Format to be dialyzer as long as they emit the new chunk and their backend implementation is available Backwards compatibility is kept across the board except for those calling beam_lib:chunk(Beam, ["Abst"]), as the old chunk is no longer available. Note however the "Abst" chunk has always been optional. Future OTP versions may remove parsing the "Abst" chunk altogether from beam_lib once Erlang 19 and earlier is no longer supported. The current Dialyzer implementation still supports earlier .beam files and such may also be removed in future versions.
2017-03-14Merge branch 'maint'Rickard Green
* maint: Updated OTP version Prepare release Conflicts: OTP_VERSION lib/typer/doc/src/notes.xml lib/typer/vsn.mk
2017-03-14Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2017-03-10Update copyright yearRickard Green
2017-02-27Merge branch 'maint'Björn Gustavsson
* maint: Documentation: use behaviour(ssh_daemon_channel) Fix minor typo in compile:forms/1 doc
2017-02-26Fix minor typo in compile:forms/1 docPéter Gömöri
2017-02-12Add extra_chunks option to compileJosé Valim
This allow languages such as Elixir and LFE to attach extra chunks to the .beam file without having to parse the beam file after compilation. This commit also cleans up the interface to beam_asm, allowing chunks to be passed from the compiler without a need to change beam_asm API on every new chunk.
2016-12-14Merge tag 'OTP-19.2'Dan Gudmundsson
=== OTP-19.2 === Changed Applications: - common_test-1.13 - compiler-7.0.3 - crypto-3.7.2 - dialyzer-3.0.3 - edoc-0.8.1 - erl_docgen-0.6.1 - erl_interface-3.9.2 - erts-8.2 - eunit-2.3.2 - hipe-3.15.3 - inets-6.3.4 - kernel-5.1.1 - mnesia-4.14.2 - observer-2.3 - odbc-2.12 - parsetools-2.1.4 - public_key-1.3 - runtime_tools-1.11 - sasl-3.0.2 - ssh-4.4 - ssl-8.1 - stdlib-3.2 - syntax_tools-2.1.1 - tools-2.9 - wx-1.8 Unchanged Applications: - asn1-4.0.4 - cosEvent-2.2.1 - cosEventDomain-1.2.1 - cosFileTransfer-1.2.1 - cosNotification-1.2.2 - cosProperty-1.2.1 - cosTime-1.2.2 - cosTransactions-1.3.2 - debugger-4.2.1 - diameter-1.12.1 - eldap-1.2.2 - et-1.6 - gs-1.6.2 - ic-4.4.2 - jinterface-1.7.1 - megaco-3.18.1 - orber-3.8.2 - os_mon-2.4.1 - otp_mibs-1.1.1 - percept-0.9 - reltool-0.7.2 - snmp-5.2.4 - typer-0.9.11 - xmerl-1.3.12 * tag 'OTP-19.2': Updated OTP version Prepare release Conflicts: OTP_VERSION
2016-12-09Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2016-12-07Add option 'deterministic' for reproducible buildsBjörn Gustavsson
Add the option 'deterministic' to make it easier to achieve reproducible builds. This option omits the {options,...} and {source,...} tuples in M:module_info(compile), because those options may contain absolute paths. The author of ERL-310 suggested that only compiler options that may contain absolute paths (such as {i,...}) should be excluded. But I find it confusing to keep only some options. Alternatives considered: Always omitting this information. Since this information has been available for a long time, that would probably break some workflows. As an example that some people care about {source,...}, 2d785c07fbf9 made it possible to give a compiler option to set {source,...}. ERL-310
2016-11-29Make warn_export_all the defaultRichard Carlsson
2016-11-29warn_obsolete_guard is already defaultRichard Carlsson
Update compiler documentation and remove superfluous erlc flags.
2016-09-20Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2016-09-01doc: Correct errors introduced by Editorial changesHans Bolinder
Fix some older errors as well.
2016-07-14Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2016-06-21Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2016-06-08compile.xml: Eliminate unsightly space before periodBjörn Gustavsson
2016-06-07Compiler: new function env_compiler_options/0alisdair sullivan
retrieve the value of the environment variable ERL_COMPILER_OPTIONS in the same manner as used by file/2, forms/2 and output_generated/2
2016-06-02Revert "Prepare release"Erlang/OTP
This reverts commit e020f75c10410a6943cd055bfa072a2641eab7da.
2016-06-02Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2016-05-12Revert "Prepare release"Erlang/OTP
This reverts commit bd64ad8e15d66e48b36dbe3584315dd5cfc8b59a.
2016-05-11Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2016-03-15update copyright-yearHenrik Nord
2016-03-14Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2015-12-15Update release notesErlang/OTP
2015-11-17[compiler] Correct documentationHans Bolinder
Fix mistakes found by 'xmllint'.
2015-09-21Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2015-06-23Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2015-06-18Change license text to APLv2Bruce Yinhe
2015-05-27Update compiler documentationBjörn Gustavsson
Language cleaned up by the technical writer tmanevik from Combitech. Proofreading and corrections by Björn Gustavsson.
2015-03-31Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2014-12-09Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2014-09-15Update release notesErlang/OTP
2014-06-19Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2014-06-17doc: Fix broken linksBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2014-04-07Update release notesErlang/OTP
2014-03-04Introduce compiler option 'nowarn_deprecated_type'Hans Bolinder
The deprecation of the built-in types dict/0 and so on had as side-effect that it was impossible to switch to dict:dict/2 and so on without getting warnings either in the the previous release (R16B) or the current one (17.0). By including the attribute -compile(nowarn_deprecated_type). in an Erlang source file warnings about deprecated types can be avoided in 17.0. The option can also be given as a compiler flag: erlc +nowarn_deprecated_type file.erl
2014-02-10Merge branch 'josevalim/suppress-all-auto-imports'Henrik Nord
* josevalim/suppress-all-auto-imports: Allow all auto imports to be suppressed at once OTP-11682
2013-12-18Officially support building core filesTuncer Ayaz
erlc is wired to treat *.core files as core and build them as compile:file(File, [from_core]), but this is not documented. There's also an udocumented compile:file/2 option called 'from_core'. This has been in place and in use for a long time. Therefore, it should be supported officially. To fix that, make the following changes: * document erlc handling of *.core files * document 'from_core'
2013-12-18Officially support building assembler filesTuncer Ayaz
erlc is wired to treat *.S files as assembler and build them as compile:file(File, [from_asm]), but this is not documented. There's also a documented compile:file/2 option called 'asm' (mapping to 'from_asm'), but the wording discourages its use. All of this has been in place and in use for a long time. Therefore, it should be supported officially. To fix that, make the following changes: * document erlc handling of *.core files * un-document 'asm' and document 'from_asm' instead * deprecate 'asm' While at it, fix a minor typo in the test suite.
2013-12-10Merge tag 'OTP_R16B03'Magnus Lidén
The R16B03 release Conflicts: lib/sasl/vsn.mk
2013-12-09Prepare releaseOTP_R16B03Erlang/OTP
2013-10-18Allow all auto imports to be suppressed at onceJosé Valim
This patch introduces the no_auto_import attribute: -compile(no_auto_import). Useful for code generation tools that always use the qualified function names and want to avoid the auto imported functions clashing with local ones. Implementation wise, we chose to have a special flag 'all' to avoid doing many set lookups when checking for suppression.
2013-09-17Merge tag 'OTP_R16B02'Magnus Lidén
The R16B02 release Conflicts: lib/sasl/vsn.mk
2013-09-16Prepare releaseOTP_R16B02Erlang/OTP
2013-09-09Merge branch 'bjorn/xml-encoding-fix/OTP-11310' into maintBjörn Gustavsson
* bjorn/xml-encoding-fix/OTP-11310: Change encoding of troublesome notes.xml files to utf-8 Convert some notes.xml files from latin-1 to utf-8
2013-09-09Merge branch 'maint'Björn Gustavsson
* maint: compiler: Conform returned errors to the documented format
2013-09-06Change encoding of troublesome notes.xml files to utf-8Björn Gustavsson
Most notes.xml files will be updated in every release and cause the kind of the problems described in the previous commit.
2013-09-05compiler: Conform returned errors to the documented formatBjörn Gustavsson
ErrorInfo is documented to be: {ErrorLine,Module,ErrorDescriptor} but for some errors with line numbers it would look like: {Module,ErrorDescriptor} Ensure that all ErrorInfo tuples have three elements. Use 'none' instead of a line number: {none,Module,ErrorDescriptor} There already are errors that return 'none' when no line number is available, but that convention was not documented. Mention it in the documentation. Also make sure that the compiler will not print 'none' as a line number in error messages (if the 'report_errors' option is given) as that looks stupid. That is, when attempting to compile a non-existing module, the error message should be: non-existing.erl: no such file or directory and not: non-existing.erl:none: no such file or directory
2013-06-18Merge tag 'OTP_R16B01'Björn-Egil Dahlberg
The R16B01 release Conflicts: lib/sasl/vsn.mk