From b0900fc2f7daab1c77dd8878c39ab24591bb076b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xavier Noria
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 01:40:20 +0200
Subject: Explain why the AM becomes group leader
---
erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
(limited to 'erts')
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index 1b973cd60e..984072076c 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -2068,8 +2068,15 @@ end
Typically, this is used when a process started from a
certain shell is to have another group leader than
init.
+ The group leader should be rarely changed in
+ applications with a supervision tree, because OTP
+ assumes the group leader of their processes is
+ their application master.
See also
- group_leader/0.
+ group_leader/0
+ and OTP
+ design principles related to starting and stopping
+ applications.
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