Tools Release Notes

Tools 1.6.1

Known Problems

See Tools 1.6.

Improvements and New Features

• The following changes has been made to Xref:
  • xref:m/1 has been changed to accept a filename.
  • bug fix: the predefined analysis locals_not_called and xref:m/1 could sometimes miss unused local functions.
  • bug fix: the bit syntax is now recognized...
  • bug fix: setting the library path to code_path did not force the setting up of data.
  • # has lower precedence now.
  • only atoms are allowed as release and application names.
  • invalid symbolic links are ignored unless the extension is recognized (.beam typically).
  • calls where the module is fixed but the function is not are no longer unresolved; instead the "function" '$F_EXPR' is "called".
  • xref_compiler:format_error/1 has been improved.
  • bug fix: calls to 'MNEMOSYNE RULE' et al removed.
  • m/1 and d/1 return a list that always contains two elements.
  • xref_parser:t2s/1 adds quotes to atoms that need them.
  • the documentation is less incomplete and buggy.
  • the strict operator has been documented (it was present in the code before).
  Own Id: OTP-3681

Tools 1.6

Known Problems

• Externally defined macros are not handled correctly in Coast.
  Own Id: OTP-3273
  Aux Id: seq3910

Fixed Errors and Malfunctions

• make:all() no longer unnecessarily recompiles modules located in other directories than the current working directory.
  Own Id: OTP-3336
  Aux Id: Seq 4055
• When waiting for a reply from the Coast server process, the user interface functions did a receive that accepted any term. The receive has now been restricted to accept only the correct replies and not accidently a message from some other process.
  Own Id: OTP-3394
  Aux Id: Seq 4209
• coast:compile_all/1,2 now returns the correct return value {error,Reason} if the directory given as argument does not exist or cannot be read.
  Own Id: OTP-3500
  Aux Id: Seq 4394
• The function instrument:memory_data/0 returned invalid information if an address or size exceeded 2^27. instrument:store_memory_data did not have that problem.
  Own Id: OTP-3635

Improvements and new features

• make:all() now recompiles modules where an include file has been modified.
  Own Id: OTP-3088
  Aux Id: seq1645, seq4228
• The eprof module has been optimised to minimise the measuring overhead. Typically, the measured program runs at about 50% of its ordinary speed.
  Own Id: OTP-3163
• xref is a new cross reference tool.
  Own Id: OTP-3639

There are also release notes for older versions.