[erlang-questions] compiling erlang

[Wes James]

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Ulf Wiger
<ulf.wiger@REDACTED> wrote:
> Wes James wrote:
>>
>> I'm noticing a lot of "erlc -W  +debug_info" during the "make" phase
>> of erlang.  Is debug info being generated for all of erlang - if so,
>> won't this make erlang slower?
>
> No. Debug_info is stored in the beam file and can be retrieved using
> the function beam_lib:chunks(BeamFile, [abstract_code]). It is
> ignored by the code loader and has no effect on the runtime behaviour.
>
> Debug_info can be used by offline analysis tools, such as dialyzer,
> and also by runtime analysis tools like cover, which reads the
> debug_info, instruments the code, compiles it and loads it, replacing
> the original module.
>
> BR,
> Ulf W


OK - thanks for the info.

-wes