[erlang-questions] Feedback wanted: Remove compilation times from BEAM files in OTP 19?

[Douglas Rohrer]

I know it's not exactly the "principle of least surprise" but close enough - I'd agree that not changing the default, but providing a simple way to accomplish the goal, is probably the best way forward.

Doug

> On Apr 8, 2016, at 9:45 AM, Gleb Vinogradov <g.a.vinogradov@REDACTED> wrote:
> 
> May be we just need compiler option for creating stable builds? --stable-build , --pure-build or similar
> So no build time, and no paths will be included in *.beam file. It will not break workflow for anyone, and may be later, in OTP 21 non-stable builds will be deprecated.
> 
> Gleb.
> 
> 2016-04-08 16:32 GMT+06:00 Björn Gustavsson <bjorn@REDACTED <mailto:bjorn@REDACTED>>:
> As long as anyone can remember, the compilation time has been included
> in BEAM files (and can be retrieved using module_info()).
> 
> As far as I know, the inclusion of the time has only caused problems.
> I can't remember that anyone has found any use for the compilation
> time.
> 
> So if we decide to remove the compilation time by default in OTP 19...
> 
> ... would it cause any problem for someone in some workflow?
> 
> ... would we need an option to include the compilation time?
> 
> /Bjorn
> 
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> Björn Gustavsson, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB
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