[erlang-questions] Detect beam compilation target

[Vlad Dumitrescu]

For the record, it's a bit complicated, as this message shows:
http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2014-February/076868.html

regards,
Vlad


On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 3:02 PM, Vlad Dumitrescu <vladdu55@REDACTED> wrote:

> Ah, great! I was about to scan the OTP repository history and create the
> map from that. Thank you!
>
> regards,
> Vlad
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Constantin Rack <constantin@REDACTED>
> wrote:
>
>> There is a list of all opcodes with comments about the runtime version
>> here:
>> https://github.com/erlang/otp/blob/master/lib/compiler/src/genop.tab
>>
>> -Constantin
>>
>>
>> Am 28.02.2016 um 14:51 schrieb Vlad Dumitrescu:
>>
>> > Thanks! I was a bit confused that all the files I had looked at had the
>> same value, regardless. My error was that I didn't think that the value
>> depends on the code actually in that module. Checking for example maps.beam
>> gives a different value.
>> >
>> > So now I only have to find out if there is a table mapping the max
>> opcode value to the beam runtime version.
>> >
>> > best regards,
>> > Vlad
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Constantin Rack <constantin@REDACTED>
>> wrote:
>> > The BEAM format number and the number of the highest opcode are stored
>> in the code chunk:
>> >
>> https://github.com/erlang/otp/blob/master/erts/emulator/beam/beam_load.c#L1714-L1757
>> >
>> > -Constantin
>> >
>> >
>> > Am 28.02.2016 um 12:53 schrieb Vlad Dumitrescu:
>> >
>> >> Hi!
>> >>
>> >> Is there some information in the beam files that would identify the
>> compatibility with the current runtime, or is it only when trying to
>> execute incompatible code that it is detected?
>> >>
>> >> best regards,
>> >> Vlad
>> >
>>
>>
>
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