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

Matthias Rieber ml-erlang@REDACTED
Fri Apr 8 13:46:35 CEST 2016


On Fri, 8 Apr 2016, Björn Gustavsson wrote:

> 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?

I couldn't resist:

https://xkcd.com/1172/

Matthias




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