[erlang-questions] otp 21.2

[Sam Overdorf]

"erl" still has the behavior of loading the ".erlangrc". Shouldn't it
have the same behavior as escript to be consistent?

Thanks,
Sam






On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 10:44 PM Kenneth Lundin <kenneth@REDACTED> wrote:
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> Den ons 12 dec. 2018 00:47 skrev Sam Overdorf <soverdor@REDACTED>:
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>> This version does not load my ".erlang" file when I run "escript".
>> If I run "erl" it gets loaded as expected.
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> This is a change made on purpose, and introduced in 21.0.
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> In the README for OTP-21.0 we have:
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> --- Improvements and New Features ---
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>   OTP-14439    Application(s): compiler, dialyzer, erts, stdlib
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>                *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
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>                Changed the default behaviour of .erlang loading:
>                .erlang is no longer loaded from the current directory.
>                c:erlangrc(PathList) can be used to search and load an
>                .erlang file from user specified directories.
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>                escript, erlc, dialyzer and typer no longer load an
>                .erlang at all.
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> /Kenneth Erlang/OTP, Ericsson
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