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diff --git a/lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml index dc509bbf60..e2a10fc607 100644 --- a/lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/compiler/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -32,6 +32,75 @@ <p>This document describes the changes made to the Compiler application.</p> +<section><title>Compiler 7.6</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p><c>erlang:fun_info(fun foo/1, name/1)</c> used to + return a function name based on the name of the function + that <c>fun foo/1</c> was used in. The name returned is + now <c>-fun.foo/1-</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15837</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>EEP-52 has been implemented.</p> + <p>In binary matching, the size of the segment to be + matched is now allowed to be a guard expression, and + similarly in map matching the keys can now be guard + expressions. See the Erlang Reference Manual and + Programming Examples for more details.</p> + <p>Language compilers or code generators that generate + Core Erlang code may need to be updated to be compatible + with the compiler in OTP 23. For more details, see the + section Backwards Compatibility in <url + href="http://erlang.org/eeps/eep-0052.html">EEP + 52</url>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14708</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Allow underscores in numeric literals to improve + readability. Examples: <c>123_456_789</c>, + <c>16#1234_ABCD</c>. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16007 Aux Id: PR-2324 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Improved the type optimization pass' inference of + types that depend on themselves, giving us more accurate + types and letting us track the content types of + lists.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16214 Aux Id: PR-2460 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Support message queue optimization also for references + returned from the new <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#spawn_request/5"><c>spawn_request()</c></seealso> + BIFs.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16367 Aux Id: OTP-15251 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Refactored the internal handling of deprecated and + removed functions.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16469</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Compiler 7.5.2</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |