Erlang/OTP 24.1

This release of Erlang/OTP can be built from source or installed using pre-built packages for your OS or third-party tools (such as kerl or asdf).

docker run -it erlang:24.1

Highlights #

OTP-17317
Application(s):
stdlib
Related Id(s):
PR-4757

Most output functions in the io module now print extra error information when provided with invalid arguments. The functions are: io:format, io:fwrite, io:put_chars, io:nl and io:write.

OTP-17483
Application(s):
otp

The Efficiency Guide has been extended with a chapter about maps.

OTP-17542
Application(s):
erts
Related Id(s):
GH-5031 , PR-5032

init:stop() no longer unloads loaded code before terminating the runtime system. On systems with slow CPUs (such as Raspberry PI Zero), that can significantly speed up termination of the runtime system.

OTP-24.1 #

OTP-17432
Application(s):
otp
Related Id(s):
GH-4862

In the Reference manual, the shadowing rules for list comprehensions have been clarified.

OTP-17491
Application(s):
otp
Related Id(s):
PR-4909

Fixed configure issue on BSD.

OTP-17540
Application(s):
otp
Related Id(s):
PR-5101

The guard BIF is_map_key/2 is now included in the list of guard BIFs in the Reference Manual.

OTP-17483
Application(s):
otp

*** HIGHLIGHT ***

The Efficiency Guide has been extended with a chapter about maps.

OTP-17514
Application(s):
otp
Related Id(s):
ERIERL-668

The configure stage now fails if the canonicalized host value is equal to the canonicalized build value when cross compiling. Previously the configure stage succeeded and the cross build continued by overwriting the bootstrap build results with cross build results which caused failure to build Erlang code.

OTP-17549
Application(s):
otp
Related Id(s):
GH-3533

A new section about accidental loss of sharing has been added to the "Common Caveat" chapter of the Efficiency Guide.

asn1-5.0.17 #

The asn1-5.0.17 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17522
Application(s):
asn1
Related Id(s):
GH-4902

A parameterized type with a SEQUENCE with extension ("...") made the compiler backend to crash. The previous fix for this in GH-4514 was not complete.

Full runtime dependencies of asn1-5.0.17: erts-7.0, kernel-3.0, stdlib-2.0

common_test-1.21 #

The common_test-1.21 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17413
Application(s):
common_test
Related Id(s):
PR-4767

Float allowed as multiply_timetraps parameter.

OTP-17632
Application(s):
common_test
Related Id(s):
PR-5022

Remove usage of legacy API macro and functions.

Full runtime dependencies of common_test-1.21: compiler-6.0, crypto-3.6, debugger-4.1, erts-7.0, ftp-1.0.0, inets-6.0, kernel-4.0, observer-2.1, runtime_tools-1.8.16, sasl-2.4.2, snmp-5.1.2, ssh-4.0, stdlib-3.5, syntax_tools-1.7, tools-2.8, xmerl-1.3.8

compiler-8.0.3 #

The compiler-8.0.3 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17421
Application(s):
compiler

If a parse transform raised an exception using throw/1 or exit/1, the compiler would report that as an internal compiler error, which would be confusing. Amended to report that the parse transform failed.

OTP-17430
Application(s):
compiler, stdlib

The failing call io:format("~p\n") would result in a warning for line number 0 instead of the correct line and column numbers. This has been corrected, and all warnings for failing calls to io:format() has been rephrased to make it clearer exactly what the problem is.

OTP-17434
Application(s):
compiler, stdlib
Related Id(s):
GH-4772

When the options warn_missing_spec and export_all were given, there would only be warnings for missing specs for functions that had been explicitly exported using an -export attribute.

OTP-17446
Application(s):
compiler
Related Id(s):
PR-4899

In rare circumstances, the compiler could emit an incorrect warning for a term that was constructed but never used.

OTP-17495
Application(s):
compiler, erts
Related Id(s):
PR-5153

Corrected bugs where builds were not reducible even when the deterministic option was given. In particular, modules with map literals with more than 32 elements could cause this problem.

As part of this fix, the term_to_binary BIF now accepts the option deterministic.

OTP-17505
Application(s):
compiler, stdlib
Related Id(s):
GH-4995

The MODULE and MODULE_STRING macros would always appear to be defined (when tested by -ifdef), even though no -module() declaration had been seen yet. Changed so that -ifdef ?MODULE. will not consider ?MODULE defined if -module() has not been previously seen.

OTP-17510
Application(s):
compiler
Related Id(s):
GH-5007

In a guard, not (X =:= true) would incorrectly evaluate to false for non-boolean values of X.

OTP-17581
Application(s):
compiler, stdlib
Related Id(s):
PR-5141

When the deterministic option was given to the compiler, the ?FILE macro would be expanded to full path of the source file before the first include directive and to base part of the filename after include directive.

Full runtime dependencies of compiler-8.0.3: crypto-3.6, erts-11.0, kernel-7.0, stdlib-3.13

crypto-5.0.3 #

The crypto-5.0.3 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17593
Application(s):
crypto
Related Id(s):
ERIERL-679

Fix bug in crypto:ensure_engine_unloaded. Also fixed minor memory leak related to engine unloading.

OTP-17618
Application(s):
crypto
Related Id(s):
GH-4920 , PR-5126

Fixes that FIPS enable and disable (or vice versa) on Windows sometimes leads to core dump at the time of process exit.

OTP-17389
Application(s):
crypto

Disable fips if cryptolib < 1.0.1 and OTP/crypto is configured with --enable-fips

If not, there could be compiling or loading problems with antique OpenSSL versions.

Full runtime dependencies of crypto-5.0.3: erts-9.0, kernel-5.3, stdlib-3.4

debugger-5.2 #

The debugger-5.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17574
Application(s):
debugger

Improve record handling, print known records with record syntax.

Full runtime dependencies of debugger-5.2: compiler-8.0, erts-12.0, kernel-8.0, stdlib-3.15, wx-2.0

dialyzer-4.4.2 #

The dialyzer-4.4.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17511
Application(s):
dialyzer
Related Id(s):
GH-4501

Do not crash if a PLT file no longer exists.

OTP-17537
Application(s):
dialyzer

Fix bug in erl_types related to maps.

OTP-17541
Application(s):
dialyzer

Fix bugs in erl_types regarding improper lists.

OTP-17616
Application(s):
dialyzer
Related Id(s):
GH-5118

The underspecs and overspecs options will now generate correct warnings for misused opaque types.

Full runtime dependencies of dialyzer-4.4.2: compiler-7.0, erts-9.0, kernel-5.3, stdlib-3.4, syntax_tools-2.0, wx-1.2

edoc-1.0.1 #

The edoc-1.0.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17552
Application(s):
edoc
Related Id(s):
GH-5058

Fix broken documentation link in edoc_extract:file/4.

Full runtime dependencies of edoc-1.0.1: erts-6.0, inets-5.10, kernel-3.0, stdlib-3.15, syntax_tools-1.6.14, xmerl-1.3.7

erl_docgen-1.1.2 #

The erl_docgen-1.1.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17458
Application(s):
erl_docgen
Related Id(s):
PR-4764

Fix codeinclude tags to work as part of reference manual documentation.

OTP-17575
Application(s):
erl_docgen
Related Id(s):
PR-5132

Fix creation of link elements with anchors in EEP-48 style documentation.

Full runtime dependencies of erl_docgen-1.1.2: edoc-1.0, erts-9.0, kernel-8.0, stdlib-3.15, xmerl-1.3.7

erl_interface-5.1 #

The erl_interface-5.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17626
Application(s):
erl_interface

erl_call now prints an error when the arguments cannot be parsed.

OTP-16607
Application(s):
erl_interface
Related Id(s):
OTP-16608

The ei API for decoding/encoding terms is not fully 64-bit compatible since terms that have a representation on the external term format larger than 2 GB cannot be handled.

erts-12.1 #

The erts-12.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17377
Application(s):
erts, observer

Atoms with Unicode code points greater than 255 (for example Greek or Cyrillic characters) would not be displayed correctly by crashdump_viewer.

OTP-17445
Application(s):
erts
Related Id(s):
PR-4843

Fix rare minor memory leak related to jit code loading.

OTP-17449
Application(s):
erts, kernel
Related Id(s):
GH-4900

The extended error information has been corrected and improved for the following BIFs: binary_to_existing_atom/2, list_to_existing_atom/1, erlang:send_after/{3,4}, and erlang:start_timer/{3,4}.

OTP-17477
Application(s):
erts
Related Id(s):
GH-4846 , PR-4894

Fix bug provoked when building with gcc 10 and link time optimization (-flto), causing Erlang compiler to crash. Bug exists since OTP-24.0.

OTP-17495
Application(s):
compiler, erts
Related Id(s):
PR-5153

Corrected bugs where builds were not reducible even when the deterministic option was given. In particular, modules with map literals with more than 32 elements could cause this problem.

As part of this fix, the term_to_binary BIF now accepts the option deterministic.

OTP-17512
Application(s):
erts

After an exception has been caught in a process, the stack trace would be kept in the process longer than necessary.

OTP-17513
Application(s):
erts
Related Id(s):
GH-4964 , PR-5015

Fix rare race bug in memory management of distribution entries. Have been seen to cause VM crash when massive number of repeated concurrent failing connection attempts.

OTP-17539
Application(s):
erts

The configure test for --disable-esock-socket-registry has been corrected so disabling now works.

OTP-17542
Application(s):
erts
Related Id(s):
GH-5031 , PR-5032

*** HIGHLIGHT ***

init:stop() no longer unloads loaded code before terminating the runtime system. On systems with slow CPUs (such as Raspberry PI Zero), that can significantly speed up termination of the runtime system.

OTP-17567
Application(s):
erts
Related Id(s):
PR-4915 , PR-5115

Fixed match specifications that use maps in either the guard or the body to work properly.

With this fix both keys and values in maps can be expressions.

Various other crashes and bugs when using maps in match specifications have also been fixed.

OTP-17578
Application(s):
erts, kernel
Related Id(s):
ERIERL-683

Parsing of the result value in the native DNS resolver has been made more defensive against incorrect results.

OTP-17591
Application(s):
erts
Related Id(s):
GH-5171

When binary_to_term/2 failed, the extended error information would always blame the second argument even if the actual error was in the first argument.

OTP-17604
Application(s):
erts

On 32-bit computers, binary_to_term/1,2 is now more resilient against corrupted binaries containing maps in the external format.

OTP-17628
Application(s):
erts

A call to process_info(Pid, status) could erroneously report the status running when it should have reported waiting. This occurred when the calling process was executing on a higher priority than the process being inspected. This bug has been present since OTP 21.0 (erts version 10.0).

OTP-17426
Application(s):
erts
Related Id(s):
PR-4785

Optimize memory usage of erts internal processes used during code loading/purging by hibernating them after a long time of inactivity.

OTP-17453
Application(s):
erts
Related Id(s):
PR-4764

Add the type erlang:stacktrace/0.

OTP-17456
Application(s):
erts
Related Id(s):
PR-4764

The arity argument of error/2,3 can now be none to indicate that the calling functions arity should be used.

OTP-17469
Application(s):
erts

Optimize match spec compiler for immediate (single word) constant terms.

OTP-17538
Application(s):
erts, kernel
Related Id(s):
GH-5063 , PR-5111

Functions erlang:set_cookie(Cookie) and erlang:get_cookie(Node) have been added for completeness and to facilitate configuring distributed nodes with different cookies.

The documentation regarding distribution cookies has been improved to be less vague.

OTP-17559
Application(s):
erts, kernel
Related Id(s):
GH-5092 , PR-5120

A workaround has been implemented for Linux's quirky behaviour to not adjust the source IP address when connecting a connected (reconnecing) UDP socket.

The workaround is to, on Linux, always dissolve any connection before connecting an UDP socket.

OTP-17596
Application(s):
erts

The internal documentation for how to use Yielding C Fun (YCF) has been updated to contain text about best practices for using YCF for ERTS.

OTP-17602
Application(s):
erts
Related Id(s):
PR-5149

Optimize garbage collection for processes with large number of binaries, funs and/or external pids/ports/refs.

Full runtime dependencies of erts-12.1: kernel-8.0, sasl-3.3, stdlib-3.13

eunit-2.7 #

The eunit-2.7 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17613
Application(s):
eunit
Related Id(s):
PR-5185

In an eunit test, when a test case times out, include a stacktrace.

Full runtime dependencies of eunit-2.7: erts-9.0, kernel-5.3, stdlib-3.4

inets-7.4.2 #

The inets-7.4.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17383
Application(s):
inets
Related Id(s):
GH-4677

Before this change hrefs in dir listing page contained percentage encoded forward slashes which did not work properly with httpd.

OTP-17600
Application(s):
inets

Restored HTTP headers handling in inets/mod_esi.

OTP-17624
Application(s):
inets
Related Id(s):
GH-4855

inets/httpd dir listing icons and other improvements

OTP-17460
Application(s):
inets

httpc: Improve performance by removing redundant URI handling

Full runtime dependencies of inets-7.4.2: erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, mnesia-4.12, runtime_tools-1.8.14, ssl-5.3.4, stdlib-3.5

jinterface-1.12.1 #

The jinterface-1.12.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17478
Application(s):
jinterface
Related Id(s):
PR-4837

Fixed rare race bug that could cause NullPointerException on local close of connection.

kernel-8.1 #

The kernel-8.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17449
Application(s):
erts, kernel
Related Id(s):
GH-4900

The extended error information has been corrected and improved for the following BIFs: binary_to_existing_atom/2, list_to_existing_atom/1, erlang:send_after/{3,4}, and erlang:start_timer/{3,4}.

OTP-17476
Application(s):
kernel
Related Id(s):
GH-4931 , PR-4934

Fixed rare bug that could cause net_kernel process to hang for ever. Have seen to happen with massive number of TLS connections while remote nodes are restarting. Bug exists since OTP-22.0.

OTP-17492
Application(s):
kernel

Improve handling of closed sockets for inet:info/1.

OTP-17519
Application(s):
kernel

This change fixes a performance problem introduced in pull-request #2675. Pull-request #2675 made so the system tried to start children of already started applications which is unnecessary. This change fixes this performance problem.

OTP-17570
Application(s):
kernel
Related Id(s):
ERL-1261 , GH-4256 , PR-5139

Fix code:get_doc/1 to not crash when module is located in an escript.

OTP-17578
Application(s):
erts, kernel
Related Id(s):
ERIERL-683

Parsing of the result value in the native DNS resolver has been made more defensive against incorrect results.

OTP-17580
Application(s):
kernel
Related Id(s):
GH-5122

A bug in the option handling for the legacy socket adaptor, that is; when using inet_backend = socket, has been fixed. Now socket options are set before the bind() call so options regarding, for example address reuse have the desired effect.

OTP-17583
Application(s):
kernel
Related Id(s):
GH-5136

inet:ntoa/1 has been fixed to not accept invalid numerical addresses.

OTP-17584
Application(s):
kernel
Related Id(s):
PR-5145

Parsing of DNS records has been improved for records of known types to not accept and present malformed ones in raw format.

OTP-17590
Application(s):
kernel
Related Id(s):
PR-5170

The ip_mreq() type for the {ip,add_membership} and {ip,drop_membership} socket options has been corrected to have an interface field instead of, incorrectly, an address field.

OTP-17376
Application(s):
kernel
Related Id(s):
OTP-17157

Add simple utility function to display existing sockets i the erlang shell (socket:i/0).

OTP-17410
Application(s):
kernel

gen_udp can now be configured to use the socket inet-backend (in the same way as gen_tcp).

OTP-17538
Application(s):
erts, kernel
Related Id(s):
GH-5063 , PR-5111

Functions erlang:set_cookie(Cookie) and erlang:get_cookie(Node) have been added for completeness and to facilitate configuring distributed nodes with different cookies.

The documentation regarding distribution cookies has been improved to be less vague.

OTP-17559
Application(s):
erts, kernel
Related Id(s):
GH-5092 , PR-5120

A workaround has been implemented for Linux's quirky behaviour to not adjust the source IP address when connecting a connected (reconnecing) UDP socket.

The workaround is to, on Linux, always dissolve any connection before connecting an UDP socket.

OTP-17576
Application(s):
kernel
Related Id(s):
ERIERL-685

Documented our recommendation against opening NFS-mounted files, FIFOs, devices, and similar using file:open/2.

Full runtime dependencies of kernel-8.1: crypto-5.0, erts-12.0, sasl-3.0, stdlib-3.13

megaco-4.1 #

The megaco-4.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17533
Application(s):
megaco

It is now possible to configure the built-in transports (megaco_tcp and megaco udp) to use the new (gen_udp- and gen_tcp-) option 'inet_backend'.

Full runtime dependencies of megaco-4.1: asn1-3.0, debugger-4.0, erts-12.0, et-1.5, kernel-8.0, runtime_tools-1.8.14, stdlib-2.5

mnesia-4.20 #

The mnesia-4.20 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17564
Application(s):
mnesia
Related Id(s):
GH-5040

Fixed that index keys was deleted for set tables when mnesia:delete_object/1 tried to delete a non-existing record.

OTP-17508
Application(s):
mnesia

Optimized table loading and added max_transfer_size configuration parameter.

Full runtime dependencies of mnesia-4.20: erts-9.0, kernel-5.3, stdlib-3.4

observer-2.10 #

Note! The observer-2.10 application *cannot* be applied independently of other applications on an arbitrary OTP 24 installation. On a full OTP 24 installation, also the following runtime dependencies have to be satisfied: -- kernel-8.1 (first satisfied in OTP 24.1) -- runtime_tools-1.17 (first satisfied in OTP 24.1)

OTP-17377
Application(s):
erts, observer

Atoms with Unicode code points greater than 255 (for example Greek or Cyrillic characters) would not be displayed correctly by crashdump_viewer.

OTP-17425
Application(s):
observer
Related Id(s):
PR-4799

Fix the crashdump_viewer to be able to parse monitor_node/2 monitors correctly.

OTP-17346
Application(s):
observer, runtime_tools

Observer now has a sectiion for new socket.

OTP-17520
Application(s):
observer
Related Id(s):
PR-4962

Added a trace all button to the trace window.

Full runtime dependencies of observer-2.10: erts-11.0, et-1.5, kernel-8.1, runtime_tools-1.17, stdlib-3.13, wx-1.2

os_mon-2.7.1 #

The os_mon-2.7.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17441
Application(s):
os_mon

On a Mac with Apple Silicon, memsup:get_os_wordsize/0 would return 32 instead of 64.

Full runtime dependencies of os_mon-2.7.1: erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, sasl-2.4, stdlib-2.0

parsetools-2.3.1 #

The parsetools-2.3.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17499
Application(s):
parsetools
Related Id(s):
GH-4918

Fix a bug in Leex which caused the Erlang Compiler to generate warnings.

OTP-17535
Application(s):
parsetools
Related Id(s):
GH-5067

Fix a bug in Yecc which caused the Erlang Compiler to generate warnings.

Full runtime dependencies of parsetools-2.3.1: erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, stdlib-2.5

public_key-1.11.2 #

The public_key-1.11.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17534
Application(s):
public_key
Related Id(s):
GH-5054 , PR-5057

public_key:pkix_sign/2 now honors the salt length from the provided input parameters. Earlier this could result in incorrect signatures if not using recommended defaults.

OTP-17609
Application(s):
public_key
Related Id(s):
GH-5156 , GH-5157

When decoding an 'ECPrivateKey' unwrap the private key. For more precise information see RFC 8410, section 7.

Full runtime dependencies of public_key-1.11.2: asn1-3.0, crypto-3.8, erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, stdlib-3.5

runtime_tools-1.17 #

Note! The runtime_tools-1.17 application *cannot* be applied independently of other applications on an arbitrary OTP 24 installation. On a full OTP 24 installation, also the following runtime dependency has to be satisfied: -- kernel-8.1 (first satisfied in OTP 24.1)

OTP-17346
Application(s):
observer, runtime_tools

Observer now has a sectiion for new socket.

OTP-17572
Application(s):
runtime_tools
Related Id(s):
PR-5117

The dbg docs have been expanded to include the meaning of all the function name acronyms.

Full runtime dependencies of runtime_tools-1.17: erts-11.0, kernel-8.1, mnesia-4.12, stdlib-3.13

snmp-5.10 #

The snmp-5.10 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17526
Application(s):
snmp

It is now possible to configure the built-in net-if processes (both agent and manager) to use the new (gen_udp-) option 'inet_backend'.

Full runtime dependencies of snmp-5.10: crypto-3.3, erts-12.0, kernel-8.0, mnesia-4.12, runtime_tools-1.8.14, stdlib-2.5

ssh-4.12.4 #

The ssh-4.12.4 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17390
Application(s):
ssh
Related Id(s):
ERIERL-648

Fixed that a slow start (>30s) of a client subsystem could cause a log entry with the password.

OTP-17586
Application(s):
ssh
Related Id(s):
GH-5014

Fixed an error when running as an sftp server and a client requests a directory contents listing.

The fix is to handle the error code {error, eacces} as {error, enoent} in the ssh_sftpd:get_attrs/5 internal function; that is, just skip it.

OTP-17450
Application(s):
ssh
Related Id(s):
ERIERL-655

The "Key exchange failed" Info Report is now more informative.

Full runtime dependencies of ssh-4.12.4: crypto-5.0, erts-9.0, kernel-5.3, public_key-1.6.1, runtime_tools-1.15.1, stdlib-3.15

ssl-10.5 #

Note! The ssl-10.5 application *cannot* be applied independently of other applications on an arbitrary OTP 24 installation. On a full OTP 24 installation, also the following runtime dependency has to be satisfied: -- public_key-1.11.1 (first satisfied in OTP 24.0.4)

OTP-17423
Application(s):
ssl
Related Id(s):
GH-4823 , PR-4829

Fix Makefile dependency generation to work no matter what the ERL_TOP folder is called.

OTP-17517
Application(s):
ssl
Related Id(s):
GH-5009

If trying to downgrade a TLS-1.3 connection to a plain TCP connection, possible TLS-1.3 session ticket messages will be ignored in the "downgrade" state while waiting for the close notify alert.

OTP-17521
Application(s):
ssl

Corrected error handling to correctly generate an insufficient security alert when there are no suitable groups that can be negotiated in TLS-1.3 instead of crashing resulting in an internal error alert.

OTP-17635
Application(s):
ssl
Related Id(s):
GH-5192

Properly handle default session data storage.

When a client tries to reuse an expired session the default server storage handling would crash loosing other session data. This would cause a error report and possible loss of abbreviated handshakes.

OTP-16590
Application(s):
ssl
Related Id(s):
ERL-625 , GH-5029

Add support for RSA-PSS-PSS signatures and signature_algorithms_cert in TLS-1.2. This is a TLS-1.3 RFC requirement to backport this functionality.

OTP-17392
Application(s):
ssl
Related Id(s):
PR-5050

Use inet:monitor/1 to monitor listen-sockets so that we are compatible with the new socket backend for gen_tcp.

OTP-17464
Application(s):
ssl

Enhance ssl:prf/4 handling and testing

OTP-17501
Application(s):
ssl
Related Id(s):
GH-4978

Enhanced cipher suite filtering functionality, making sure TLS-1.3 and TLS-1.2 cipher suites can be supported correctly together even when TLS-1.2 anonymous ciphers are included.

OTP-17530
Application(s):
ssl

Enhance gracefulness especially in TLS-1.3

Full runtime dependencies of ssl-10.5: crypto-5.0, erts-10.0, inets-5.10.7, kernel-8.0, public_key-1.11.1, runtime_tools-1.15.1, stdlib-3.12

stdlib-3.16 #

The stdlib-3.16 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17424
Application(s):
stdlib
Related Id(s):
GH-4801 , PR-4803

Fix io:format with ~p to no longer interpret floats as printable characters.

OTP-17429
Application(s):
stdlib
Related Id(s):
GH-4761

Fix specs for base64 encode/decode functions to also include 0.

OTP-17430
Application(s):
compiler, stdlib

The failing call io:format("~p\n") would result in a warning for line number 0 instead of the correct line and column numbers. This has been corrected, and all warnings for failing calls to io:format() has been rephrased to make it clearer exactly what the problem is.

OTP-17434
Application(s):
compiler, stdlib
Related Id(s):
GH-4772

When the options warn_missing_spec and export_all were given, there would only be warnings for missing specs for functions that had been explicitly exported using an -export attribute.

OTP-17463
Application(s):
stdlib
Related Id(s):
GH-4916

Calling c:ls/1 with an atom whose contents is the the name of a file (as opposed to a directory) would crash.

OTP-17505
Application(s):
compiler, stdlib
Related Id(s):
GH-4995

The MODULE and MODULE_STRING macros would always appear to be defined (when tested by -ifdef), even though no -module() declaration had been seen yet. Changed so that -ifdef ?MODULE. will not consider ?MODULE defined if -module() has not been previously seen.

OTP-17573
Application(s):
stdlib
Related Id(s):
ERL-1264 , GH-4270

Fix bug with rendering of missing types and callbacks in shell_docs.

OTP-17581
Application(s):
compiler, stdlib
Related Id(s):
PR-5141

When the deterministic option was given to the compiler, the ?FILE macro would be expanded to full path of the source file before the first include directive and to base part of the filename after include directive.

OTP-17622
Application(s):
stdlib
Related Id(s):
PR-5038

Fixed broken win32reg:delete_key and fixed win32reg:value for default value.

OTP-17634
Application(s):
stdlib
Related Id(s):
GH-5196

Fixed error information for the call maps:get(some_key, #{}).

OTP-17317
Application(s):
stdlib
Related Id(s):
PR-4757

*** HIGHLIGHT ***

Most output functions in the io module now print extra error information when provided with invalid arguments. The functions are: io:format, io:fwrite, io:put_chars, io:nl and io:write.

OTP-17454
Application(s):
stdlib
Related Id(s):
PR-4764

EEP-54 (Provide more information about errors) now includes two new return values for the format_error callback, general and reason.

Multi-line error descriptions returned from a format_error callback are now correctly indented.

The documentation for erl_error, error/3 and Errors and Error Handling in the Erlang Reference Manual have been extended.

OTP-17503
Application(s):
stdlib
Related Id(s):
GH-4985

In the documentation for the lists module, it has been clarified that predicate funs must return a boolean.

OTP-17571
Application(s):
stdlib
Related Id(s):
GH-5103

The documentation for c:c/1, c:c/2, and c:c/3 has been clarified.

Full runtime dependencies of stdlib-3.16: compiler-5.0, crypto-3.3, erts-12.0, kernel-7.0, sasl-3.0

tools-3.5.1 #

The tools-3.5.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17440
Application(s):
tools
Related Id(s):
GH-4796

The cover tool would not work on modules compiled with the tuple_calls option.

Full runtime dependencies of tools-3.5.1: compiler-5.0, erts-11.0, erts-9.1, kernel-5.4, runtime_tools-1.8.14, stdlib-3.4

wx-2.1 #

The wx-2.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17507
Application(s):
wx

Fix crash when closing an application.

OTP-17577
Application(s):
wx
Related Id(s):
GH-4999

Some functions with overloaded color arguments could not be used. For example the copy constructor wxTextAttr:new(TextAttr) did not work.

OTP-17325
Application(s):
wx

Added the Microsoft Edge WebView loader dll to the installer on windows.

OTP-17438
Application(s):
wx
Related Id(s):
PR-4780

Handle specific Mac gui application events.

Full runtime dependencies of wx-2.1: erts-6.0, kernel-3.0, stdlib-2.0