erl_anno

erl_anno

Module

erl_anno

Module summary

Abstract datatype for the annotations of the Erlang Compiler.

Description

This module provides an abstract type that is used by the Erlang Compiler and its helper modules for holding data such as column, line number, and text. The data type is a collection of annotations as described in the following.

The Erlang Token Scanner returns tokens with a subset of the following annotations, depending on the options:

column

The column where the token begins.

location

The line and column where the token begins, or just the line if the column is unknown.

text

The token's text.

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