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<H1>epp</H1>
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<H3>MODULE</H3>
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epp
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<H3>MODULE SUMMARY</H3>
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An Erlang Code Preprocessor
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<H3>DESCRIPTION</H3>
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<P>The Erlang code preprocessor includes functions which are used
by <CODE>compile</CODE> to preprocess macros and include files before
the actual parsing takes place.

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<H3>EXPORTS</H3>

<P><A NAME="open/2"><STRONG><CODE>open(FileName, IncludePath) -&#62; {ok,Epp} | {error, ErrorDescriptor}</CODE></STRONG></A><BR>
<A NAME="open/3"><STRONG><CODE>open(FileName, IncludePath, PredefMacros) -&#62; {ok,Epp} | {error, ErrorDescriptor}</CODE></STRONG></A><BR>

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<STRONG><CODE>FileName = atom() | string()</CODE></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><CODE>IncludePath = [DirectoryName]</CODE></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><CODE>DirectoryName = atom() | string()</CODE></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><CODE>PredefMacros = [{atom(),term()}]</CODE></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><CODE>Epp = pid() -- handle to the epp server</CODE></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><CODE>ErrorDescriptor = term()</CODE></STRONG><BR>

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<P>Opens a file for preprocessing.

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<P><A NAME="close/1"><STRONG><CODE>close(Epp) -&#62; ok</CODE></STRONG></A><BR>

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<STRONG><CODE>Epp = pid() -- handle to the epp server</CODE></STRONG><BR>

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<P>Closes the preprocessing of a file.

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<P><A NAME="parse_erl_form/1"><STRONG><CODE>parse_erl_form(Epp) -&#62; {ok, AbsForm} | {eof, Line} | {error, ErrorInfo}</CODE></STRONG></A><BR>

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<STRONG><CODE>Epp = pid()</CODE></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><CODE>AbsForm = term()</CODE></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><CODE>Line = integer()</CODE></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><CODE>ErrorInfo = see separate description below.</CODE></STRONG><BR>

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<P>Returns the next Erlang form from the opened Erlang source file.
The tuple <CODE>{eof, Line}</CODE> is returned at end-of-file. The first
form corresponds to an implicit attribute <CODE>-file(File,1).</CODE>, where
<CODE>File</CODE> is the name of the file.

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<P><A NAME="parse_file/3"><STRONG><CODE>parse_file(FileName,IncludePath,PredefMacro) -&#62; {ok,[Form]} | {error,OpenError}</CODE></STRONG></A><BR>

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<STRONG><CODE>FileName = atom() | string()</CODE></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><CODE>IncludePath = [DirectoryName]</CODE></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><CODE>DirectoryName = atom() | string()</CODE></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><CODE>PredefMacros = [{atom(),term()}]</CODE></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><CODE>Form = term() -- same as returned by erl_parse:parse_form</CODE></STRONG><BR>

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<P>Preprocesses and parses an Erlang source file.
Note that the tuple <CODE>{eof, Line}</CODE> returned at end-of-file is
included as a &#34;form&#34;.

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<H3>Error Information</H3>
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<P>The <CODE>ErrorInfo</CODE> mentioned above is the standard
<CODE>ErrorInfo</CODE> structure which is returned from all IO
modules. It has the following format:


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    {ErrorLine, Module, ErrorDescriptor}
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<P>A string which describes the error is obtained with the following call:


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apply(Module, format_error, ErrorDescriptor)
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<H3>See Also</H3>
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<P><A HREF="erl_parse.html">erl_parse(3)</A>

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<H3>AUTHORS</H3>
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Robert Virding - support@erlang.ericsson.se<BR>

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