erlang作为一个为电信级别而出现的语言，热更新是其最重要的特性之一
热代码升级-Erlang允许程序代码在运行系统中被修改。旧代码能被逐步淘汰而后被新代码替换。在此过渡期间，新旧代码是共存的。
下面我们以最典型的gen_server为例子，讲解一下这个BT的功能
-module(tt13).
-behaviour(gen_server).
-export([test/0]).
-export([start_link/0, stop/0, init/1, handle_call/3, handle_cast/2, handle_info/2, terminate/2, code_change/3]).
-record(state, {cnt}).
-define(SERVER, ?MODULE).
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
%% Function: start_link() -> {ok,Pid} | ignore | {error,Error}
%% Description: Starts the server
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
start_link() ->
gen_server:start_link({local, ?MODULE}, ?MODULE, [], [{debug, [trace]}]).
test() ->
gen_server:call(?SERVER, test).
stop() ->
gen_server:cast(?SERVER, stop).
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
%% Function: init(Args) -> {ok, State} |
%% {ok, State, Timeout} |
%% ignore |
%% {stop, Reason}
%% Description: Initiates the server
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
init(_) -> {ok, #state{cnt=1}}.
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
%% Function: %% handle_call(Request, From, State) -> {reply, Reply, State} |
%% {reply, Reply, State, Timeout} |
%% {noreply, State} |
%% {noreply, State, Timeout} |
%% {stop, Reason, Reply, State} |
%% {stop, Reason, State}
%% Description: Handling call messages
handle_call(test, _From, #state{cnt=Cnt} = State) ->
{reply, {ok, Cnt}, State#state{cnt=Cnt+1}};
handle_call(stop, _From, State) ->
{stop, normal, ok, State};
handle_call(_Unrec, _From, State) ->
{reply, {error, invalid_call}, State}.
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
%% Function: handle_cast(Msg, State) -> {noreply, State} |
%% {noreply, State, Timeout} |
%% {stop, Reason, State}
%% Description: Handling cast messages
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
handle_cast(_Msg, State) ->
{noreply, State}.
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
%% Function: handle_info(Info, State) -> {noreply, State} |
%% {noreply, State, Timeout} |
%% {stop, Reason, State}
%% Description: Handling all non call/cast messages
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
handle_info(_Info, State) ->
{noreply, State}.
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
%% Function: terminate(Reason, State) -> void()
%% Description: This function is called by a gen_server when it is about to
%% terminate. It should be the opposite of Module:init/1 and do any necessary
%% cleaning up. When it returns, the gen_server terminates with Reason.
%% The return value is ignored.
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
terminate(_Reason, _State) ->
io:format("hello gen server: terminating~n").
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
%% Func: code_change(OldVsn, State, Extra) -> {ok, NewState}
%% Description: Convert process state when code is changed
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
code_change(_OldVsn, State, _Extra) ->
{ok, State}.
%%====================================================================
%%other fun
%%====================================================================
编译运行结果
1> c(tt13).
{ok,tt13}
2> tt13:start_link().
{ok,<0.39.0>}
3> tt13:test().
*DBG* tt13 got call test from <0.32.0>
*DBG* tt13 sent {ok,1} to <0.32.0>, new state {state,2}
{ok,1}
4> tt13:test().
*DBG* tt13 got call test from <0.32.0>
*DBG* tt13 sent {ok,2} to <0.32.0>, new state {state,3}
{ok,2}
5> tt13:test().
*DBG* tt13 got call test from <0.32.0>
*DBG* tt13 sent {ok,3} to <0.32.0>, new state {state,4}
{ok,3}
如果修改了函数，可以直接运行
-module(tt13). -version("1.1"). -behaviour(gen_server). %........... %...........省略若干行 %................ handle_call(test, _From, #state{cnt=Cnt} = State) -> {reply, {ok, Cnt}, State#state{cnt=Cnt*2}}; %........... %...........省略若干行 %................
可以看到我们修改了计数的方法，而且修改了版本号，然后我们继续运行
6> c(tt13). %编译新的代码 {ok,tt13} 7> tt13:test(). *DBG* tt13 got call test from <0.32.0> *DBG* tt13 sent {ok,4} to <0.32.0>, new state {state,8} {ok,4} 8> tt13:test(). *DBG* tt13 got call test from <0.32.0> *DBG* tt13 sent {ok,8} to <0.32.0>, new state {state,16} {ok,8} 9> tt13:test(). *DBG* tt13 got call test from <0.32.0> *DBG* tt13 sent {ok,16} to <0.32.0>, new state {state,32} {ok,16}
可以看到代码就直接替换了，注意编译的时候会用新的代码替换下一次运行的结果，正在运行还是old code，所以不要编译多次（一般在测试环境先进行热更新测试）。
如果要替换init/1里面的代码？这个方法肯定是不行的，因为init/1代码只运行一次,比如我要修改state结构体，那要怎么弄呢
-module(tt13). -version("2.0"). -behaviour(gen_server).
-record(state, {testcheck, cnt}).
%........... %...........省略若干行 %................
init(_) -> {ok, #state{testcheck='chk', cnt=1}}. %%-------------------------------------------------------------------- %% Function: %% handle_call(Request, From, State) -> {reply, Reply, State} | %% {reply, Reply, State, Timeout} | %% {noreply, State} | %% {noreply, State, Timeout} | %% {stop, Reason, Reply, State} | %% {stop, Reason, State} %% Description: Handling call messages handle_call(test, _From, #state{cnt=Cnt} = State) -> {reply, {ok, Cnt}, State#state{cnt=Cnt+1}};
%........... %...........省略若干行 %................