Improve erl_docgen's support for Dialyzer specs and types

The support for using Dialyzer specifications and types has been
improved.

6 files changed, 1069 insertions, 482 deletions

diff --git a/lib/erl_docgen/priv/bin/specs_gen.escript b/lib/erl_docgen/priv/bin/specs_gen.escript
index 840fed6dd5..982afece7f 100644
--- a/lib/erl_docgen/priv/bin/specs_gen.escript
+++ b/lib/erl_docgen/priv/bin/specs_gen.escript
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 %% -*- erlang -*-
 %% %CopyrightBegin%
 %%
-%% Copyright Ericsson AB 2010. All Rights Reserved.
+%% Copyright Ericsson AB 2011. All Rights Reserved.
 %%
 %% The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
 %% Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 %%%  "-I<dir>" Directory to be searched when including a file.
 %%%  "-module Module"
 %%%            Module name to use when there is no File argument.
-%%%            A temporary file will be created.
+%%%            A empty specifications file will be created.
 %%%            Exactly one of -module Module and File must be given.
 %%%
 %%% The name of the generated file is "specs_<module>.xml". Its exact
@@ -67,34 +67,73 @@ usage() ->
     halt(1).
 
 call_edoc(FileSpec, InclFs, Dir) ->
-    Incl = [{includes, InclFs}],
-    Pre = [{preprocess, true}],
-    Choice = [{dialyzer_specs, all}],
-    DirOpt = [{dir, Dir}],
-    Pretty = [{pretty_print, erl_pp}],
-    Layout = [{layout, otp_specs},
-              {file_suffix, ".specs"},
-              {stylesheet, ""}],
-    Warn = [{report_missing_type, false},
-            {report_type_mismatch, false}],
-    OptionList = (DirOpt ++ Choice ++ Pre ++ Warn ++ Pretty ++ Layout ++ Incl),
-    {File, TmpFile} = case FileSpec of
-                          {file, File0} ->
-                              {File0, false};
-                          {module, Module} ->
-                              {create_tmp_file(Dir, Module), true}
-                      end,
-    try edoc:files([File], OptionList) of
-        ok ->
-            clean_up(Dir, File, TmpFile),
-            rename(Dir, File)
+    ReadOpts = [{includes, InclFs}, {preprocess, true}],
+    ExtractOpts = [{report_missing_type, false}],
+    LayoutOpts = [{pretty_printer, erl_pp}, {layout, otp_specs}],
+    File = case FileSpec of
+               {file, File0} -> File0;
+               {module, Module0} -> Module0
+           end,
+    try
+        Fs = case FileSpec of
+                 {file, _} ->
+                     Fs0 = read_file(File, ReadOpts),
+                     clauses(Fs0);
+                 {module, Module} ->
+                     [{attribute,0,module,list_to_atom(Module)}]
+             end,
+        Doc = extract(File, Fs, ExtractOpts),
+        Text = edoc:layout(Doc, LayoutOpts),
+        ok = write_text(Text, File, Dir),
+        rename(Dir, File)
     catch
         _:_ ->
             io:format("EDoc could not process file '~s'\n", [File]),
-            clean_up(Dir, File, TmpFile),
+            clean_up(Dir),
             halt(3)
     end.
 
+read_file(File, Opts) ->
+    edoc:read_source(File, Opts).
+
+extract(File, Forms, Opts) ->
+    Env = edoc_lib:get_doc_env([], [], [], _Opts=[]),
+    {_Module, Doc} = edoc_extract:source(Forms, File, Env, Opts),
+    Doc.
+
+clauses(Fs) ->
+    clauses(Fs, no).
+
+clauses([], no) ->
+    [];
+clauses([F | Fs], Spec) ->
+    case F of
+        {attribute,_,spec,_} ->
+            clauses(Fs, F);
+        {function,_,_N,_A,_Cls} when Spec =/= no->
+            {attribute,_,spec,{Name,FunTypes}} = Spec,
+            %% [throw({no,Name,{_N,_A}}) || Name =/= {_N,_A}],
+            %% EDoc doesn't care if a function appears more than once;
+            %% this is how overloaded specs are handled:
+            (lists:append([[setelement(4, Spec, {Name,[T]}),F] ||
+                              T <- FunTypes])
+             ++ clauses(Fs, no));
+        _ ->
+            [F | clauses(Fs, Spec)]
+    end.
+
+write_text(Text, File, Dir) ->
+    Base = filename:basename(File, ".erl"),
+    OutFile = filename:join(Dir, Base) ++ ".specs",
+    case file:write_file(OutFile, Text) of
+        ok ->
+            ok;
+        {error, R} ->
+            R1 = file:format_error(R),
+            io:format("could not write file '~s': ~s\n", [File, R1]),
+            halt(2)
+    end.
+
 rename(Dir, F) ->
     Mod = filename:basename(F, ".erl"),
     Old = filename:join(Dir, Mod ++ ".specs"),
@@ -108,22 +147,10 @@ rename(Dir, F) ->
             halt(2)
     end.
 
-clean_up(Dir, File, TmpFile) ->
-    [file:delete(File) || TmpFile],
+clean_up(Dir) ->
     _ = [file:delete(filename:join(Dir, F)) ||
             F <- ["packages-frame.html",
                   "overview-summary.html",
                   "modules-frame.html",
                   "index.html", "erlang.png", "edoc-info"]],
     ok.
-
-create_tmp_file(Dir, Module) ->
-    TmpFile = filename:join(Dir, Module++".erl"),
-    case file:write_file(TmpFile, "-module(" ++ Module ++ ").\n") of
-        ok ->
-            TmpFile;
-        {error, R} ->
-            R1 = file:format_error(R),
-            io:format("could not write file '~s': ~s\n", [TmpFile, R1]),
-            halt(2)
-    end.
diff --git a/lib/erl_docgen/priv/xsl/db_html.xsl b/lib/erl_docgen/priv/xsl/db_html.xsl
index c6375ea621..982572aeef 100644
--- a/lib/erl_docgen/priv/xsl/db_html.xsl
+++ b/lib/erl_docgen/priv/xsl/db_html.xsl
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@
 
 <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+  xmlns:exsl="http://exslt.org/common"
+  extension-element-prefixes="exsl"
   xmlns:fn="http://www.w3.org/2005/02/xpath-functions">
 
   <xsl:include href="db_html_params.xsl"/>
 
   <!-- Start of Dialyzer type/spec tags.
-       See also the template matching "name" and the template "menu.funcs"
+       See also the templates matching "name" and "seealso" as well as
+       the template "menu.funcs"
   -->
 
   <xsl:param name="specs_file" select="''"/>
@@ -38,49 +41,58 @@
   <xsl:key name="mod2app" match="module" use="@name"/>
 
   <xsl:template name="err">
+    <xsl:param name="f"/>
     <xsl:param name="m"/>
     <xsl:param name="n"/>
     <xsl:param name="a"/>
     <xsl:param name="s"/>
     <xsl:message terminate="yes">
-  Error <xsl:if test="$m != ''"><xsl:value-of select ="$m"/>:</xsl:if>
-	 <xsl:value-of
-		   select="$n"/>/<xsl:value-of
-		   select="$a"/>: <xsl:value-of select="$s"/>
+  Error <xsl:if test="$f != ''">in <xsl:value-of select ="$f"/>:</xsl:if>
+        <xsl:if test="$m != ''"><xsl:value-of select ="$m"/>:</xsl:if>
+        <xsl:value-of select="$n"/>
+        <xsl:if test="$a != ''">/<xsl:value-of
+             select ="$a"/></xsl:if>: <xsl:value-of select="$s"/>
     </xsl:message>
   </xsl:template>
 
-  <xsl:template name="spec_name">
+  <xsl:template name="find_spec">
     <xsl:variable name="curModule" select="ancestor::erlref/module"/>
     <xsl:variable name="mod" select="@mod"/>
     <xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
     <xsl:variable name="arity" select="@arity"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="clause" select="@clause"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="clause_i" select="@clause_i"/>
     <xsl:variable name="spec0" select=
         "$i/specs/module[@name=$curModule]/spec
              [name=$name and arity=$arity
               and (string-length($mod) = 0 or module = $mod)]"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="spec" select="$spec0[string-length($clause) = 0
-                                             or position() = $clause]"/>
-    <xsl:if test="count($spec) = 0">
+    <xsl:variable name="spec" select="$spec0[string-length($clause_i) = 0
+                                             or position() = $clause_i]"/>
+
+    <xsl:if test="count($spec) != 1">
+      <xsl:variable name="why">
+        <xsl:choose>
+          <xsl:when test="count($spec) > 1">ambiguous spec</xsl:when>
+          <xsl:when test="count($spec) = 0">unknown spec</xsl:when>
+        </xsl:choose>
+      </xsl:variable>
       <xsl:call-template name="err">
+        <xsl:with-param name="f" select="$curModule"/>
 	<xsl:with-param name="m" select="$mod"/>
 	<xsl:with-param name="n" select="$name"/>
 	<xsl:with-param name="a" select="$arity"/>
-	<xsl:with-param name="s">unknown spec</xsl:with-param>
+        <xsl:with-param name="s" select="$why"/>
       </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:if>
+    <xsl:copy-of select="$spec"/>
+  </xsl:template>
 
-    <xsl:variable name="arity_clause">
-      <xsl:choose>
-	<xsl:when test="string-length(@clause) > 0">
-	  <xsl:value-of select="@arity"/>/<xsl:value-of select="@clause"/>
-	</xsl:when>
-	<xsl:otherwise>
-	  <xsl:value-of select="@arity"/>
-	</xsl:otherwise>
-      </xsl:choose>
+  <xsl:template name="spec_name">
+    <xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="arity" select="@arity"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="spec0">
+      <xsl:call-template name="find_spec"/>
     </xsl:variable>
+    <xsl:variable name="spec" select="exsl:node-set($spec0)/spec"/>
 
     <xsl:choose>
       <xsl:when test="ancestor::cref">
@@ -89,72 +101,189 @@
 	</xsl:message>
       </xsl:when>
       <xsl:when test="ancestor::erlref">
-	<a name="{$name}-{$arity_clause}"></a>
-        <xsl:choose>
-          <xsl:when test="string(@with_guards) = 'no'">
-            <xsl:apply-templates select="$spec/contract/clause/head"/>
-          </xsl:when>
-          <xsl:otherwise>
-            <xsl:call-template name="contract">
-              <xsl:with-param name="contract" select="$spec/contract"/>
-            </xsl:call-template>
-          </xsl:otherwise>
+	<xsl:choose>
+	  <xsl:when test="preceding-sibling::name[position() = 1
+			  and @name = $name and @arity = $arity]">
+	    <!-- Avoid duplicated anchors.-->
+	  </xsl:when>
+	  <xsl:otherwise>
+	    <a name="{$name}-{$arity}"></a>
+	  </xsl:otherwise>
         </xsl:choose>
+
+        <xsl:variable name="global_types" select="ancestor::erlref/datatypes"/>
+	<xsl:variable name="local_types"
+		      select="../type[string-length(@name) > 0]"/>
+	<xsl:apply-templates select="$spec/contract/clause/head">
+	  <xsl:with-param name="local_types" select="$local_types"/>
+	  <xsl:with-param name="global_types" select="$global_types"/>
+	</xsl:apply-templates>
       </xsl:when>
     </xsl:choose>
   </xsl:template>
 
-  <xsl:template name="contract">
-    <xsl:param name="contract"/>
-    <xsl:call-template name="clause">
-      <xsl:with-param name="clause" select="$contract/clause"/>
-    </xsl:call-template>
-  </xsl:template>
-
-  <xsl:template name="clause">
-    <xsl:param name="clause"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="type_desc" select="../type_desc"/>
-    <xsl:for-each select="$clause">
-      <xsl:apply-templates select="head"/>
-      <xsl:if test="count(guard) > 0">
-	<xsl:call-template name="guard">
-	  <xsl:with-param name="guard" select="guard"/>
-	  <xsl:with-param name="type_desc" select="$type_desc"/>
-	</xsl:call-template>
-      </xsl:if>
-    </xsl:for-each>
-  </xsl:template>
-
   <xsl:template match="head">
+    <xsl:param name="local_types"/>
+    <xsl:param name="global_types"/>
     <span class="bold_code">
-      <xsl:apply-templates/>
+      <xsl:apply-templates mode="local_type">
+        <xsl:with-param name="local_types" select="$local_types"/>
+        <xsl:with-param name="global_types" select="$global_types"/>
+      </xsl:apply-templates>
     </span>
     <br/>
   </xsl:template>
 
-  <xsl:template name="guard">
-    <xsl:param name="guard"/>
+  <!-- The *last* <name name="..." arity=".."/> -->
+  <xsl:template match="name" mode="types">
+    <xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="arity" select="@arity"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="spec0">
+      <xsl:call-template name="find_spec"/>
+    </xsl:variable>
+    <xsl:variable name="spec" select="exsl:node-set($spec0)/spec"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="clause" select="$spec/contract/clause"/>
+
+    <xsl:variable name="global_types" select="ancestor::erlref/datatypes"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="type_desc" select="../type_desc"/>
+    <!-- $type is data types to be presented as guards ("local types") -->
+    <xsl:variable name="type"
+                  select="../type[string-length(@name) > 0
+                                  or string-length(@variable) > 0]"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="type_variables"
+                  select ="$type[string-length(@variable) > 0]"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="local_types"
+                  select ="$type[string-length(@name) > 0]"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="output_subtypes" select="count($type_variables) = 0"/>
+
+    <!-- It is assumed there is no support for overloaded specs
+         (there is no spec with more than one clause) -->
+    <xsl:if test="count($clause/guard) > 0 or count($type) > 0">
+      <div class="REFBODY"><p>Types:</p>
+
+        <xsl:choose>
+          <xsl:when test="$output_subtypes">
+            <xsl:call-template name="subtype">
+              <xsl:with-param name="subtype" select="$clause/guard/subtype"/>
+              <xsl:with-param name="type_desc" select="$type_desc"/>
+              <xsl:with-param name="local_types" select="$local_types"/>
+              <xsl:with-param name="global_types" select="$global_types"/>
+            </xsl:call-template>
+          </xsl:when>
+          <xsl:otherwise>
+            <xsl:call-template name="type_variables">
+              <xsl:with-param name="type_variables" select="$type_variables"/>
+              <xsl:with-param name="type_desc" select="$type_desc"/>
+              <xsl:with-param name="local_types" select="$local_types"/>
+              <xsl:with-param name="global_types" select="$global_types"/>
+	      <xsl:with-param name="fname" select="$name"/>
+	      <xsl:with-param name="arity" select="$arity"/>
+            </xsl:call-template>
+
+          </xsl:otherwise>
+        </xsl:choose>
+
+        <xsl:call-template name="local_type">
+          <xsl:with-param name="type_desc" select="$type_desc"/>
+          <xsl:with-param name="local_types" select="$local_types"/>
+          <xsl:with-param name="global_types" select="$global_types"/>
+        </xsl:call-template>
+      </div>
+
+    </xsl:if>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <!-- Handle <type variable="..." name_i="..."/> -->
+  <xsl:template name="type_variables">
+    <xsl:param name="type_variables"/>
     <xsl:param name="type_desc"/>
-    <div class="REFBODY"><p>Types:</p>
+    <xsl:param name="local_types"/>
+    <xsl:param name="global_types"/>
+    <xsl:param name="fname"/>
+    <xsl:param name="arity"/>
+
+    <xsl:variable name="names" select="../name[string-length(@arity) > 0]"/>
+    <xsl:for-each select="$type_variables">
+      <xsl:variable name="name_i">
+	<xsl:choose>
+          <xsl:when test="string-length(@name_i) > 0">
+	    <xsl:value-of select="@name_i"/>
+	  </xsl:when>
+	  <xsl:otherwise>
+	    <xsl:value-of select="count($names)"/>
+	  </xsl:otherwise>
+	</xsl:choose>
+      </xsl:variable>
+      <xsl:variable name="spec0">
+        <xsl:for-each select="$names[position() = $name_i]">
+          <xsl:call-template name="find_spec"/>
+        </xsl:for-each>
+      </xsl:variable>
+      <xsl:variable name="spec" select="exsl:node-set($spec0)/spec"/>
+      <xsl:variable name="clause" select="$spec/contract/clause"/>
+      <xsl:variable name="variable" select="@variable"/>
+      <xsl:variable name="subtype"
+                    select="$clause/guard/subtype[typename = $variable]"/>
+
+      <xsl:if test="count($subtype) = 0">
+	<xsl:call-template name="err">
+          <xsl:with-param name="f" select="ancestor::erlref/module"/>
+          <xsl:with-param name="n" select="$fname"/>
+          <xsl:with-param name="a" select="$arity"/>
+	  <xsl:with-param name="s">unknown type variable <xsl:value-of select="$variable"/>
+          </xsl:with-param>
+	</xsl:call-template>
+      </xsl:if>
+
       <xsl:call-template name="subtype">
-	<xsl:with-param name="subtype" select="$guard/subtype"/>
-	<xsl:with-param name="type_desc" select="$type_desc"/>
+        <xsl:with-param name="subtype" select="$subtype"/>
+        <xsl:with-param name="type_desc" select="$type_desc"/>
+        <xsl:with-param name="local_types" select="$local_types"/>
+        <xsl:with-param name="global_types" select="$global_types"/>
       </xsl:call-template>
-    </div>
+    </xsl:for-each>
   </xsl:template>
 
   <xsl:template name="subtype">
     <xsl:param name="subtype"/>
     <xsl:param name="type_desc"/>
+    <xsl:param name="local_types"/>
+    <xsl:param name="global_types"/>
+
     <xsl:for-each select="$subtype">
       <xsl:variable name="tname" select="typename"/>
-      <xsl:variable name="tdesc" select="$type_desc[@name = $tname]"/>
       <div class="REFTYPES">
 	<span class="bold_code">
-	  <xsl:apply-templates select="string"/>
+	  <xsl:apply-templates select="string" mode="local_type">
+	    <xsl:with-param name="local_types" select="$local_types"/>
+	    <xsl:with-param name="global_types" select="$global_types"/>
+	  </xsl:apply-templates>
 	</span>
       </div>
-      <xsl:apply-templates select="$type_desc[@name = $tname]"/>
+      <xsl:apply-templates select="$type_desc[@variable = $tname]"/>
+    </xsl:for-each>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <xsl:template name="local_type">
+    <xsl:param name="type_desc"/>
+    <xsl:param name="local_types"/>
+    <xsl:param name="global_types"/>
+
+    <xsl:for-each select="$local_types">
+      <div class="REFTYPES">
+	<xsl:call-template name="type_name">
+	  <xsl:with-param name="mode" select="'local_type'"/>
+	  <xsl:with-param name="local_types" select="$local_types"/>
+	  <xsl:with-param name="global_types" select="$global_types"/>
+	</xsl:call-template>
+      </div>
+      <xsl:variable name="tname" select="@name"/>
+      <xsl:variable name="tnvars" select="@n_vars"/>
+      <xsl:apply-templates select=
+	 "$type_desc[@name = $tname
+		     and (@n_vars = $tnvars
+			  or string-length(@n_vars) = 0 and
+			     string-length($tnvars) = 0)]"/>
     </xsl:for-each>
   </xsl:template>
 
@@ -193,130 +322,175 @@
     <xsl:apply-templates select="desc"/>
   </xsl:template>
 
-  <xsl:template match="typehead">
-    <span class="bold_code">
-      <xsl:apply-templates/>
-    </span><br/>
-  </xsl:template>
-
-  <!-- local_defs -->
-  <xsl:template match="local_defs">
-    <div class="REFBODY">
-      <xsl:apply-templates>
-      </xsl:apply-templates>
-    </div>
-  </xsl:template>
-
-  <xsl:template match="local_def">
-    <div class="REFTYPES">
-      <span class="bold_code">
-        <xsl:apply-templates/>
-      </span>
-    </div>
-  </xsl:template>
+  <!-- The "mode" attribute of apply has been used to separate the case
+       when datatypes are copied into specifications' subtypes.
+       A local type has no anchor. There are no links to local types
+       from local types or guards/head of the same specification.
+  -->
 
   <xsl:template name="type_name">
+    <xsl:param name="mode"/> <!-- '' if <datatype> -->
+    <xsl:param name="local_types" select="/.."/>
+    <xsl:param name="global_types" select="/.."/>
     <xsl:variable name="curModule" select="ancestor::erlref/module"/>
     <xsl:variable name="mod" select="@mod"/>
     <xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="n_vars">
-      <xsl:choose>
-	<xsl:when test="string-length(@n_vars) > 0">
-	  <xsl:value-of select="@n_vars"/>
-	</xsl:when>
-	<xsl:otherwise>
-          <xsl:value-of select="0"/>
-	</xsl:otherwise>
-      </xsl:choose>
-    </xsl:variable>
+    <xsl:variable name="n_vars" select="@n_vars"/>
 
     <xsl:choose>
       <xsl:when test="string-length($name) > 0">
 	<xsl:variable name="type" select=
 	    "$i/specs/module[@name=$curModule]/type
-		 [name=$name and n_vars=$n_vars
+		 [name=$name
+		  and (string-length($n_vars) = 0 or n_vars = $n_vars)
 		  and (string-length($mod) = 0 or module = $mod)]"/>
 
 	<xsl:if test="count($type) != 1">
+	  <xsl:variable name="why">
+	    <xsl:choose>
+	      <xsl:when test="count($type) > 1">ambiguous type</xsl:when>
+	      <xsl:when test="count($type) = 0">unknown type</xsl:when>
+	    </xsl:choose>
+	  </xsl:variable>
 	  <xsl:call-template name="err">
+	    <xsl:with-param name="f" select="$curModule"/>
 	    <xsl:with-param name="m" select="$mod"/>
 	    <xsl:with-param name="n" select="$name"/>
 	    <xsl:with-param name="a" select="$n_vars"/>
-	    <xsl:with-param name="s">unknown type</xsl:with-param>
+	    <xsl:with-param name="s" select="$why"/>
 	  </xsl:call-template>
 	</xsl:if>
-	<xsl:apply-templates select="$type/typedecl"/>
+	<xsl:choose>
+	  <xsl:when test="$mode = ''">
+	    <xsl:apply-templates select="$type/typedecl"/>
+	  </xsl:when>
+	  <xsl:when test="$mode = 'local_type'">
+	    <xsl:apply-templates select="$type/typedecl" mode="local_type">
+	      <xsl:with-param name="local_types" select="$local_types"/>
+	      <xsl:with-param name="global_types" select="$global_types"/>
+	    </xsl:apply-templates>
+	  </xsl:when>
+	</xsl:choose>
       </xsl:when>
-      <xsl:otherwise>
+      <xsl:otherwise> <!-- <datatype> with <name> -->
 	<span class="bold_code">
-	  <xsl:value-of select="."/>
+          <xsl:apply-templates/>
 	</span>
       </xsl:otherwise>
     </xsl:choose>
   </xsl:template>
 
+  <xsl:template match="typehead">
+    <span class="bold_code">
+      <xsl:apply-templates/>
+    </span><br/>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <xsl:template match="typehead" mode="local_type">
+    <xsl:param name="local_types"/>
+    <xsl:param name="global_types"/>
+    <span class="bold_code">
+    <xsl:apply-templates mode="local_type">
+      <xsl:with-param name="local_types" select="$local_types"/>
+      <xsl:with-param name="global_types" select="$global_types"/>
+    </xsl:apply-templates>
+    </span><br/>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <!-- Not used right now -->
+  <!-- local_defs -->
+  <xsl:template match="local_defs">
+    <div class="REFBODY">
+      <xsl:apply-templates>
+      </xsl:apply-templates>
+    </div>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <!-- Not used right now -->
+  <xsl:template match="local_def">
+    <div class="REFTYPES">
+      <span class="bold_code">
+        <xsl:apply-templates/>
+      </span>
+    </div>
+  </xsl:template>
+
   <!-- Used both in <datatype> and in <func>! -->
   <xsl:template match="anno">
     <xsl:variable name="curModule" select="ancestor::erlref/module"/>
     <xsl:variable name="anno" select="normalize-space(text())"/>
     <xsl:variable name="namespec"
-                  select="ancestor::desc/preceding-sibling::name"/>
+                  select="ancestor::type_desc/preceding-sibling::name
+                          | ancestor::desc/preceding-sibling::name"/>
     <xsl:if test="count($namespec) = 0 and string-length($specs_file) > 0">
       <xsl:call-template name="err">
-	<xsl:with-param name="s">cannot find 'name' (<xsl:value-of select="$anno"/>)
+        <xsl:with-param name="f" select="$curModule"/>
+	<xsl:with-param name="s">cannot find tag 'name' (anno <xsl:value-of select="$anno"/>)
 	</xsl:with-param>
       </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:if>
 
-    <xsl:variable name="mod" select="$namespec/@mod"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="name" select="$namespec/@name"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="arity" select="$namespec/@arity"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="clause" select="$namespec/@clause"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="tmp_n_vars" select="$namespec/@n_vars"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="n_vars">
-      <xsl:choose>
-	<xsl:when test="string-length($tmp_n_vars) > 0">
-	  <xsl:value-of select="$tmp_n_vars"/>
-	</xsl:when>
-	<xsl:otherwise>
-          <xsl:value-of select="0"/>
-	</xsl:otherwise>
-      </xsl:choose>
+    <!-- Search "local types" as well -->
+    <xsl:variable name="local_types"
+                select="ancestor::desc/preceding-sibling::type
+	                       [string-length(@name) > 0]"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="has_anno_in_local_type">
+      <xsl:for-each select="$local_types">
+	<xsl:call-template name="anno_name">
+	  <xsl:with-param name="curModule" select="$curModule"/>
+	  <xsl:with-param name="anno" select="$anno"/>
+	</xsl:call-template>
+      </xsl:for-each>
+    </xsl:variable>
+
+    <xsl:variable name="has_anno">
+      <xsl:for-each select="$namespec">
+	<xsl:call-template name="anno_name">
+	  <xsl:with-param name="curModule" select="$curModule"/>
+	  <xsl:with-param name="anno" select="$anno"/>
+	</xsl:call-template>
+      </xsl:for-each>
     </xsl:variable>
+
+    <xsl:if test="$has_anno = '' and $has_anno_in_local_type = ''">
+      <xsl:call-template name="err">
+        <xsl:with-param name="f" select="$curModule"/>
+	<xsl:with-param name="m" select="$namespec/@mod"/>
+	<xsl:with-param name="n" select="$namespec/@name"/>
+	<xsl:with-param name="a" select="'-'"/>
+	<xsl:with-param name="s">unknown annotation <xsl:value-of select="$anno"/>
+	</xsl:with-param>
+      </xsl:call-template>
+    </xsl:if>
+    <xsl:value-of select="$anno"/>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <xsl:template name="anno_name">
+    <xsl:param name="curModule"/>
+    <xsl:param name="anno"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="mod" select="@mod"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="arity" select="@arity"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="n_vars" select="@n_vars"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="clause_i" select="@clause_i"/>
+
     <xsl:variable name="spec0" select=
         "$i/specs/module[@name=$curModule]/spec
              [name=$name and arity=$arity
               and (string-length($mod) = 0 or module = $mod)]"/>
     <xsl:variable name="spec_annos" select=
-         "$spec0[string-length($clause) = 0
-                 or position() = $clause]/anno[.=$anno]"/>
+         "$spec0[string-length($clause_i) = 0
+                 or position() = $clause_i]/anno[.=$anno]"/>
     <xsl:variable name="type_annos" select=
         "$i/specs/module[@name=$curModule]/type
-             [name=$name and n_vars=$n_vars
+             [name=$name
+              and (string-length($n_vars) = 0 or n_vars=$n_vars)
               and (string-length($mod) = 0 or module = $mod)]/anno[.=$anno]"/>
-
-    <xsl:if test="count($spec_annos) = 0
-                  and count($type_annos) = 0
-	          and string-length($specs_file) > 0">
-      <xsl:variable name="n">
-        <xsl:choose>
-          <xsl:when test="string-length($arity) = 0">
-            <xsl:value-of select="$n_vars"/>
-          </xsl:when>
-          <xsl:otherwise>
-            <xsl:value-of select="$arity"/>
-          </xsl:otherwise>
-        </xsl:choose>
-      </xsl:variable>
-      <xsl:call-template name="err">
-	<xsl:with-param name="m" select="$mod"/>
-	<xsl:with-param name="n" select="$name"/>
-	<xsl:with-param name="a" select="$n"/>
-	<xsl:with-param name="s">unknown annotation <xsl:value-of select="$anno"/>
-	</xsl:with-param>
-      </xsl:call-template>
+    <xsl:if test="count($spec_annos) != 0
+                  or count($type_annos) != 0
+                  or string-length($specs_file) = 0">
+      <xsl:value-of select="true()"/>
     </xsl:if>
-    <xsl:value-of select="$anno"/>
   </xsl:template>
 
   <!-- Used for indentation of formatted types and specs -->
@@ -324,6 +498,50 @@
     <xsl:text>&#160;</xsl:text>
   </xsl:template>
 
+  <xsl:template match="nbsp" mode="local_type">
+    <xsl:apply-templates select="."/>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <xsl:template match="br" mode="local_type">
+    <xsl:apply-templates select="."/>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <xsl:template match="marker" mode="local_type">
+    <xsl:param name="local_types"/>
+    <xsl:param name="global_types"/>
+    <!-- Craete no anchor -->
+    <!-- It would be possible to create a link to the global type
+         (if there is one), but that would mean even more code...
+    -->
+    <xsl:apply-templates/>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <!-- Does not look at @n_vars -->
+  <xsl:template match="seealso" mode="local_type">
+    <xsl:param name="local_types"/>
+    <xsl:param name="global_types"/>
+
+    <xsl:variable name="filepart"><xsl:value-of select="substring-before(@marker, '#')"/></xsl:variable>
+    <xsl:variable name="linkpart"><xsl:value-of select="translate(substring-after(@marker, '#'), '/', '-')"/></xsl:variable>
+
+    <xsl:choose>
+      <xsl:when test="string-length($filepart) > 0">
+        <xsl:call-template name="seealso"/>
+      </xsl:when>
+      <xsl:when test="count($local_types[concat('type-', @name) = $linkpart]) = 0">
+        <xsl:call-template name="seealso"/>
+      </xsl:when>
+      <xsl:when test="count($global_types/datatype/name[concat('type-', @name) = $linkpart]) > 0">
+        <!-- The type is both local and global; link to the global type -->
+        <xsl:call-template name="seealso"/>
+      </xsl:when>
+      <xsl:otherwise>
+	<!-- No link to local type -->
+        <xsl:apply-templates/>
+      </xsl:otherwise>
+    </xsl:choose>
+  </xsl:template>
+
   <!-- End of Dialyzer type/spec tags -->
 
   <!-- Page layout -->
@@ -1178,14 +1396,7 @@
             <xsl:choose>
               <xsl:when test="string-length(@arity) > 0">
                 <!-- Dialyzer spec -->
-                <xsl:choose>
-                  <xsl:when test="string-length(@clause) > 0">
-                    <xsl:value-of select="@arity"/>/<xsl:value-of select="@clause"/>
-                  </xsl:when>
-                  <xsl:otherwise>
-                    <xsl:value-of select="@arity"/>
-                  </xsl:otherwise>
-                </xsl:choose>
+                <xsl:value-of select="@arity"/>
               </xsl:when>
               <xsl:otherwise>
 		<xsl:call-template name="calc-arity">
@@ -1221,11 +1432,19 @@
             </xsl:choose>
           </xsl:variable>
 
-          <li title="{$fname}-{$arity}">
-            <a href="{$basename}.html#{$fname}-{$arity}">
-              <xsl:value-of select="$fname"/>/<xsl:value-of select="$arity"/>
-            </a>
-          </li>
+	  <xsl:choose>
+	    <xsl:when test="preceding-sibling::name[position() = 1
+                            and @name = $fname and @arity = $arity]">
+              <!-- Skip. Only works for Dialyzer specs. -->
+	    </xsl:when>
+	    <xsl:otherwise>
+	      <li title="{$fname}-{$arity}">
+		<a href="{$basename}.html#{$fname}-{$arity}">
+		  <xsl:value-of select="$fname"/>/<xsl:value-of select="$arity"/>
+		</a>
+	      </li>
+	    </xsl:otherwise>
+	  </xsl:choose>
         </xsl:when>
       </xsl:choose>
 
@@ -1470,7 +1689,10 @@
   <xsl:template match="func">
     <xsl:param name="partnum"/>
 
-    <p><xsl:apply-templates select="name"/></p>
+    <p><xsl:apply-templates select="name"/>
+       <xsl:apply-templates
+           select="name[string-length(@arity) > 0 and position()=last()]"
+           mode="types"/></p>
 
     <xsl:apply-templates select="fsummary|type|desc">
       <xsl:with-param name="partnum" select="$partnum"/>
@@ -1478,7 +1700,6 @@
 
   </xsl:template>
 
-
   <xsl:template match="name">
     <xsl:choose>
       <!-- @arity is mandatory when referring to a specification -->
@@ -1488,6 +1709,11 @@
       <xsl:when test="ancestor::datatype">
         <xsl:call-template name="type_name"/>
       </xsl:when>
+      <xsl:when test="string-length(text()) = 0 and ancestor::erlref">
+	<xsl:message terminate="yes">
+          Error <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>: arity is mandatory when referring to specifications!
+	</xsl:message>
+      </xsl:when>
       <xsl:otherwise>
         <xsl:call-template name="name"/>
       </xsl:otherwise>
@@ -1556,12 +1782,17 @@
   <xsl:template match="type">
     <xsl:param name="partnum"/>
 
-    <div class="REFBODY"><p>Types:</p>
+    <!-- The case where @name != 0 is taken care of in "type_name" -->
+    <xsl:if test="string-length(@name) = 0 and string-length(@variable) = 0">
 
-      <xsl:apply-templates>
-        <xsl:with-param name="partnum" select="$partnum"/>
-      </xsl:apply-templates>
-    </div>
+      <div class="REFBODY"><p>Types:</p>
+
+	<xsl:apply-templates>
+	  <xsl:with-param name="partnum" select="$partnum"/>
+	</xsl:apply-templates>
+      </div>
+
+    </xsl:if>
 
   </xsl:template>
 
@@ -1612,7 +1843,10 @@
   </xsl:template>
 
   <xsl:template match="seealso">
+     <xsl:call-template name="seealso"/>
+  </xsl:template>
 
+  <xsl:template name="seealso">
     <xsl:variable name="filepart"><xsl:value-of select="substring-before(@marker, '#')"/></xsl:variable>
     <xsl:variable name="linkpart"><xsl:value-of select="translate(substring-after(@marker, '#'), '/', '-')"/></xsl:variable>
 
@@ -1633,16 +1867,16 @@
 		<xsl:variable name="app"
                               select="$m2a/mod2app/module[@name=$filepart]"/>
                 -->
-                <xsl:variable name="reftext" select="text()"/>
+                <xsl:variable name="this" select="."/>
                 <xsl:for-each select="$m2a">
                   <xsl:variable name="app" select="key('mod2app', $filepart)"/>
 		  <xsl:choose>
 		    <xsl:when test="string-length($app) > 0">
-		      <span class="bold_code"><a href="javascript:erlhref('{$topdocdir}/../','{$app}','{$filepart}.html');"><xsl:value-of select="$reftext"/></a></span>
+		      <span class="bold_code"><a href="javascript:erlhref('{$topdocdir}/../','{$app}','{$filepart}.html#{$linkpart}');"><xsl:value-of select="$this"/></a></span>
 		    </xsl:when>
 		    <xsl:otherwise>
 		      <!-- Unknown application; no link -->
-		      <xsl:value-of select="$reftext"/>
+		      <xsl:value-of select="$this"/>
 		    </xsl:otherwise>
 		  </xsl:choose>
                 </xsl:for-each>
diff --git a/lib/erl_docgen/priv/xsl/db_man.xsl b/lib/erl_docgen/priv/xsl/db_man.xsl
index 2a8fb9fe3e..25b62f68c5 100644
--- a/lib/erl_docgen/priv/xsl/db_man.xsl
+++ b/lib/erl_docgen/priv/xsl/db_man.xsl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
      #
      # %CopyrightBegin%
      #
-     # Copyright Ericsson AB 2009-2010. All Rights Reserved.
+     # Copyright Ericsson AB 2009-2011. All Rights Reserved.
      #
      # The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
      # Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
@@ -21,13 +21,16 @@
      -->
 
 <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
-  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
+  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+  xmlns:exsl="http://exslt.org/common"
+  extension-element-prefixes="exsl">
 
   <xsl:preserve-space elements="code pre"/>
   <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
   <xsl:output method="text" encoding="UTF-8" indent="no"/>
 
-  <!-- Start of Dialyzer type/spec tags. See also the template matching "name"
+  <!-- Start of Dialyzer type/spec tags. See also the templates
+        matching "name" and "seealso"
   -->
 
   <!-- Note: specs data for *one* module (as opposed to html and pdf) -->
@@ -35,38 +38,58 @@
   <xsl:variable name="i" select="document($specs_file)"></xsl:variable>
 
   <xsl:template name="err">
+    <xsl:param name="f"/>
     <xsl:param name="m"/>
     <xsl:param name="n"/>
     <xsl:param name="a"/>
     <xsl:param name="s"/>
     <xsl:message terminate="yes">
-  Error <xsl:if test="$m != ''"><xsl:value-of select ="$m"/>:</xsl:if>
-	 <xsl:value-of
-		   select="$n"/>/<xsl:value-of
-		   select="$a"/>: <xsl:value-of select="$s"/>
+  Error <xsl:if test="$f != ''">in <xsl:value-of select ="$f"/>:</xsl:if>
+        <xsl:if test="$m != ''"><xsl:value-of select ="$m"/>:</xsl:if>
+        <xsl:value-of select="$n"/>
+        <xsl:if test="$a != ''">/<xsl:value-of
+             select ="$a"/></xsl:if>: <xsl:value-of select="$s"/>
     </xsl:message>
   </xsl:template>
 
-  <xsl:template name="spec_name">
+  <xsl:template name="find_spec">
     <xsl:variable name="curModule" select="ancestor::erlref/module"/>
     <xsl:variable name="mod" select="@mod"/>
     <xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
     <xsl:variable name="arity" select="@arity"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="clause" select="@clause"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="clause_i" select="@clause_i"/>
     <xsl:variable name="spec0" select=
         "$i/module[@name=$curModule]/spec
              [name=$name and arity=$arity
               and (string-length($mod) = 0 or module = $mod)]"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="spec" select="$spec0[string-length($clause) = 0
-                                             or position() = $clause]"/>
-    <xsl:if test="count($spec) = 0">
+    <xsl:variable name="spec" select="$spec0[string-length($clause_i) = 0
+                                             or position() = $clause_i]"/>
+
+    <xsl:if test="count($spec) != 1">
+      <xsl:variable name="why">
+        <xsl:choose>
+          <xsl:when test="count($spec) > 1">ambiguous spec</xsl:when>
+          <xsl:when test="count($spec) = 0">unknown spec</xsl:when>
+        </xsl:choose>
+      </xsl:variable>
       <xsl:call-template name="err">
+        <xsl:with-param name="f" select="$curModule"/>
 	<xsl:with-param name="m" select="$mod"/>
 	<xsl:with-param name="n" select="$name"/>
 	<xsl:with-param name="a" select="$arity"/>
-	<xsl:with-param name="s">unknown spec</xsl:with-param>
+        <xsl:with-param name="s" select="$why"/>
       </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:if>
+    <xsl:copy-of select="$spec"/>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <xsl:template name="spec_name">
+    <xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="arity" select="@arity"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="spec0">
+      <xsl:call-template name="find_spec"/>
+    </xsl:variable>
+    <xsl:variable name="spec" select="exsl:node-set($spec0)/spec"/>
 
     <xsl:choose>
       <xsl:when test="ancestor::cref">
@@ -75,42 +98,12 @@
 	</xsl:message>
       </xsl:when>
       <xsl:when test="ancestor::erlref">
-	<xsl:choose>
-	  <xsl:when test="string(@with_guards) = 'no'">
-	     <xsl:apply-templates select="$spec/contract/clause/head"/>
-	  </xsl:when>
-	  <xsl:otherwise>
-            <xsl:call-template name="contract">
-              <xsl:with-param name="contract" select="$spec/contract"/>
-            </xsl:call-template>
-	  </xsl:otherwise>
-	</xsl:choose>
+	<xsl:apply-templates select="$spec/contract/clause/head"/>
         <xsl:text>&#10;.br</xsl:text>
       </xsl:when>
     </xsl:choose>
   </xsl:template>
 
-  <xsl:template name="contract">
-    <xsl:param name="contract"/>
-    <xsl:call-template name="clause">
-      <xsl:with-param name="clause" select="$contract/clause"/>
-    </xsl:call-template>
-  </xsl:template>
-
-  <xsl:template name="clause">
-    <xsl:param name="clause"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="type_desc" select="../type_desc"/>
-    <xsl:for-each select="$clause">
-      <xsl:apply-templates select="head"/>
-      <xsl:if test="count(guard) > 0">
-	<xsl:call-template name="guard">
-	  <xsl:with-param name="guard" select="guard"/>
-	  <xsl:with-param name="type_desc" select="$type_desc"/>
-	</xsl:call-template>
-      </xsl:if>
-    </xsl:for-each>
-  </xsl:template>
-
   <xsl:template match="head">
     <xsl:text>&#10;.nf&#10;</xsl:text>
     <xsl:text>&#10;.B&#10;</xsl:text>
@@ -119,29 +112,141 @@
     <xsl:text>&#10;.fi</xsl:text>
   </xsl:template>
 
-  <xsl:template name="guard">
-    <xsl:param name="guard"/>
+  <!-- The *last* <name name="..." arity=".."/> -->
+  <xsl:template match="name" mode="types">
+    <xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="arity" select="@arity"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="spec0">
+      <xsl:call-template name="find_spec"/>
+    </xsl:variable>
+    <xsl:variable name="spec" select="exsl:node-set($spec0)/spec"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="clause" select="$spec/contract/clause"/>
+
+    <xsl:variable name="type_desc" select="../type_desc"/>
+    <!-- $type is data types to be presented as guards ("local types") -->
+    <xsl:variable name="type"
+                  select="../type[string-length(@name) > 0
+                                  or string-length(@variable) > 0]"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="type_variables"
+                  select ="$type[string-length(@variable) > 0]"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="local_types"
+                  select ="$type[string-length(@name) > 0]"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="output_subtypes" select="count($type_variables) = 0"/>
+
+    <!-- It is assumed there is no support for overloaded specs
+         (there is no spec with more than one clause) -->
+    <xsl:if test="count($clause/guard) > 0 or count($type) > 0">
+      <xsl:text>&#10;.RS</xsl:text>
+      <xsl:text>&#10;.TP</xsl:text>
+      <xsl:text>&#10;Types</xsl:text>
+
+        <xsl:choose>
+          <xsl:when test="$output_subtypes">
+            <xsl:call-template name="subtype">
+              <xsl:with-param name="subtype" select="$clause/guard/subtype"/>
+              <xsl:with-param name="type_desc" select="$type_desc"/>
+              <xsl:with-param name="local_types" select="$local_types"/>
+            </xsl:call-template>
+          </xsl:when>
+          <xsl:otherwise>
+            <xsl:call-template name="type_variables">
+              <xsl:with-param name="type_variables" select="$type_variables"/>
+              <xsl:with-param name="type_desc" select="$type_desc"/>
+              <xsl:with-param name="local_types" select="$local_types"/>
+	      <xsl:with-param name="fname" select="$name"/>
+	      <xsl:with-param name="arity" select="$arity"/>
+            </xsl:call-template>
+
+          </xsl:otherwise>
+        </xsl:choose>
+
+        <xsl:call-template name="local_type">
+          <xsl:with-param name="type_desc" select="$type_desc"/>
+          <xsl:with-param name="local_types" select="$local_types"/>
+        </xsl:call-template>
+      <xsl:text>&#10;.RE</xsl:text>
+
+    </xsl:if>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <!-- Handle <type variable="..." name_i="..."/> -->
+  <xsl:template name="type_variables">
+    <xsl:param name="type_variables"/>
     <xsl:param name="type_desc"/>
-    <xsl:text>&#10;.RS</xsl:text>
-    <xsl:text>&#10;.TP</xsl:text>
-    <xsl:text>&#10;Types</xsl:text>
-    <xsl:call-template name="subtype">
-      <xsl:with-param name="subtype" select="$guard/subtype"/>
-      <xsl:with-param name="type_desc" select="$type_desc"/>
-    </xsl:call-template>
-    <xsl:text>&#10;.RE</xsl:text>
+    <xsl:param name="local_types"/>
+    <xsl:param name="fname"/>
+    <xsl:param name="arity"/>
+
+    <xsl:variable name="names" select="../name[string-length(@arity) > 0]"/>
+    <xsl:for-each select="$type_variables">
+      <xsl:variable name="name_i">
+	<xsl:choose>
+          <xsl:when test="string-length(@name_i) > 0">
+	    <xsl:value-of select="@name_i"/>
+	  </xsl:when>
+	  <xsl:otherwise>
+	    <xsl:value-of select="count($names)"/>
+	  </xsl:otherwise>
+	</xsl:choose>
+      </xsl:variable>
+      <xsl:variable name="spec0">
+        <xsl:for-each select="$names[position() = $name_i]">
+          <xsl:call-template name="find_spec"/>
+        </xsl:for-each>
+      </xsl:variable>
+      <xsl:variable name="spec" select="exsl:node-set($spec0)/spec"/>
+      <xsl:variable name="clause" select="$spec/contract/clause"/>
+      <xsl:variable name="variable" select="@variable"/>
+      <xsl:variable name="subtype"
+                    select="$clause/guard/subtype[typename = $variable]"/>
+
+      <xsl:if test="count($subtype) = 0">
+	<xsl:call-template name="err">
+          <xsl:with-param name="f" select="ancestor::erlref/module"/>
+          <xsl:with-param name="n" select="$fname"/>
+          <xsl:with-param name="a" select="$arity"/>
+	  <xsl:with-param name="s">unknown type variable <xsl:value-of select="$variable"/>
+          </xsl:with-param>
+	</xsl:call-template>
+      </xsl:if>
+
+      <xsl:call-template name="subtype">
+        <xsl:with-param name="subtype" select="$subtype"/>
+        <xsl:with-param name="type_desc" select="$type_desc"/>
+      </xsl:call-template>
+    </xsl:for-each>
   </xsl:template>
 
   <xsl:template name="subtype">
     <xsl:param name="subtype"/>
     <xsl:param name="type_desc"/>
+
     <xsl:for-each select="$subtype">
       <xsl:variable name="tname" select="typename"/>
-      <xsl:variable name="tdesc" select="$type_desc[@name = $tname]"/>
-        <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
-        <xsl:apply-templates select="string"/>
-        <xsl:text>&#10;.br</xsl:text>
-      <xsl:apply-templates select="$type_desc[@name = $tname]"/>
+      <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
+      <xsl:apply-templates select="string"/>
+      <xsl:text>&#10;.br</xsl:text>
+      <xsl:apply-templates select="$type_desc[@variable = $tname]"/>
+    </xsl:for-each>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <xsl:template name="local_type">
+    <xsl:param name="type_desc"/>
+    <xsl:param name="local_types"/>
+
+    <xsl:for-each select ="$local_types">
+      <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
+      <xsl:call-template name="type_name">
+	<xsl:with-param name="mode" select="'local_type'"/>
+      </xsl:call-template>
+      <xsl:text>&#10;.br</xsl:text>
+      <xsl:variable name="tname" select="@name"/>
+      <xsl:variable name="tnvars" select="@n_vars"/>
+      <xsl:apply-templates select=
+	 "$type_desc[@name = $tname
+		     and (@n_vars = $tnvars
+			  or string-length(@n_vars) = 0 and
+			     string-length($tnvars) = 0)]"/>
     </xsl:for-each>
   </xsl:template>
 
@@ -164,59 +269,46 @@
     <xsl:apply-templates/>
   </xsl:template>
 
-  <xsl:template match="typehead">
-    <xsl:text>&#10;.nf&#10;</xsl:text>
-    <xsl:text>&#10;.B&#10;</xsl:text>
-    <xsl:apply-templates/>
-    <xsl:text>&#10;.br</xsl:text>
-    <xsl:text>&#10;.fi</xsl:text>
-  </xsl:template>
-
-  <xsl:template match="local_defs">
-    <xsl:text>&#10;.RS</xsl:text>
-    <xsl:apply-templates/>
-    <xsl:text>&#10;.RE</xsl:text>
-  </xsl:template>
-
-  <xsl:template match="local_def">
-    <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
-    <xsl:apply-templates/>
-    <xsl:text>&#10;.br</xsl:text>
-  </xsl:template>
-
   <xsl:template name="type_name">
+    <xsl:param name="mode"/> <!-- '' if <datatype> -->
     <xsl:variable name="curModule" select="ancestor::erlref/module"/>
     <xsl:variable name="mod" select="@mod"/>
     <xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="n_vars">
-      <xsl:choose>
-	<xsl:when test="string-length(@n_vars) > 0">
-	  <xsl:value-of select="@n_vars"/>
-	</xsl:when>
-	<xsl:otherwise>
-          <xsl:value-of select="0"/>
-	</xsl:otherwise>
-      </xsl:choose>
-    </xsl:variable>
+    <xsl:variable name="n_vars" select="@n_vars"/>
 
     <xsl:choose>
       <xsl:when test="string-length($name) > 0">
 	<xsl:variable name="type" select=
 	    "$i/module[@name=$curModule]/type
-		 [name=$name and n_vars=$n_vars
+		 [name=$name
+		  and (string-length($n_vars) = 0 or n_vars = $n_vars)
 		  and (string-length($mod) = 0 or module = $mod)]"/>
 
 	<xsl:if test="count($type) != 1">
+	  <xsl:variable name="why">
+	    <xsl:choose>
+	      <xsl:when test="count($type) > 1">ambiguous type</xsl:when>
+	      <xsl:when test="count($type) = 0">unknown type</xsl:when>
+	    </xsl:choose>
+	  </xsl:variable>
 	  <xsl:call-template name="err">
+	    <xsl:with-param name="f" select="$curModule"/>
 	    <xsl:with-param name="m" select="$mod"/>
 	    <xsl:with-param name="n" select="$name"/>
 	    <xsl:with-param name="a" select="$n_vars"/>
-	    <xsl:with-param name="s">unknown type</xsl:with-param>
+	    <xsl:with-param name="s" select="$why"/>
 	  </xsl:call-template>
 	</xsl:if>
-	<xsl:apply-templates select="$type/typedecl"/>
+	<xsl:choose>
+	  <xsl:when test="$mode = ''">
+	    <xsl:apply-templates select="$type/typedecl"/>
+	  </xsl:when>
+	  <xsl:when test="$mode = 'local_type'">
+	    <xsl:apply-templates select="$type/typedecl" mode="local_type"/>
+	  </xsl:when>
+	</xsl:choose>
       </xsl:when>
-      <xsl:otherwise>
+      <xsl:otherwise> <!-- <datatype> with <name> -->
         <xsl:text>&#10;.nf&#10;</xsl:text>
         <xsl:text>&#10;.B&#10;</xsl:text>
         <xsl:apply-templates/>
@@ -226,68 +318,109 @@
     </xsl:choose>
   </xsl:template>
 
+  <xsl:template match="typehead">
+    <xsl:text>&#10;.nf&#10;</xsl:text>
+    <xsl:text>&#10;.B&#10;</xsl:text>
+    <xsl:apply-templates/>
+    <xsl:text>&#10;.br</xsl:text>
+    <xsl:text>&#10;.fi</xsl:text>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <xsl:template match="typehead" mode="local_type">
+    <xsl:text>.nf&#10;</xsl:text>
+    <xsl:apply-templates/>
+    <xsl:text>&#10;.fi</xsl:text>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <!-- Not used right now -->
+  <xsl:template match="local_defs">
+    <xsl:text>&#10;.RS</xsl:text>
+    <xsl:apply-templates/>
+    <xsl:text>&#10;.RE</xsl:text>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <xsl:template match="local_def">
+    <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
+    <xsl:apply-templates/>
+    <xsl:text>&#10;.br</xsl:text>
+  </xsl:template>
+
   <!-- Used both in <datatype> and in <func>! -->
   <xsl:template match="anno">
     <xsl:variable name="curModule" select="ancestor::erlref/module"/>
     <xsl:variable name="anno" select="normalize-space(text())"/>
     <xsl:variable name="namespec"
-                  select="ancestor::desc/preceding-sibling::name"/>
+                  select="ancestor::type_desc/preceding-sibling::name
+                          | ancestor::desc/preceding-sibling::name"/>
     <xsl:if test="count($namespec) = 0 and string-length($specs_file) > 0">
       <xsl:call-template name="err">
-	<xsl:with-param name="s">cannot find 'name' (<xsl:value-of select="$anno"/>)
+        <xsl:with-param name="f" select="$curModule"/>
+	<xsl:with-param name="s">cannot find tag 'name' (anno <xsl:value-of select="$anno"/>)
 	</xsl:with-param>
       </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:if>
 
-    <xsl:variable name="mod" select="$namespec/@mod"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="name" select="$namespec/@name"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="arity" select="$namespec/@arity"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="clause" select="$namespec/@clause"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="tmp_n_vars" select="$namespec/@n_vars"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="n_vars">
-      <xsl:choose>
-	<xsl:when test="string-length($tmp_n_vars) > 0">
-	  <xsl:value-of select="$tmp_n_vars"/>
-	</xsl:when>
-	<xsl:otherwise>
-          <xsl:value-of select="0"/>
-	</xsl:otherwise>
-      </xsl:choose>
+    <!-- Search "local types" as well -->
+    <xsl:variable name="local_types"
+                select="ancestor::desc/preceding-sibling::type
+	                       [string-length(@name) > 0]"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="has_anno_in_local_type">
+      <xsl:for-each select="$local_types">
+	<xsl:call-template name="anno_name">
+	  <xsl:with-param name="curModule" select="$curModule"/>
+	  <xsl:with-param name="anno" select="$anno"/>
+	</xsl:call-template>
+      </xsl:for-each>
+    </xsl:variable>
+
+    <xsl:variable name="has_anno">
+      <xsl:for-each select="$namespec">
+	<xsl:call-template name="anno_name">
+	  <xsl:with-param name="curModule" select="$curModule"/>
+	  <xsl:with-param name="anno" select="$anno"/>
+	</xsl:call-template>
+      </xsl:for-each>
     </xsl:variable>
+
+    <xsl:if test="$has_anno = '' and $has_anno_in_local_type = ''">
+      <xsl:call-template name="err">
+        <xsl:with-param name="f" select="$curModule"/>
+	<xsl:with-param name="m" select="$namespec/@mod"/>
+	<xsl:with-param name="n" select="$namespec/@name"/>
+	<xsl:with-param name="a" select="'-'"/>
+	<xsl:with-param name="s">unknown annotation <xsl:value-of select="$anno"/>
+	</xsl:with-param>
+      </xsl:call-template>
+    </xsl:if>
+    <xsl:value-of select="$anno"/>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <xsl:template name="anno_name">
+    <xsl:param name="curModule"/>
+    <xsl:param name="anno"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="mod" select="@mod"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="arity" select="@arity"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="n_vars" select="@n_vars"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="clause_i" select="@clause_i"/>
+
     <xsl:variable name="spec0" select=
         "$i/module[@name=$curModule]/spec
              [name=$name and arity=$arity
               and (string-length($mod) = 0 or module = $mod)]"/>
     <xsl:variable name="spec_annos" select=
-         "$spec0[string-length($clause) = 0
-                 or position() = $clause]/anno[.=$anno]"/>
+         "$spec0[string-length($clause_i) = 0
+                 or position() = $clause_i]/anno[.=$anno]"/>
     <xsl:variable name="type_annos" select=
         "$i/module[@name=$curModule]/type
-             [name=$name and n_vars=$n_vars
+             [name=$name
+              and (string-length($n_vars) = 0 or n_vars=$n_vars)
               and (string-length($mod) = 0 or module = $mod)]/anno[.=$anno]"/>
-
-    <xsl:if test="count($spec_annos) = 0
-                  and count($type_annos) = 0
-	          and string-length($specs_file) > 0">
-      <xsl:variable name="n">
-        <xsl:choose>
-          <xsl:when test="string-length($arity) = 0">
-            <xsl:value-of select="$n_vars"/>
-          </xsl:when>
-          <xsl:otherwise>
-            <xsl:value-of select="$arity"/>
-          </xsl:otherwise>
-        </xsl:choose>
-      </xsl:variable>
-      <xsl:call-template name="err">
-	<xsl:with-param name="m" select="$mod"/>
-	<xsl:with-param name="n" select="$name"/>
-	<xsl:with-param name="a" select="$n"/>
-	<xsl:with-param name="s">unknown annotation <xsl:value-of select="$anno"/>
-	</xsl:with-param>
-      </xsl:call-template>
+    <xsl:if test="count($spec_annos) != 0
+                  or count($type_annos) != 0
+                  or string-length($specs_file) = 0">
+      <xsl:value-of select="true()"/>
     </xsl:if>
-    <xsl:value-of select="$anno"/>
   </xsl:template>
 
   <!-- Used for indentation of formatted types and specs -->
@@ -542,6 +675,9 @@
   <xsl:template match="func">
     <xsl:text>&#10;.LP</xsl:text>
     <xsl:apply-templates select="name"/>
+    <xsl:apply-templates
+        select="name[string-length(@arity) > 0 and position()=last()]"
+        mode="types"/>
     <xsl:apply-templates select="fsummary|type|desc"/>
   </xsl:template>
 
@@ -554,6 +690,11 @@
       <xsl:when test="ancestor::datatype">
         <xsl:call-template name="type_name"/>
       </xsl:when>
+      <xsl:when test="string-length(text()) = 0 and ancestor::erlref">
+	<xsl:message terminate="yes">
+          Error <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>: arity is mandatory when referring to specifications!
+	</xsl:message>
+      </xsl:when>
       <xsl:otherwise>
         <xsl:call-template name="name"/>
       </xsl:otherwise>
@@ -569,11 +710,14 @@
 
   <!-- Type -->
   <xsl:template match="type">
-    <xsl:text>&#10;.RS</xsl:text>
-    <xsl:text>&#10;.TP</xsl:text>
-    <xsl:text>&#10;Types</xsl:text>
-    <xsl:apply-templates/>
-    <xsl:text>&#10;.RE</xsl:text>
+    <!-- The case where @name != 0 is taken care of in "type_name" -->
+    <xsl:if test="string-length(@name) = 0 and string-length(@variable) = 0">
+      <xsl:text>&#10;.RS</xsl:text>
+      <xsl:text>&#10;.TP</xsl:text>
+      <xsl:text>&#10;Types</xsl:text>
+      <xsl:apply-templates/>
+      <xsl:text>&#10;.RE</xsl:text>
+    </xsl:if>
   </xsl:template>
 
 
@@ -622,7 +766,7 @@
     <xsl:text>&gt;</xsl:text>
   </xsl:template>
 
-  <!-- Do not noramlize any text within pre and code tags. -->
+  <!-- Do not normalize any text within pre and code tags. -->
   <xsl:template match="pre/text()">
       <xsl:call-template name="replace-string">
         <xsl:with-param name="text" select="." />
diff --git a/lib/erl_docgen/priv/xsl/db_pdf.xsl b/lib/erl_docgen/priv/xsl/db_pdf.xsl
index f500cd3fee..5119e3e36a 100644
--- a/lib/erl_docgen/priv/xsl/db_pdf.xsl
+++ b/lib/erl_docgen/priv/xsl/db_pdf.xsl
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
      -->
 <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+  xmlns:exsl="http://exslt.org/common"
+  extension-element-prefixes="exsl"
   xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
 
   <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
@@ -28,45 +30,66 @@
   <xsl:include href="db_pdf_params.xsl"/>
 
   <!-- Start of Dialyzer type/spec tags.
-       See also the template matching "name" and the template "bookmarks6"
+       See also the templates matching "name" and "seealso" as well as
+       the template "bookmarks6"
   -->
 
   <xsl:param name="specs_file" select="''"/>
   <xsl:variable name="i" select="document($specs_file)"></xsl:variable>
 
   <xsl:template name="err">
+    <xsl:param name="f"/>
     <xsl:param name="m"/>
     <xsl:param name="n"/>
     <xsl:param name="a"/>
     <xsl:param name="s"/>
     <xsl:message terminate="yes">
-  Error <xsl:if test="$m != ''"><xsl:value-of select ="$m"/>:</xsl:if>
-	 <xsl:value-of
-		   select="$n"/>/<xsl:value-of
-		   select="$a"/>: <xsl:value-of select="$s"/>
+  Error <xsl:if test="$f != ''">in <xsl:value-of select ="$f"/>:</xsl:if>
+        <xsl:if test="$m != ''"><xsl:value-of select ="$m"/>:</xsl:if>
+        <xsl:value-of select="$n"/>
+        <xsl:if test="$a != ''">/<xsl:value-of
+             select ="$a"/></xsl:if>: <xsl:value-of select="$s"/>
     </xsl:message>
   </xsl:template>
 
-  <xsl:template name="spec_name">
+  <xsl:template name="find_spec">
     <xsl:variable name="curModule" select="ancestor::erlref/module"/>
     <xsl:variable name="mod" select="@mod"/>
     <xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
     <xsl:variable name="arity" select="@arity"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="clause" select="@clause"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="clause_i" select="@clause_i"/>
     <xsl:variable name="spec0" select=
         "$i/specs/module[@name=$curModule]/spec
              [name=$name and arity=$arity
               and (string-length($mod) = 0 or module = $mod)]"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="spec" select="$spec0[string-length($clause) = 0
-                                             or position() = $clause]"/>
-    <xsl:if test="count($spec) = 0">
+    <xsl:variable name="spec" select="$spec0[string-length($clause_i) = 0
+                                             or position() = $clause_i]"/>
+
+    <xsl:if test="count($spec) != 1">
+      <xsl:variable name="why">
+        <xsl:choose>
+          <xsl:when test="count($spec) > 1">ambiguous spec</xsl:when>
+          <xsl:when test="count($spec) = 0">unknown spec</xsl:when>
+        </xsl:choose>
+      </xsl:variable>
       <xsl:call-template name="err">
+        <xsl:with-param name="f" select="$curModule"/>
 	<xsl:with-param name="m" select="$mod"/>
 	<xsl:with-param name="n" select="$name"/>
 	<xsl:with-param name="a" select="$arity"/>
-	<xsl:with-param name="s">unknown spec</xsl:with-param>
+        <xsl:with-param name="s" select="$why"/>
       </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:if>
+    <xsl:copy-of select="$spec"/>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <xsl:template name="spec_name">
+    <xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="arity" select="@arity"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="spec0">
+      <xsl:call-template name="find_spec"/>
+    </xsl:variable>
+    <xsl:variable name="spec" select="exsl:node-set($spec0)/spec"/>
 
     <xsl:choose>
       <xsl:when test="ancestor::cref">
@@ -76,78 +99,175 @@
       </xsl:when>
       <xsl:when test="ancestor::erlref">
         <fo:block id="{generate-id()}">
-	  <xsl:choose>
-            <xsl:when test="string(@with_guards) = 'no'">
-               <xsl:apply-templates select="$spec/contract/clause/head"/>
-            </xsl:when>
-            <xsl:otherwise>
-	      <xsl:call-template name="contract">
-		<xsl:with-param name="contract" select="$spec/contract"/>
-	      </xsl:call-template>
-            </xsl:otherwise>
-          </xsl:choose>
+	  <xsl:apply-templates select="$spec/contract/clause/head"/>
         </fo:block>
       </xsl:when>
     </xsl:choose>
   </xsl:template>
 
-  <xsl:template name="contract">
-    <xsl:param name="contract"/>
-    <xsl:call-template name="clause">
-      <xsl:with-param name="clause" select="$contract/clause"/>
-    </xsl:call-template>
+  <xsl:template match="head">
+    <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="function-name">
+      <xsl:apply-templates/>
+    </fo:block>
   </xsl:template>
 
-  <xsl:template name="clause">
-    <xsl:param name="clause"/>
+  <!-- The *last* <name name="..." arity=".."/> -->
+  <xsl:template match="name" mode="types">
+    <xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="arity" select="@arity"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="spec0">
+      <xsl:call-template name="find_spec"/>
+    </xsl:variable>
+    <xsl:variable name="spec" select="exsl:node-set($spec0)/spec"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="clause" select="$spec/contract/clause"/>
+
     <xsl:variable name="type_desc" select="../type_desc"/>
-    <xsl:for-each select="$clause">
-      <xsl:apply-templates select="head"/>
-      <xsl:if test="count(guard) > 0">
-	<xsl:call-template name="guard">
-	  <xsl:with-param name="guard" select="guard"/>
+    <!-- $type is data types to be presented as guards ("local types") -->
+    <xsl:variable name="type"
+                  select="../type[string-length(@name) > 0
+                                  or string-length(@variable) > 0]"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="type_variables"
+                  select ="$type[string-length(@variable) > 0]"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="local_types"
+                  select ="$type[string-length(@name) > 0]"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="output_subtypes" select="count($type_variables) = 0"/>
+
+    <!-- It is assumed there is no support for overloaded specs
+         (there is no spec with more than one clause) -->
+    <xsl:if test="count($clause/guard) > 0 or count($type) > 0">
+      <fo:block>
+	<xsl:text>Types:</xsl:text>
+      </fo:block>
+      <fo:list-block xsl:use-attribute-sets="type-listblock">
+	<xsl:choose>
+	  <xsl:when test="$output_subtypes">
+	    <xsl:call-template name="subtype">
+	      <xsl:with-param name="subtype" select="$clause/guard/subtype"/>
+	      <xsl:with-param name="type_desc" select="$type_desc"/>
+	      <xsl:with-param name="local_types" select="$local_types"/>
+	    </xsl:call-template>
+	  </xsl:when>
+	  <xsl:otherwise>
+	    <xsl:call-template name="type_variables">
+	      <xsl:with-param name="type_variables" select="$type_variables"/>
+	      <xsl:with-param name="type_desc" select="$type_desc"/>
+	      <xsl:with-param name="local_types" select="$local_types"/>
+	      <xsl:with-param name="fname" select="$name"/>
+	      <xsl:with-param name="arity" select="$arity"/>
+	    </xsl:call-template>
+
+	  </xsl:otherwise>
+	</xsl:choose>
+
+	<xsl:call-template name="local_type">
 	  <xsl:with-param name="type_desc" select="$type_desc"/>
+	  <xsl:with-param name="local_types" select="$local_types"/>
 	</xsl:call-template>
-      </xsl:if>
-    </xsl:for-each>
+      </fo:list-block>
+    </xsl:if>
   </xsl:template>
 
-  <xsl:template match="head">
-    <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="function-name">
-      <xsl:apply-templates/>
-    </fo:block>
-  </xsl:template>
+  <!-- Handle <type variable="..." name_i="..."/> -->
+  <xsl:template name="type_variables">
+    <xsl:param name="type_variables"/>
+    <xsl:param name="type_desc"/>
+    <xsl:param name="local_types"/>
+    <xsl:param name="fname"/>
+    <xsl:param name="arity"/>
+
+    <xsl:variable name="names" select="../name[string-length(@arity) > 0]"/>
+    <xsl:for-each select="$type_variables">
+      <xsl:variable name="name_i">
+	<xsl:choose>
+          <xsl:when test="string-length(@name_i) > 0">
+	    <xsl:value-of select="@name_i"/>
+	  </xsl:when>
+	  <xsl:otherwise>
+	    <xsl:value-of select="count($names)"/>
+	  </xsl:otherwise>
+	</xsl:choose>
+      </xsl:variable>
+      <xsl:variable name="spec0">
+        <xsl:for-each select="$names[position() = $name_i]">
+          <xsl:call-template name="find_spec"/>
+        </xsl:for-each>
+      </xsl:variable>
+      <xsl:variable name="spec" select="exsl:node-set($spec0)/spec"/>
+      <xsl:variable name="clause" select="$spec/contract/clause"/>
+      <xsl:variable name="variable" select="@variable"/>
+      <xsl:variable name="subtype"
+                    select="$clause/guard/subtype[typename = $variable]"/>
+
+      <xsl:if test="count($subtype) = 0">
+	<xsl:call-template name="err">
+          <xsl:with-param name="f" select="ancestor::erlref/module"/>
+          <xsl:with-param name="n" select="$fname"/>
+          <xsl:with-param name="a" select="$arity"/>
+	  <xsl:with-param name="s">unknown type variable <xsl:value-of select="$variable"/>
+          </xsl:with-param>
+	</xsl:call-template>
+      </xsl:if>
 
-  <xsl:template name="guard">
-    <fo:block>
-      <xsl:text>Types:</xsl:text>
-    </fo:block>
-    <fo:list-block xsl:use-attribute-sets="type-listblock">
       <xsl:call-template name="subtype">
-	<xsl:with-param name="subtype" select="$guard/subtype"/>
-	<xsl:with-param name="type_desc" select="$type_desc"/>
+        <xsl:with-param name="subtype" select="$subtype"/>
+        <xsl:with-param name="type_desc" select="$type_desc"/>
       </xsl:call-template>
-    </fo:list-block>
+    </xsl:for-each>
   </xsl:template>
 
+  <!-- Substituted
+       <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="function-name">
+       for
+       <fo:block font-weight="bold">
+       to get proper indentation (a monospace font)
+  -->
   <xsl:template name="subtype">
     <xsl:param name="subtype"/>
     <xsl:param name="type_desc"/>
+
     <xsl:for-each select="$subtype">
       <xsl:variable name="tname" select="typename"/>
-      <xsl:variable name="tdesc" select="$type_desc[@name = $tname]"/>
       <fo:list-item xsl:use-attribute-sets="type-listitem">
 	<fo:list-item-label end-indent="label-end()">
 	  <fo:block>
 	  </fo:block>
 	</fo:list-item-label>
 	<fo:list-item-body start-indent="body-start()" format="justify">
-	  <fo:block font-weight="bold">
-            <xsl:apply-templates select="string"/>
+          <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="function-name">
+	    <xsl:apply-templates select="string"/>
 	  </fo:block>
 	</fo:list-item-body>
       </fo:list-item>
-      <xsl:apply-templates select="$type_desc[@name = $tname]"/>
+      <xsl:apply-templates select="$type_desc[@variable = $tname]"/>
+    </xsl:for-each>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <xsl:template name="local_type">
+    <xsl:param name="type_desc"/>
+    <xsl:param name="local_types"/>
+
+    <xsl:for-each select="$local_types">
+      <fo:list-item xsl:use-attribute-sets="type-listitem">
+	<fo:list-item-label end-indent="label-end()">
+	  <fo:block>
+	  </fo:block>
+	</fo:list-item-label>
+	<fo:list-item-body start-indent="body-start()" format="justify">
+	  <!-- <fo:block font-weight="bold">
+               (use function-name in "typehead" instead) -->
+	    <xsl:call-template name="type_name">
+	      <xsl:with-param name="mode" select="'local_type'"/>
+	    </xsl:call-template>
+	  <!-- </fo:block> -->
+	</fo:list-item-body>
+      </fo:list-item>
+      <xsl:variable name="tname" select="@name"/>
+      <xsl:variable name="tnvars" select="@n_vars"/>
+      <xsl:apply-templates select=
+	 "$type_desc[@name = $tname
+		     and (@n_vars = $tnvars
+			  or string-length(@n_vars) = 0 and
+			     string-length($tnvars) = 0)]"/>
     </xsl:for-each>
   </xsl:template>
 
@@ -182,6 +302,53 @@
     <xsl:apply-templates select="desc"/>
   </xsl:template>
 
+  <xsl:template name="type_name">
+    <xsl:param name="mode"/> <!-- '' if <datatype> -->
+    <xsl:variable name="curModule" select="ancestor::erlref/module"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="mod" select="@mod"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="n_vars" select="@n_vars"/>
+
+    <xsl:choose>
+      <xsl:when test="string-length($name) > 0">
+	<xsl:variable name="type" select=
+	    "$i/specs/module[@name=$curModule]/type
+		 [name=$name
+		  and (string-length($n_vars) = 0 or n_vars = $n_vars)
+		  and (string-length($mod) = 0 or module = $mod)]"/>
+
+	<xsl:if test="count($type) != 1">
+	  <xsl:variable name="why">
+	    <xsl:choose>
+	      <xsl:when test="count($type) > 1">ambiguous type</xsl:when>
+	      <xsl:when test="count($type) = 0">unknown type</xsl:when>
+	    </xsl:choose>
+	  </xsl:variable>
+	  <xsl:call-template name="err">
+	    <xsl:with-param name="f" select="$curModule"/>
+	    <xsl:with-param name="m" select="$mod"/>
+	    <xsl:with-param name="n" select="$name"/>
+	    <xsl:with-param name="a" select="$n_vars"/>
+	    <xsl:with-param name="s" select="$why"/>
+	  </xsl:call-template>
+	</xsl:if>
+	<xsl:choose>
+	  <xsl:when test="$mode = ''">
+	    <xsl:apply-templates select="$type/typedecl"/>
+	  </xsl:when>
+	  <xsl:when test="$mode = 'local_type'">
+	    <xsl:apply-templates select="$type/typedecl" mode="local_type"/>
+	  </xsl:when>
+	</xsl:choose>
+      </xsl:when>
+      <xsl:otherwise>
+	<fo:inline font-weight="bold" xsl:use-attribute-sets="type-listitem">
+	<xsl:value-of select="."/>
+	</fo:inline>
+      </xsl:otherwise>
+    </xsl:choose>
+  </xsl:template>
+
   <!-- Like <head>... -->
   <xsl:template match="typehead">
     <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="function-name">
@@ -189,6 +356,20 @@
     </fo:block>
   </xsl:template>
 
+  <!-- Substituted
+       <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="function-name">
+       for
+       <fo:block font-weight="bold">
+       to get proper indentation (a monospace font)
+  -->
+
+  <xsl:template match="typehead" mode="local_type">
+    <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="function-name">
+      <xsl:apply-templates/>
+    </fo:block>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <!-- Not used right now -->
   <!-- Like <guard>, except "Types:"... -->
   <xsl:template match="local_defs">
     <fo:list-block xsl:use-attribute-sets="type-listblock">
@@ -211,108 +392,82 @@
     </fo:list-item>
   </xsl:template>
 
-  <xsl:template name="type_name">
-    <xsl:variable name="curModule" select="ancestor::erlref/module"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="mod" select="@mod"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="n_vars">
-      <xsl:choose>
-	<xsl:when test="string-length(@n_vars) > 0">
-	  <xsl:value-of select="@n_vars"/>
-	</xsl:when>
-	<xsl:otherwise>
-          <xsl:value-of select="0"/>
-	</xsl:otherwise>
-      </xsl:choose>
-    </xsl:variable>
-
-    <xsl:choose>
-      <xsl:when test="string-length($name) > 0">
-	<xsl:variable name="type" select=
-	    "$i/specs/module[@name=$curModule]/type
-		 [name=$name and n_vars=$n_vars
-		  and (string-length($mod) = 0 or module = $mod)]"/>
-
-	<xsl:if test="count($type) != 1">
-	  <xsl:call-template name="err">
-	    <xsl:with-param name="m" select="$mod"/>
-	    <xsl:with-param name="n" select="$name"/>
-	    <xsl:with-param name="a" select="$n_vars"/>
-	    <xsl:with-param name="s">unknown type</xsl:with-param>
-	  </xsl:call-template>
-	</xsl:if>
-	<xsl:apply-templates select="$type/typedecl"/>
-      </xsl:when>
-      <xsl:otherwise>
-	<fo:inline font-weight="bold" xsl:use-attribute-sets="type-listitem">
-	<xsl:value-of select="."/>
-	</fo:inline>
-      </xsl:otherwise>
-    </xsl:choose>
-  </xsl:template>
-
   <!-- Used both in <datatype> and in <func>! -->
   <xsl:template match="anno">
     <xsl:variable name="curModule" select="ancestor::erlref/module"/>
     <xsl:variable name="anno" select="normalize-space(text())"/>
     <xsl:variable name="namespec"
-                  select="ancestor::desc/preceding-sibling::name"/>
+                  select="ancestor::type_desc/preceding-sibling::name
+                          | ancestor::desc/preceding-sibling::name"/>
     <xsl:if test="count($namespec) = 0 and string-length($specs_file) > 0">
       <xsl:call-template name="err">
-	<xsl:with-param name="s">cannot find 'name' (<xsl:value-of select="$anno"/>)
+        <xsl:with-param name="f" select="$curModule"/>
+	<xsl:with-param name="s">cannot find tag 'name' (anno <xsl:value-of select="$anno"/>)
 	</xsl:with-param>
       </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:if>
 
-    <xsl:variable name="mod" select="$namespec/@mod"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="name" select="$namespec/@name"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="arity" select="$namespec/@arity"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="clause" select="$namespec/@clause"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="tmp_n_vars" select="$namespec/@n_vars"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="n_vars">
-      <xsl:choose>
-	<xsl:when test="string-length($tmp_n_vars) > 0">
-	  <xsl:value-of select="$tmp_n_vars"/>
-	</xsl:when>
-	<xsl:otherwise>
-          <xsl:value-of select="0"/>
-	</xsl:otherwise>
-      </xsl:choose>
+    <!-- Search "local types" as well -->
+    <xsl:variable name="local_types"
+                select="ancestor::desc/preceding-sibling::type
+	                       [string-length(@name) > 0]"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="has_anno_in_local_type">
+      <xsl:for-each select="$local_types">
+	<xsl:call-template name="anno_name">
+	  <xsl:with-param name="curModule" select="$curModule"/>
+	  <xsl:with-param name="anno" select="$anno"/>
+	</xsl:call-template>
+      </xsl:for-each>
+    </xsl:variable>
+
+    <xsl:variable name="has_anno">
+      <xsl:for-each select="$namespec">
+	<xsl:call-template name="anno_name">
+	  <xsl:with-param name="curModule" select="$curModule"/>
+	  <xsl:with-param name="anno" select="$anno"/>
+	</xsl:call-template>
+      </xsl:for-each>
     </xsl:variable>
+
+    <xsl:if test="$has_anno = '' and $has_anno_in_local_type = ''">
+      <xsl:call-template name="err">
+        <xsl:with-param name="f" select="$curModule"/>
+	<xsl:with-param name="m" select="$namespec/@mod"/>
+	<xsl:with-param name="n" select="$namespec/@name"/>
+	<xsl:with-param name="a" select="'-'"/>
+	<xsl:with-param name="s">unknown annotation <xsl:value-of select="$anno"/>
+	</xsl:with-param>
+      </xsl:call-template>
+    </xsl:if>
+    <xsl:value-of select="$anno"/>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <xsl:template name="anno_name">
+    <xsl:param name="curModule"/>
+    <xsl:param name="anno"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="mod" select="@mod"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="arity" select="@arity"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="n_vars" select="@n_vars"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="clause_i" select="@clause_i"/>
+
     <xsl:variable name="spec0" select=
         "$i/specs/module[@name=$curModule]/spec
              [name=$name and arity=$arity
               and (string-length($mod) = 0 or module = $mod)]"/>
     <xsl:variable name="spec_annos" select=
-         "$spec0[string-length($clause) = 0
-                 or position() = $clause]/anno[.=$anno]"/>
+         "$spec0[string-length($clause_i) = 0
+                 or position() = $clause_i]/anno[.=$anno]"/>
     <xsl:variable name="type_annos" select=
         "$i/specs/module[@name=$curModule]/type
-             [name=$name and n_vars=$n_vars
+             [name=$name
+              and (string-length($n_vars) = 0 or n_vars=$n_vars)
               and (string-length($mod) = 0 or module = $mod)]/anno[.=$anno]"/>
-
-    <xsl:if test="count($spec_annos) = 0
-                  and count($type_annos) = 0
-	          and string-length($specs_file) > 0">
-      <xsl:variable name="n">
-        <xsl:choose>
-          <xsl:when test="string-length($arity) = 0">
-            <xsl:value-of select="$n_vars"/>
-          </xsl:when>
-          <xsl:otherwise>
-            <xsl:value-of select="$arity"/>
-          </xsl:otherwise>
-        </xsl:choose>
-      </xsl:variable>
-      <xsl:call-template name="err">
-	<xsl:with-param name="m" select="$mod"/>
-	<xsl:with-param name="n" select="$name"/>
-	<xsl:with-param name="a" select="$n"/>
-	<xsl:with-param name="s">unknown annotation <xsl:value-of select="$anno"/>
-	</xsl:with-param>
-      </xsl:call-template>
+    <xsl:if test="count($spec_annos) != 0
+                  or count($type_annos) != 0
+                  or string-length($specs_file) = 0">
+      <xsl:value-of select="true()"/>
     </xsl:if>
-    <xsl:value-of select="$anno"/>
   </xsl:template>
 
   <!-- Used for indentation of formatted types and specs -->
@@ -1227,6 +1382,9 @@
     <xsl:param name="partnum"/>
 
     <xsl:apply-templates select="name"/>
+    <xsl:apply-templates
+        select="name[string-length(@arity) > 0 and position()=last()]"
+        mode="types"/>
 
     <xsl:apply-templates select="fsummary|type|desc">
       <xsl:with-param name="partnum" select="$partnum"/>
@@ -1245,6 +1403,11 @@
       <xsl:when test="ancestor::datatype">
         <xsl:call-template name="type_name"/>
       </xsl:when>
+      <xsl:when test="string-length(text()) = 0 and ancestor::erlref">
+	<xsl:message terminate="yes">
+          Error <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>: arity is mandatory when referring to specifications!
+	</xsl:message>
+      </xsl:when>
       <xsl:otherwise>
         <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="function-name">
           <xsl:call-template name="name">
@@ -1276,15 +1439,20 @@
   <xsl:template match="type">
     <xsl:param name="partnum"/>
 
-    <fo:block>
-      <xsl:text>Types:</xsl:text>
-    </fo:block>
+    <!-- The case where @name != 0 is taken care of in "type_name" -->
+    <xsl:if test="string-length(@name) = 0 and string-length(@variable) = 0">
 
-    <fo:list-block xsl:use-attribute-sets="type-listblock">
-      <xsl:apply-templates>
-        <xsl:with-param name="partnum" select="$partnum"/>
-      </xsl:apply-templates>
-    </fo:list-block>
+      <fo:block>
+	<xsl:text>Types:</xsl:text>
+      </fo:block>
+
+      <fo:list-block xsl:use-attribute-sets="type-listblock">
+	<xsl:apply-templates>
+	  <xsl:with-param name="partnum" select="$partnum"/>
+	</xsl:apply-templates>
+      </fo:list-block>
+
+    </xsl:if>
 
   </xsl:template>
 
@@ -1431,6 +1599,7 @@
   </xsl:template>
 
 
+  <!-- Does not look at @n_vars -->
   <xsl:template match="seealso">
     <fo:inline font-style="italic">
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
diff --git a/lib/erl_docgen/src/otp_specs.erl b/lib/erl_docgen/src/otp_specs.erl
index 728ddb2e6e..edb437a942 100644
--- a/lib/erl_docgen/src/otp_specs.erl
+++ b/lib/erl_docgen/src/otp_specs.erl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %%
 %% %CopyrightBegin%
 %%
-%% Copyright Ericsson AB 1996-2010. All Rights Reserved.
+%% Copyright Ericsson AB 1996-2011. All Rights Reserved.
 %%
 %% The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
 %% Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
@@ -380,6 +380,8 @@ t_type([E=#xmlElement{name = float}]) ->
     t_float(E);
 t_type([#xmlElement{name = nil}]) ->
     t_nil();
+t_type([#xmlElement{name = paren, content = Es}]) ->
+    t_paren(Es);
 t_type([#xmlElement{name = list, content = Es}]) ->
     t_list(Es);
 t_type([#xmlElement{name = nonempty_list, content = Es}]) ->
@@ -416,6 +418,9 @@ t_float(E) ->
 t_nil() ->
     ["[]"].
 
+t_paren(Es) ->
+    ["("] ++ t_utype(get_elem(type, Es)) ++ [")"].
+
 t_list(Es) ->
     ["["] ++ t_utype(get_elem(type, Es)) ++ ["]"].
 
@@ -532,6 +537,8 @@ ot_type([E=#xmlElement{name = float}]) ->
     ot_float(E);
 ot_type([#xmlElement{name = nil}]) ->
     ot_nil();
+ot_type([#xmlElement{name = paren, content = Es}]) ->
+    ot_paren(Es);
 ot_type([#xmlElement{name = list, content = Es}]) ->
     ot_list(Es);
 ot_type([#xmlElement{name = nonempty_list, content = Es}]) ->
@@ -582,6 +589,9 @@ ot_float(E) ->
 ot_nil() ->
     {nil,0}.
 
+ot_paren(Es) ->
+    {paren_type,0,[ot_utype(get_elem(type, Es))]}.
+
 ot_list(Es) ->
     {type,0,list,[ot_utype(get_elem(type, Es))]}.
 
@@ -697,5 +707,7 @@ annos_type([#xmlElement{name = union, content = Es}]) ->
     lists:flatmap(fun annos_elem/1, Es);
 annos_type([E=#xmlElement{name = typevar}]) ->
     annos_elem(E);
+annos_type([#xmlElement{name = paren, content = Es}]) ->
+    annos(get_elem(type, Es));
 annos_type(_) ->
     [].
diff --git a/make/otp.mk.in b/make/otp.mk.in
index bf287be416..a4e9dad46f 100644
--- a/make/otp.mk.in
+++ b/make/otp.mk.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # %CopyrightBegin%
 #
-# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2010. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2011. All Rights Reserved.
 #
 # The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
 # Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
@@ -240,9 +240,10 @@ FOP = @FOP@
 DOCGEN=$(ERL_TOP)/lib/erl_docgen
 
 SPECS_ESRC = ../../src
+SPECS_EXTRACTOR=$(DOCGEN)/priv/bin/specs_gen.escript
 # Extract specifications and types from Erlang source files (-spec, -type)
 $(SPECDIR)/specs_%.xml: $(SPECS_ESRC)/%.erl
-	escript $(DOCGEN)/priv/bin/specs_gen.escript $(SPECS_FLAGS) -o$(dir $@) $<
+	escript $(SPECS_EXTRACTOR) $(SPECS_FLAGS) -o$(dir $@) $<
 
 
 $(MAN1DIR)/%.1: %.xml