Clarify that the type for disk log data is iodata()

3 files changed, 11 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml
index 3c9bc7f6e8..aebeacee28 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@
       These functions log one or more Erlang terms.
       By prefixing each of the functions with a <c>b</c> (for "binary"),
       we get the corresponding <c>blog()</c> functions for the external format.
-      These functions log one or more deep lists of bytes or, alternatively,
-      binaries of deep lists of bytes.
+      These functions log one or more chunks of bytes.
       For example, to log the string <c>"hello"</c> in ASCII format, you
       can use <c>disk_log:blog(Log, "hello")</c>, or
       <c>disk_log:blog(Log, list_to_binary("hello"))</c>. The two
@@ -219,9 +218,6 @@
       <name name="dlog_head_opt"/>
     </datatype>
     <datatype>
-      <name name="dlog_byte"/>
-    </datatype>
-    <datatype>
       <name name="dlog_mode"/>
     </datatype>
     <datatype>
@@ -234,9 +230,6 @@
       </desc>
     </datatype>
     <datatype>
-      <name name="bytes"/>
-    </datatype>
-    <datatype>
       <name name="invalid_header"/>
     </datatype>
     <datatype>
@@ -953,7 +946,7 @@
               written first on the log file. If the log is a wrap
               log, the item <c><anno>Head</anno></c> is written first in each new file.
               <c><anno>Head</anno></c> is to be a term if the format is
-              <c>internal</c>, otherwise a deep list of bytes (or a binary).
+              <c>internal</c>, otherwise a sequence of bytes.
               Defaults to <c>none</c>, which means that
               no header is written first on the file.
               </p>
@@ -965,7 +958,7 @@
               The call <c>M:F(A)</c> is assumed to return <c>{ok, Head}</c>.
               The item <c>Head</c> is written first in each file.
               <c>Head</c> is to be a term if the format is
-              <c>internal</c>, otherwise a deep list of bytes (or a binary).
+              <c>internal</c>, otherwise a sequence of bytes.
               </p>
           </item>
 	  <tag><c>{mode, <anno>Mode</anno>}</c></tag>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/disk_log.erl b/lib/kernel/src/disk_log.erl
index 1b28d05691..bc31f1fbbd 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/disk_log.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/disk_log.erl
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@
 
 -opaque continuation() :: #continuation{}.
 
--type bytes()          :: binary() | [byte()].
-
 -type file_error()     :: term().  % XXX: refine
 -type invalid_header() :: term().  % XXX: refine
 
@@ -131,7 +129,7 @@ log(Log, Term) ->
 
 -spec blog(Log, Bytes) -> ok | {error, Reason :: log_error_rsn()} when
       Log :: log(),
-      Bytes :: bytes().
+      Bytes :: iodata().
 blog(Log, Bytes) ->
     req(Log, {blog, ensure_binary(Bytes)}).
 
@@ -145,7 +143,7 @@ log_terms(Log, Terms) ->
 -spec blog_terms(Log, BytesList) ->
                         ok | {error, Reason :: log_error_rsn()} when
       Log :: log(),
-      BytesList :: [bytes()].
+      BytesList :: [iodata()].
 blog_terms(Log, Bytess) ->
     Bs = ensure_binary_list(Bytess),
     req(Log, {blog, Bs}).
@@ -167,13 +165,13 @@ alog_terms(Log, Terms) ->
 
 -spec balog(Log, Bytes) -> notify_ret() when
       Log :: log(),
-      Bytes :: bytes().
+      Bytes :: iodata().
 balog(Log, Bytes) ->
     notify(Log, {balog, ensure_binary(Bytes)}).
 
 -spec balog_terms(Log, ByteList) -> notify_ret() when
       Log :: log(),
-      ByteList :: [bytes()].
+      ByteList :: [iodata()].
 balog_terms(Log, Bytess) ->
     Bs = ensure_binary_list(Bytess),
     notify(Log, {balog, Bs}).
@@ -219,7 +217,7 @@ truncate(Log, Head) ->
 
 -spec btruncate(Log, BHead) -> 'ok' | {'error', trunc_error_rsn()} when
       Log :: log(),
-      BHead :: bytes().
+      BHead :: iodata().
 btruncate(Log, Head) ->
     req(Log, {truncate, {ok, ensure_binary(Head)}, btruncate, 2}).
 
@@ -248,7 +246,7 @@ reopen(Log, NewFile, NewHead) ->
 -spec breopen(Log, File, BHead) -> 'ok' | {'error', reopen_error_rsn()} when
       Log :: log(),
       File :: file:filename(),
-      BHead :: bytes().
+      BHead :: iodata().
 breopen(Log, NewFile, NewHead) ->
     req(Log, {reopen, NewFile, {ok, ensure_binary(NewHead)}, breopen, 3}).
 
@@ -1348,10 +1346,8 @@ make_binary_list([B | Bs]) ->
 make_binary_list([]) ->
     [].
 
-ensure_binary(Binary) when is_binary(Binary) ->
-    Binary;
 ensure_binary(Bytes) ->
-    list_to_binary(Bytes).
+    iolist_to_binary(Bytes).
 
 %%-----------------------------------------------------------------
 %% Change size of the logs in runtime.
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/disk_log.hrl b/lib/kernel/src/disk_log.hrl
index 3262d979ee..3cf8a3b3a2 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/disk_log.hrl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/disk_log.hrl
@@ -54,11 +54,10 @@
 %% Types -- alphabetically
 %%------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
--type dlog_byte()        :: [dlog_byte()] | byte().
 -type dlog_format()      :: 'external' | 'internal'.
 -type dlog_format_type() :: 'halt_ext' | 'halt_int' | 'wrap_ext' | 'wrap_int'.
 -type dlog_head()        :: 'none' | {'ok', binary()} | mfa().
--type dlog_head_opt()    :: none | term() | binary() | [dlog_byte()].
+-type dlog_head_opt()    :: none | term() | iodata().
 -type log()              :: term().  % XXX: refine
 -type dlog_mode()        :: 'read_only' | 'read_write'.
 -type dlog_name()        :: atom() | string().