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authorSverker Eriksson <sverker@erlang.org>2010-12-16 12:21:27 +0100
committerSverker Eriksson <sverker@erlang.org>2011-01-05 12:10:50 +0100
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Fix minor typos in erl_nif documentation
enif_realloc_binary return int enif_alloc/enif_free does not accept env as first argument. enif_send return int enif_self in alphabetic order
Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml')
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml23
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
index 27887cbdf6..5987ddbd5e 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<cref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2001</year><year>2010</year>
+ <year>2001</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ typedef enum {
</section>
<funcs>
- <func><name><ret>void*</ret><nametext>enif_alloc(ErlNifEnv* env, size_t size)</nametext></name>
+ <func><name><ret>void*</ret><nametext>enif_alloc(size_t size)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Allocate dynamic memory.</fsummary>
<desc><p>Allocate memory of <c>size</c> bytes. Return NULL if allocation failed.</p></desc>
</func>
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ typedef enum {
<desc><p>Same as <seealso marker="erl_driver#erl_drv_equal_tids">erl_drv_equal_tids</seealso>.
</p></desc>
</func>
- <func><name><ret>void</ret><nametext>enif_free(ErlNifEnv* env, void* ptr)</nametext></name>
+ <func><name><ret>void</ret><nametext>enif_free(void* ptr)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Free dynamic memory</fsummary>
<desc><p>Free memory allocated by <c>enif_alloc</c>.</p></desc>
</func>
@@ -857,11 +857,6 @@ typedef enum {
<seealso marker="#enif_release_resource">enif_release_resource</seealso>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
- <func><name><ret>ErlNifPid*</ret><nametext>enif_self(ErlNifEnv* caller_env, ErlNifPid* pid)</nametext></name>
- <fsummary>Get the pid of the calling process.</fsummary>
- <desc><p>Initialize the pid variable <c>*pid</c> to represent the
- calling process. Return <c>pid</c>.</p></desc>
- </func>
<func><name><ret>ERL_NIF_TERM</ret><nametext>enif_make_string(ErlNifEnv* env, const char* string, ErlNifCharEncoding encoding)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Create a string.</fsummary>
<desc><p>Create a list containing the characters of the
@@ -980,11 +975,12 @@ typedef enum {
<c>reload</c> or <c>upgrade</c>.</p>
<p>Was previously named <c>enif_get_data</c>.</p></desc>
</func>
- <func><name><ret>void</ret><nametext>enif_realloc_binary(ErlNifBinary* bin, size_t size)</nametext></name>
+ <func><name><ret>int</ret><nametext>enif_realloc_binary(ErlNifBinary* bin, size_t size)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Change the size of a binary.</fsummary>
<desc><p>Change the size of a binary <c>bin</c>. The source binary
may be read-only, in which case it will be left untouched and
- a mutable copy is allocated and assigned to <c>*bin</c>.</p></desc>
+ a mutable copy is allocated and assigned to <c>*bin</c>. Return true on success,
+ false if memory allocation failed.</p></desc>
</func>
<func><name><ret>void</ret><nametext>enif_release_binary(ErlNifBinary* bin)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Release a binary.</fsummary>
@@ -1041,7 +1037,12 @@ typedef enum {
<desc><p>Same as <seealso marker="erl_driver#erl_drv_rwlock_tryrwlock">erl_drv_rwlock_tryrwlock</seealso>.
</p></desc>
</func>
- <func><name><ret>unsigned</ret><nametext>enif_send(ErlNifEnv* env, ErlNifPid* to_pid, ErlNifEnv* msg_env, ERL_NIF_TERM msg)</nametext></name>
+ <func><name><ret>ErlNifPid*</ret><nametext>enif_self(ErlNifEnv* caller_env, ErlNifPid* pid)</nametext></name>
+ <fsummary>Get the pid of the calling process.</fsummary>
+ <desc><p>Initialize the pid variable <c>*pid</c> to represent the
+ calling process. Return <c>pid</c>.</p></desc>
+ </func>
+ <func><name><ret>int</ret><nametext>enif_send(ErlNifEnv* env, ErlNifPid* to_pid, ErlNifEnv* msg_env, ERL_NIF_TERM msg)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Send a message to a process.</fsummary>
<desc><p>Send a message to a process.</p>
<taglist>