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authorLukas Larsson <[email protected]>2017-04-25 14:18:00 +0200
committerLukas Larsson <[email protected]>2017-04-25 14:18:00 +0200
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Merge branch 'lukas/erts/list_to_port/OTP-14348'
* lukas/erts/list_to_port/OTP-14348: erts: Add erlang:list_to_port/1 debug bif erts: Auto-import port_to_list for consistency erts: Polish off erlang:list_to_ref/1
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
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+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -2499,6 +2499,42 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="list_to_port" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Convert from text representation to a port.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns a port identifier whose text representation is a
+ <c><anno>String</anno></c>, for example:</p>
+ <pre>
+> <input>list_to_port("#Port&lt;0.4>").</input>
+#Port&lt;0.4></pre>
+ <p>Failure: <c>badarg</c> if <c><anno>String</anno></c> contains a bad
+ representation of a port identifier.</p>
+ <warning>
+ <p>This BIF is intended for debugging and is not to be used
+ in application programs.</p>
+ </warning>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="list_to_ref" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Convert from text representation to a ref.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns a reference whose text representation is a
+ <c><anno>String</anno></c>, for example:</p>
+ <pre>
+> <input>list_to_ref("#Ref&lt;0.4192537678.4073193475.71181>").</input>
+#Ref&lt;0.4192537678.4073193475.71181></pre>
+ <p>Failure: <c>badarg</c> if <c><anno>String</anno></c> contains a bad
+ representation of a reference.</p>
+ <warning>
+ <p>This BIF is intended for debugging and is not to be used
+ in application programs.</p>
+ </warning>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="list_to_tuple" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Convert a list to a tuple.</fsummary>
<desc>