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Add more specs and types
An incorrect spec, rpc:yield/1, has been fixed.
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml b/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml
index b1e768bce9..47a649af02 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2005</year><year>2010</year>
+ <year>2005</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -76,96 +76,92 @@ list_to_binary([Compressed|Last])</pre>
</taglist>
</description>
- <section>
- <title>DATA TYPES</title>
- <code type="none">
-iodata = iolist() | binary()
-
-iolist = [char() | binary() | iolist()]
- a binary is allowed as the tail of the list
-
-zstream = a zlib stream, see open/0</code>
- </section>
+ <datatypes>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="zstream"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>A zlib stream, see <seealso marker="#open/0">open/0</seealso>.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="zlevel"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="zmemlevel"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="zmethod"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="zstrategy"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="zwindowbits"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Normally in the range <c>-15..-9 | 9..15</c>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ </datatypes>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name>open() -> Z </name>
+ <name name="open" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Open a stream and return a stream reference</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Open a zlib stream.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>close(Z) -> ok</name>
+ <name name="close" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Close a stream</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Closes the stream referenced by <c>Z</c>.</p>
+ <p>Closes the stream referenced by <c><anno>Z</anno></c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>deflateInit(Z) -> ok</name>
+ <name name="deflateInit" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Initialize a session for compression</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Same as <c>zlib:deflateInit(Z, default)</c>.</p>
+ <p>Same as <c>zlib:deflateInit(<anno>Z</anno>, default)</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>deflateInit(Z, Level) -> ok</name>
+ <name name="deflateInit" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Initialize a session for compression</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- <v>Level = none | default | best_speed | best_compression | 0..9</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Initialize a zlib stream for compression.</p>
- <p><c>Level</c> decides the compression level to be used, 0
+ <p><c><anno>Level</anno></c> decides the compression level to be used, 0
(<c>none</c>), gives no compression at all, 1
(<c>best_speed</c>) gives best speed and 9
(<c>best_compression</c>) gives best compression.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>deflateInit(Z, Level, Method, WindowBits, MemLevel, Strategy) -> ok</name>
+ <name name="deflateInit" arity="6"/>
<fsummary>Initialize a session for compression</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- <v>Level = none | default | best_speed | best_compression | 0..9</v>
- <v>Method = deflated</v>
- <v>WindowBits = 9..15|-9..-15</v>
- <v>MemLevel = 1..9</v>
- <v>Strategy = default|filtered|huffman_only</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Initiates a zlib stream for compression.</p>
- <p>The <c>Level</c> parameter decides the compression level to be
+ <p>The <c><anno>Level</anno></c> parameter decides the compression level to be
used, 0 (<c>none</c>), gives no compression at all, 1
(<c>best_speed</c>) gives best speed and 9
(<c>best_compression</c>) gives best compression.</p>
- <p>The <c>Method</c> parameter decides which compression method to use,
+ <p>The <c><anno>Method</anno></c> parameter decides which compression method to use,
currently the only supported method is <c>deflated</c>.</p>
- <p>The <c>WindowBits</c> parameter is the base two logarithm
+ <p>The <c><anno>WindowBits</anno></c> parameter is the base two logarithm
of the window size (the size of the history buffer). It
should be in the range 9 through 15. Larger values
of this parameter result in better compression at the
expense of memory usage. The default value is 15 if
- <c>deflateInit/2</c>. A negative <c>WindowBits</c>
+ <c>deflateInit/2</c>. A negative <c><anno>WindowBits</anno></c>
value suppresses the zlib header (and checksum) from the
stream. Note that the zlib source mentions this only as a
undocumented feature.</p>
- <p>The <c>MemLevel</c> parameter specifies how much memory
+ <p>The <c><anno>MemLevel</anno></c> parameter specifies how much memory
should be allocated for the internal compression
- state. <c>MemLevel</c>=1 uses minimum memory but is slow and
- reduces compression ratio; <c>MemLevel</c>=9 uses maximum
+ state. <c><anno>MemLevel</anno></c>=1 uses minimum memory but is slow and
+ reduces compression ratio; <c><anno>MemLevel</anno></c>=9 uses maximum
memory for optimal speed. The default value is 8.</p>
- <p>The <c>Strategy</c> parameter is used to tune the
+ <p>The <c><anno>Strategy</anno></c> parameter is used to tune the
compression algorithm. Use the value <c>default</c> for
normal data, <c>filtered</c> for data produced by a filter
(or predictor), or <c>huffman_only</c> to force Huffman
@@ -175,54 +171,43 @@ zstream = a zlib stream, see open/0</code>
tuned to compress them better. The effect of
<c>filtered</c>is to force more Huffman coding and less
string matching; it is somewhat intermediate between
- <c>default</c> and <c>huffman_only</c>. The <c>Strategy</c>
+ <c>default</c> and <c>huffman_only</c>. The <c><anno>Strategy</anno></c>
parameter only affects the compression ratio but not the
correctness of the compressed output even if it is not set
appropriately.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>deflate(Z, Data) -> Compressed</name>
+ <name name="deflate" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Compress data</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- <v>Data = iodata()</v>
- <v>Compressed = iolist()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Same as <c>deflate(Z, Data, none)</c>.</p>
+ <p>Same as <c>deflate(<anno>Z</anno>, <anno>Data</anno>, none)</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>deflate(Z, Data, Flush) -> </name>
+ <name name="deflate" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Compress data</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- <v>Data = iodata()</v>
- <v>Flush = none | sync | full | finish</v>
- <v>Compressed = iolist()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p><c>deflate/3</c> compresses as much data as possible, and
stops when the input buffer becomes empty. It may introduce
some output latency (reading input without producing any
output) except when forced to flush.</p>
- <p>If the parameter <c>Flush</c> is set to <c>sync</c>, all
+ <p>If the parameter <c><anno>Flush</anno></c> is set to <c>sync</c>, all
pending output is flushed to the output buffer and the
output is aligned on a byte boundary, so that the
decompressor can get all input data available so far.
Flushing may degrade compression for some compression algorithms and so
it should be used only when necessary.</p>
- <p>If <c>Flush</c> is set to <c>full</c>, all output is flushed as with
+ <p>If <c><anno>Flush</anno></c> is set to <c>full</c>, all output is flushed as with
<c>sync</c>, and the compression state is reset so that decompression can
restart from this point if previous compressed data has been damaged or if
random access is desired. Using <c>full</c> too often can seriously degrade
the compression.</p>
- <p>If the parameter <c>Flush</c> is set to <c>finish</c>,
+ <p>If the parameter <c><anno>Flush</anno></c> is set to <c>finish</c>,
pending input is processed, pending output is flushed and
<c>deflate/3</c> returns. Afterwards the only possible
operations on the stream are <c>deflateReset/1</c> or <c>deflateEnd/1</c>.</p>
- <p><c>Flush</c> can be set to <c>finish</c> immediately after
+ <p><c><anno>Flush</anno></c> can be set to <c>finish</c> immediately after
<c>deflateInit</c> if all compression is to be done in one step.</p>
<pre>
@@ -234,13 +219,8 @@ list_to_binary([B1,B2])</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>deflateSetDictionary(Z, Dictionary) -> Adler32</name>
+ <name name="deflateSetDictionary" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Initialize the compression dictionary</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- <v>Dictionary = binary()</v>
- <v>Adler32 = integer()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Initializes the compression dictionary from the given byte
sequence without producing any compressed output. This
@@ -253,11 +233,8 @@ list_to_binary([B1,B2])</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>deflateReset(Z) -> ok</name>
+ <name name="deflateReset" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Reset the deflate session</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>This function is equivalent to <c>deflateEnd/1</c>
followed by <c>deflateInit/[1|2|6]</c>, but does not free
@@ -267,34 +244,26 @@ list_to_binary([B1,B2])</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>deflateParams(Z, Level, Strategy) -> ok </name>
+ <name name="deflateParams" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Dynamicly update deflate parameters</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- <v>Level = none | default | best_speed | best_compression | 0..9</v>
- <v>Strategy = default|filtered|huffman_only</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Dynamically update the compression level and compression
- strategy. The interpretation of <c>Level</c> and
- <c>Strategy</c> is as in <c>deflateInit/6</c>. This can be
+ strategy. The interpretation of <c><anno>Level</anno></c> and
+ <c><anno>Strategy</anno></c> is as in <c>deflateInit/6</c>. This can be
used to switch between compression and straight copy of the
input data, or to switch to a different kind of input data
requiring a different strategy. If the compression level is
changed, the input available so far is compressed with the
old level (and may be flushed); the new level will take
effect only at the next call of <c>deflate/3</c>.</p>
- <p>Before the call of deflateParams, the stream state must be set as for
+ <p>Before the call of <c>deflateParams</c>, the stream state must be set as for
a call of <c>deflate/3</c>, since the currently available input may have to
be compressed and flushed.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>deflateEnd(Z) -> ok</name>
+ <name name="deflateEnd" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>End deflate session</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>End the deflate session and cleans all data used.
Note that this function will throw an <c>data_error</c>
@@ -304,43 +273,31 @@ list_to_binary([B1,B2])</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>inflateInit(Z) -> ok </name>
+ <name name="inflateInit" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Initialize a session for decompression</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Initialize a zlib stream for decompression.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>inflateInit(Z, WindowBits) -> ok </name>
+ <name name="inflateInit" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Initialize a session for decompression</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- <v>WindowBits = 9..15|-9..-15</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Initialize decompression session on zlib stream.</p>
- <p>The <c>WindowBits</c> parameter is the base two logarithm
+ <p>The <c><anno>WindowBits</anno></c> parameter is the base two logarithm
of the maximum window size (the size of the history buffer).
It should be in the range 9 through 15.
The default value is 15 if <c>inflateInit/1</c> is used.
If a compressed stream with a larger window size is
given as input, inflate() will throw the <c>data_error</c>
- exception. A negative <c>WindowBits</c> value makes zlib ignore the
+ exception. A negative <c><anno>WindowBits</anno></c> value makes zlib ignore the
zlib header (and checksum) from the stream. Note that the zlib
source mentions this only as a undocumented feature.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>inflate(Z, Data) -> DeCompressed </name>
+ <name name="inflate" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Decompress data</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- <v>Data = iodata()</v>
- <v>DeCompressed = iolist()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p><c>inflate/2</c> decompresses as much data as possible.
It may some introduce some output latency (reading
@@ -353,12 +310,8 @@ list_to_binary([B1,B2])</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>inflateSetDictionary(Z, Dictionary) -> ok</name>
+ <name name="inflateSetDictionary" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Initialize the decompression dictionary</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- <v>Dictionary = binary()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Initializes the decompression dictionary from the given
uncompressed byte sequence. This function must be called
@@ -381,11 +334,8 @@ unpack(Z, Compressed, Dict) ->
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>inflateReset(Z) -> ok</name>
+ <name name="inflateReset" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>>Reset the inflate session</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>This function is equivalent to <c>inflateEnd/1</c> followed
by <c>inflateInit/1</c>, but does not free and reallocate all
@@ -394,11 +344,8 @@ unpack(Z, Compressed, Dict) ->
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>inflateEnd(Z) -> ok</name>
+ <name name="inflateEnd" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>End inflate session</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>End the inflate session and cleans all data used. Note
that this function will throw a <c>data_error</c> exception
@@ -407,62 +354,39 @@ unpack(Z, Compressed, Dict) ->
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>setBufSize(Z, Size) -> ok</name>
+ <name name="setBufSize" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Set buffer size</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- <v>Size = integer()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Sets the intermediate buffer size.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>getBufSize(Z) -> Size</name>
+ <name name="getBufSize" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Get buffer size</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- <v>Size = integer()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Get the size of intermediate buffer.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>crc32(Z) -> CRC</name>
+ <name name="crc32" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Get current CRC</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- <v>CRC = integer()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Get the current calculated CRC checksum.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>crc32(Z, Binary) -> CRC</name>
+ <name name="crc32" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Calculate CRC</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- <v>Binary = binary()</v>
- <v>CRC = integer()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Calculate the CRC checksum for <c>Binary</c>.</p>
+ <p>Calculate the CRC checksum for <c><anno>Binary</anno></c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>crc32(Z, PrevCRC, Binary) -> CRC </name>
+ <name name="crc32" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Calculate CRC</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- <v>PrevCRC = integer()</v>
- <v>Binary = binary()</v>
- <v>CRC = integer()</v>
- </type>
- <desc>
- <p>Update a running CRC checksum for <c>Binary</c>.
- If <c>Binary</c> is the empty binary, this function returns
+ <desc>
+ <p>Update a running CRC checksum for <c><anno>Binary</anno></c>.
+ If <c><anno>Binary</anno></c> is the empty binary, this function returns
the required initial value for the crc.</p>
<pre>
Crc = lists:foldl(fun(Bin,Crc0) ->
@@ -471,49 +395,31 @@ Crc = lists:foldl(fun(Bin,Crc0) ->
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>crc32_combine(Z, CRC1, CRC2, Size2) -> CRC </name>
+ <name name="crc32_combine" arity="4"/>
<fsummary>Combine two CRC's</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- <v>CRC = integer()</v>
- <v>CRC1 = integer()</v>
- <v>CRC2 = integer()</v>
- <v>Size2 = integer()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Combine two CRC checksums into one. For two binaries,
<c>Bin1</c> and <c>Bin2</c> with sizes of <c>Size1</c> and
- <c>Size2</c>, with CRC checksums <c>CRC1</c> and
- <c>CRC2</c>. <c>crc32_combine/4</c> returns the <c>CRC</c>
+ <c><anno>Size2</anno></c>, with CRC checksums <c><anno>CRC1</anno></c> and
+ <c><anno>CRC2</anno></c>. <c>crc32_combine/4</c> returns the <c><anno>CRC</anno></c>
checksum of <c>&lt;&lt;Bin1/binary,Bin2/binary&gt;&gt;</c>, requiring
- only <c>CRC1</c>, <c>CRC2</c>, and <c>Size2</c>.
+ only <c><anno>CRC1</anno></c>, <c><anno>CRC2</anno></c>, and <c><anno>Size2</anno></c>.
</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>adler32(Z, Binary) -> Checksum</name>
+ <name name="adler32" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Calculate the adler checksum</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- <v>Binary = binary()</v>
- <v>Checksum = integer()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Calculate the Adler-32 checksum for <c>Binary</c>.</p>
+ <p>Calculate the Adler-32 checksum for <c><anno>Binary</anno></c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>adler32(Z, PrevAdler, Binary) -> Checksum</name>
+ <name name="adler32" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Calculate the adler checksum</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- <v>PrevAdler = integer()</v>
- <v>Binary = binary()</v>
- <v>Checksum = integer()</v>
- </type>
- <desc>
- <p>Update a running Adler-32 checksum for <c>Binary</c>.
- If <c>Binary</c> is the empty binary, this function returns
+ <desc>
+ <p>Update a running Adler-32 checksum for <c><anno>Binary</anno></c>.
+ If <c><anno>Binary</anno></c> is the empty binary, this function returns
the required initial value for the checksum.</p>
<pre>
Crc = lists:foldl(fun(Bin,Crc0) ->
@@ -522,81 +428,56 @@ Crc = lists:foldl(fun(Bin,Crc0) ->
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>adler32_combine(Z, Adler1, Adler2, Size2) -> Adler </name>
+ <name name="adler32_combine" arity="4"/>
<fsummary>Combine two Adler-32 checksums</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Z = zstream()</v>
- <v>Adler = integer()</v>
- <v>Adler1 = integer()</v>
- <v>Adler2 = integer()</v>
- <v>Size2 = integer()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Combine two Adler-32 checksums into one. For two binaries,
<c>Bin1</c> and <c>Bin2</c> with sizes of <c>Size1</c> and
- <c>Size2</c>, with Adler-32 checksums <c>Adler1</c> and
- <c>Adler2</c>. <c>adler32_combine/4</c> returns the <c>Adler</c>
+ <c><anno>Size2</anno></c>, with Adler-32 checksums <c><anno>Adler1</anno></c> and
+ <c><anno>Adler2</anno></c>. <c>adler32_combine/4</c> returns the <c><anno>Adler</anno></c>
checksum of <c>&lt;&lt;Bin1/binary,Bin2/binary&gt;&gt;</c>, requiring
- only <c>Adler1</c>, <c>Adler2</c>, and <c>Size2</c>.
+ only <c><anno>Adler1</anno></c>, <c><anno>Adler2</anno></c>, and <c><anno>Size2</anno></c>.
</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>compress(Binary) -> Compressed </name>
+ <name name="compress" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Compress a binary with standard zlib functionality</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Binary = Compressed = binary()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Compress a binary (with zlib headers and checksum).</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>uncompress(Binary) -> Decompressed</name>
+ <name name="uncompress" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Uncompress a binary with standard zlib functionality</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Binary = Decompressed = binary()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Uncompress a binary (with zlib headers and checksum).</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>zip(Binary) -> Compressed</name>
+ <name name="zip" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Compress a binary without the zlib headers</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Binary = Compressed = binary()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Compress a binary (without zlib headers and checksum).</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>unzip(Binary) -> Decompressed</name>
+ <name name="unzip" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Uncompress a binary without the zlib headers</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Binary = Decompressed = binary()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Uncompress a binary (without zlib headers and checksum).</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>gzip(Data) -> Compressed</name>
+ <name name="gzip" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Compress a binary with gz header</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Binary = Compressed = binary()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Compress a binary (with gz headers and checksum).</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>gunzip(Bin) -> Decompressed</name>
+ <name name="gunzip" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Uncompress a binary with gz header</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Binary = Decompressed = binary()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Uncompress a binary (with gz headers and checksum).</p>
</desc>