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authorLukas Larsson <lukas@erlang-solutions.com>2014-02-24 17:19:19 +0100
committerLukas Larsson <lukas@erlang-solutions.com>2014-02-24 17:19:19 +0100
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Merge branch 'lukas/erts/float_encoding/OTP-11738'
* lukas/erts/float_encoding/OTP-11738: erts: Set default external enc to use new float scheme
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index e440a3d270..aeded7c719 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -6589,11 +6589,12 @@ ok
some details of the encoding. This option was
introduced in R11B-4. Currently, the allowed values for <c><anno>Version</anno></c>
are <c>0</c> and <c>1</c>.</p>
- <p><c>{minor_version, 1}</c> forces any floats in the term to be encoded
+ <p><c>{minor_version, 1}</c> is since 17.0 the default, it forces any floats in
+ the term to be encoded
in a more space-efficient and exact way (namely in the 64-bit IEEE format,
rather than converted to a textual representation). <c>binary_to_term/1</c>
- in R11B-4 and later is able decode the new representation.</p>
- <p><c>{minor_version, 0}</c> is currently the default, meaning that floats
+ in R11B-4 and later is able decode this representation.</p>
+ <p><c>{minor_version, 0}</c> meaning that floats
will be encoded using a textual representation; this option is useful if
you want to ensure that releases prior to R11B-4 can decode resulting
binary.</p>