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authorSverker Eriksson <[email protected]>2018-03-13 17:26:38 +0100
committerSverker Eriksson <[email protected]>2018-03-13 17:26:38 +0100
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Merge branch 'sverker/dist-flags-consolidate'
Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc')
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml11
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl_dist_protocol.xml7
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erlang.xml10
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml b/erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml
index d3731a5391..92d40d8558 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml
@@ -782,10 +782,9 @@
<taglist>
<tag><c>DFLAG_DIST_HDR_ATOM_CACHE</c></tag>
<item>Do not use atom cache over this connection.</item>
- <tag><c>DFLAGS_STRICT_ORDER_DELIVERY</c></tag>
- <item>Do not use any features that require strict
- order delivery.</item>
</taglist>
+ <p>Use function <c>dist_util:strict_order_flags/0</c> to get all flags
+ for features that require strict order delivery.</p>
<p>
This flag field is optional.
</p>
@@ -819,9 +818,9 @@
<p>
The data delivery order can be relaxed by disabling
features that require strict ordering. This is done by
- passing the <c>?DFLAGS_STRICT_ORDER_DELIVERY</c>
- <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags">distribution
- flags</seealso> in the
+ passing the
+ <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags">distribution flags</seealso>
+ returned by <c>dist_util:strict_order_flags/0</c> in the
<seealso marker="alt_dist#hs_data_reject_flags"><c>reject_flags</c></seealso>
field of the <seealso marker="#hs_data_record"><c>#hs_data{}</c></seealso>
record used when setting up the connection. When relaxed
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_dist_protocol.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_dist_protocol.xml
index a78b13aaa4..98a9a76b60 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_dist_protocol.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_dist_protocol.xml
@@ -849,10 +849,9 @@ DiB == gen_digest(ChA, ICA)?
</item>
</taglist>
<p>
- There are also a collection of <c>DFLAG</c>s bitwise or:ed
- together in the <c>DFLAGS_STRICT_ORDER_DELIVERY</c> macro.
- These flags corresponds to features that require strict
- ordering of data over distribution channels.
+ There is also function <c>dist_util:strict_order_flags/0</c>
+ returning all flags (bitwise or:ed together) corresponding to features
+ that require strict ordering of data over distribution channels.
</p>
</section>
</section>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index 56eaa47af4..8250ca5aff 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -5700,11 +5700,17 @@ true</pre>
<type name="dst"/>
<desc>
<p>Sends a message and returns <c><anno>Msg</anno></c>. This
- is the same as <c><anno>Dest</anno> ! <anno>Msg</anno></c>.</p>
+ is the same as using the <seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:expressions#send">
+ send operator</seealso>:
+ <c><anno>Dest</anno> ! <anno>Msg</anno></c>.</p>
<p><c><anno>Dest</anno></c> can be a remote or local process identifier,
a (local) port, a locally registered name, or a tuple
<c>{<anno>RegName</anno>, <anno>Node</anno>}</c>
- for a registered name at another node.</p>
+ for a registered name at another node.</p>
+ <p>The function fails with a <c>badarg</c> run-time error if
+ <c><anno>Dest</anno></c> is an atom name, but this name is not
+ registered. This is the only case when <c>send</c> fails for an
+ unreachable destination <c><anno>Dest</anno></c> (of correct type).</p>
</desc>
</func>