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| author | Lukas Larsson <[email protected]> | 2017-04-21 14:50:43 +0200 |
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| committer | Lukas Larsson <[email protected]> | 2017-04-21 14:50:43 +0200 |
| commit | eece23d7f6b225a6abc3807f9af44d1f742f7eee (patch) | |
| tree | c3dd3dec6754957cbe10440fb883a34d74002307 /erts | |
| parent | 38fe97060d06246804b45494cacbed134b1c51fa (diff) | |
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erts: Polish off erlang:list_to_ref/1
Diffstat (limited to 'erts')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl | 2 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index cb2cdec606..a8836d3cbb 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -2499,6 +2499,24 @@ os_prompt%</pre> </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<0.4192537678.4073193475.71181>").</input> +#Ref<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> diff --git a/erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl b/erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl index 888d2beee0..12b8afb53e 100644 --- a/erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl +++ b/erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl @@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ list_to_pid(_String) -> erlang:nif_error(undefined). %% list_to_ref/1 --spec erlang:list_to_ref(String) -> reference() when +-spec list_to_ref(String) -> reference() when String :: string(). list_to_ref(_String) -> erlang:nif_error(undefined). |