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authorBjörn Gustavsson <[email protected]>2013-01-08 10:56:27 +0100
committerBjörn Gustavsson <[email protected]>2013-01-23 15:22:56 +0100
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By default, encode BIT STRING to bitstrings
Add the option 'legacy_bit_string' to decode to the old list format.
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diff --git a/lib/asn1/doc/src/asn1ct.xml b/lib/asn1/doc/src/asn1ct.xml
index 7ad4d14610..b269276a92 100644
--- a/lib/asn1/doc/src/asn1ct.xml
+++ b/lib/asn1/doc/src/asn1ct.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
<v>Asn1module = atom() | string()</v>
<v>Options = [Option| OldOption]</v>
<v>Option = ber | per | uper | der | compact_bit_string |
+ legacy_bit_string |
noobj | {n2n, EnumTypeName} |{outdir, Dir} | {i, IncludeDir} |
asn1config | undec_rest |
{macro_name_prefix, Prefix} | {record_name_prefix, Prefix} | verbose | warnings_as_errors</v>
@@ -154,22 +155,26 @@ File3.asn </pre>
<tag><c>compact_bit_string</c></tag>
<item>
<p>
- Makes it possible to use a compact notation for values
- of the BIT STRING type in Erlang. The notation:
+ The BIT STRING type will be decoded to the "compact notation".
+ <em>This option is not recommended for new code.</em>
</p>
- <pre>
-BitString = {Unused, Binary},
-Unused = integer(),
-Binary = binary()
- </pre>
+ <p>For details see
+ <seealso marker="asn1_ug#BIT STRING">
+ BIT STRING type section in the Users Guide
+ </seealso>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>legacy_bit_string</c></tag>
+ <item>
<p>
- <c>Unused</c> must be a number in the range 0 to 7. It
- tells how many bits in the least significant byte in
- <c>Binary</c> that is unused.
- For details see
+ The BIT STRING type will be decoded to the legacy
+ format, i.e. a list of zeroes and ones.
+ <em>This option is not recommended for new code.</em>
+ </p>
+ <p>For details see
<seealso marker="asn1_ug#BIT STRING">
- BIT STRING type section in users guide
- </seealso>.
+ BIT STRING type section in the Users Guide
+ </seealso>.
</p>
</item>
<tag><c>{n2n, EnumTypeName}</c></tag>