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Use Erlang specs and types for documentation

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/epp.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/epp.xml
index e6b48b270a..488499581f 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/epp.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/epp.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <erlref>
   <header>
     <copyright>
-      <year>1996</year><year>2010</year>
+      <year>1996</year><year>2011</year>
       <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
     </copyright>
     <legalnotice>
@@ -38,65 +38,61 @@
       by <c>compile</c> to preprocess macros and include files before
       the actual parsing takes place.</p>
   </description>
+  <datatypes>
+    <datatype>
+      <name name="macros"></name>
+    </datatype>
+    <datatype>
+      <name name="epp_handle"></name>
+      <desc><p>Handle to the epp server.</p></desc>
+    </datatype>
+  </datatypes>
   <funcs>
     <func>
-      <name>open(FileName, IncludePath) -> {ok,Epp} | {error, ErrorDescriptor}</name>
-      <name>open(FileName, IncludePath, PredefMacros) -> {ok,Epp} | {error, ErrorDescriptor}</name>
+      <name name="open" arity="2"/>
+      <name name="open" arity="3"/>
       <fsummary>Open a file for preprocessing</fsummary>
-      <type>
-        <v>FileName = atom() | string()</v>
-        <v>IncludePath = [DirectoryName]</v>
-        <v>DirectoryName = atom() | string()</v>
-        <v>PredefMacros = [{atom(),term()}]</v>
-        <v>Epp = pid() -- handle to the epp server</v>
-        <v>ErrorDescriptor = term()</v>
-      </type>
       <desc>
         <p>Opens a file for preprocessing.</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
     <func>
-      <name>close(Epp) -> ok</name>
+      <name name="close" arity="1"/>
       <fsummary>Close the preprocessing of the file associated with <c>Epp</c></fsummary>
-      <type>
-        <v>Epp = pid() -- handle to the epp server</v>
-      </type>
       <desc>
         <p>Closes the preprocessing of a file.</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
     <func>
-      <name>parse_erl_form(Epp) -> {ok, AbsForm} | {eof, Line} | {error, ErrorInfo}</name>
+      <name name="parse_erl_form" arity="1"/>
       <fsummary>Return the next Erlang form from the opened Erlang source file</fsummary>
-      <type>
-        <v>Epp = pid()</v>
-        <v>AbsForm = term()</v>
-        <v>Line = integer()</v>
-        <v>ErrorInfo = see separate description below.</v>
-      </type>
       <desc>
         <p>Returns the next Erlang form from the opened Erlang source file.
-          The tuple <c>{eof, Line}</c> is returned at end-of-file. The first
+          The tuple <c>{eof, <anno>Line</anno>}</c> is returned at end-of-file. The first
           form corresponds to an implicit attribute <c>-file(File,1).</c>, where
           <c>File</c> is the name of the file.</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
     <func>
-      <name>parse_file(FileName,IncludePath,PredefMacro) -> {ok,[Form]} | {error,OpenError}</name>
-      <fsummary>Preprocesse and parse an Erlang source file</fsummary>
-      <type>
-        <v>FileName = atom() | string()</v>
-        <v>IncludePath = [DirectoryName]</v>
-        <v>DirectoryName = atom() | string()</v>
-        <v>PredefMacros = [{atom(),term()}]</v>
-        <v>Form = term() -- same as returned by erl_parse:parse_form</v>
-      </type>
+      <name name="parse_file" arity="3"/>
+      <fsummary>Preprocess and parse an Erlang source file</fsummary>
       <desc>
         <p>Preprocesses and parses an Erlang source file.
-          Note that the tuple <c>{eof, Line}</c> returned at end-of-file is
+          Note that the tuple <c>{eof, <anno>Line</anno>}</c> returned at end-of-file is
           included as a "form".</p>
       </desc>
     </func>
+    <func>
+      <name name="format_error" arity="1"/>
+      <fsummary>Format an error descriptor</fsummary>
+      <desc>
+        <p>Takes an <c><anno>ErrorDescriptor</anno></c> and returns
+          a string which
+          describes the error or warning. This function is usually
+          called implicitly when processing an <c>ErrorInfo</c>
+          structure (see below).</p>
+      </desc>
+    </func>
   </funcs>
 
   <section>