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authorLukas Larsson <[email protected]>2011-05-18 16:21:34 +0200
committerLukas Larsson <[email protected]>2011-05-18 16:21:34 +0200
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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_eval.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_eval.xml
index 62af23c5eb..c95494bf25 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_eval.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_eval.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2009</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -36,63 +36,108 @@
<description>
<p>This module provides an interpreter for Erlang expressions. The
expressions are in the abstract syntax as returned by
- <c>erl_parse</c>, the Erlang parser, or a call to
- <c>io:parse_erl_exprs/2</c>.</p>
+ <seealso marker="erl_parse"><c>erl_parse</c></seealso>,
+ the Erlang parser, or <seealso marker="io">
+ <c>io</c></seealso>.</p>
</description>
+ <datatypes>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="bindings"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="binding_struct"/>
+ <desc>A binding structure.</desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="expression"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="expressions"/>
+ <desc><p>As returned by <seealso marker="erl_parse#parse_exprs/1">
+ <c>erl_parse:parse_exprs/1</c></seealso> or
+ <seealso marker="io#parse_erl_exprs/2">
+ <c>io:parse_erl_exprs/2</c></seealso>.</p></desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="expression_list"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="func_spec"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="lfun_eval_handler"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="lfun_value_handler"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="local_function_handler"/>
+ <desc><p>Further described
+ <seealso marker="#local_function_handler">below.</seealso></p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="name"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="nlfun_handler"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="non_local_function_handler"/>
+ <desc><p>Further described
+ <seealso marker="#non_local_function_handler">below.</seealso></p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="value"/>
+ </datatype>
+ </datatypes>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name>exprs(Expressions, Bindings) -> {value, Value, NewBindings}</name>
- <name>exprs(Expressions, Bindings, LocalFunctionHandler) -> {value, Value, NewBindings}</name>
- <name>exprs(Expressions, Bindings, LocalFunctionHandler, NonlocalFunctionHandler) -> {value, Value, NewBindings}</name>
+ <name name="exprs" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="exprs" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="exprs" arity="4"/>
<fsummary>Evaluate expressions</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Expressions = as returned by erl_parse or io:parse_erl_exprs/2</v>
- <v>Bindings = as returned by bindings/1</v>
- <v>LocalFunctionHandler = {value, Func} | {eval, Func} | none</v>
- <v>NonlocalFunctionHandler = {value, Func} | none</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Evaluates <c>Expressions</c> with the set of bindings
- <c>Bindings</c>, where <c>Expressions</c> is a sequence of
+ <p>Evaluates <c><anno>Expressions</anno></c> with the set of bindings
+ <c><anno>Bindings</anno></c>, where <c><anno>Expressions</anno></c>
+ is a sequence of
expressions (in abstract syntax) of a type which may be
- returned by <c>io:parse_erl_exprs/2</c>. See below for an
+ returned by <seealso marker="io#parse_erl_exprs/2">
+ <c>io:parse_erl_exprs/2</c></seealso>. See below for an
explanation of how and when to use the arguments
- <c>LocalFunctionHandler</c> and <c>NonlocalFunctionHandler</c>.
+ <c><anno>LocalFunctionHandler</anno></c> and
+ <c><anno>NonLocalFunctionHandler</anno></c>.
</p>
- <p>Returns <c>{value, Value, NewBindings}</c></p>
+ <p>Returns <c>{value, <anno>Value</anno>, <anno>NewBindings</anno>}</c>
+ </p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>expr(Expression, Bindings) -> { value, Value, NewBindings }</name>
- <name>expr(Expression, Bindings, LocalFunctionHandler) -> { value, Value, NewBindings }</name>
- <name>expr(Expression, Bindings, LocalFunctionHandler, NonlocalFunctionHandler) -> { value, Value, NewBindings }</name>
- <name>expr(Expression, Bindings, LocalFunctionHandler, NonlocalFunctionHandler, ReturnFormat) -> { value, Value, NewBindings } | Value</name>
+ <name name="expr" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="expr" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="expr" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="expr" arity="5"/>
<fsummary>Evaluate expression</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Expression = as returned by io:parse_erl_form/2, for example</v>
- <v>Bindings = as returned by bindings/1</v>
- <v>LocalFunctionHandler = {value, Func} | {eval, Func} | none</v>
- <v>NonlocalFunctionHandler = {value, Func} | none</v>
- <v>ReturnFormat = value | none</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Evaluates <c>Expression</c> with the set of bindings
- <c>Bindings</c>. <c>Expression</c> is an expression (in
- abstract syntax) of a type which may be returned by
- <c>io:parse_erl_form/2</c>. See below for an explanation of
+ <p>Evaluates <c><anno>Expression</anno></c> with the set of bindings
+ <c><anno>Bindings</anno></c>. <c><anno>Expression</anno></c>
+ is an expression in
+ abstract syntax. See below for an explanation of
how and when to use the arguments
- <c>LocalFunctionHandler</c> and
- <c>NonlocalFunctionHandler</c>.
+ <c><anno>LocalFunctionHandler</anno></c> and
+ <c><anno>NonLocalFunctionHandler</anno></c>.
</p>
- <p>Returns <c>{value, Value, NewBindings}</c> by default. But
- if the <c>ReturnFormat</c> is <c>value</c> only the <c>Value</c>
- is returned.</p>
+ <p>Returns <c>{value, <anno>Value</anno>,
+ <anno>NewBindings</anno>}</c> by default. But if the
+ <c><anno>ReturnFormat</anno></c> is <c>value</c> only
+ the <c><anno>Value</anno></c> is returned.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>expr_list(ExpressionList, Bindings) -> {ValueList, NewBindings}</name>
- <name>expr_list(ExpressionList, Bindings, LocalFunctionHandler) -> {ValueList, NewBindings}</name>
- <name>expr_list(ExpressionList, Bindings, LocalFunctionHandler, NonlocalFunctionHandler) -> {ValueList, NewBindings}</name>
+ <name name="expr_list" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="expr_list" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="expr_list" arity="4"/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a list of expressions</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Evaluates a list of expressions in parallel, using the same
@@ -100,18 +145,19 @@
merge the bindings returned from each evaluation. This
function is useful in the <c>LocalFunctionHandler</c>. See below.
</p>
- <p>Returns <c>{ValueList, NewBindings}</c>.</p>
+ <p>Returns <c>{<anno>ValueList</anno>, <anno>NewBindings</anno>}</c>.
+ </p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>new_bindings() -> BindingStruct</name>
+ <name name="new_bindings" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Return a bindings structure</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns an empty binding structure.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>bindings(BindingStruct) -> Bindings</name>
+ <name name="bindings" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Return bindings</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the list of bindings contained in the binding
@@ -119,25 +165,28 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>binding(Name, BindingStruct) -> Binding</name>
+ <name name="binding" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Return bindings</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the binding of <c>Name</c> in <c>BindingStruct</c>.</p>
+ <p>Returns the binding of <c><anno>Name</anno></c>
+ in <c><anno>BindingStruct</anno></c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>add_binding(Name, Value, Bindings) -> BindingStruct</name>
+ <name name="add_binding" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Add a binding</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Adds the binding <c>Name = Value</c> to <c>Bindings</c>.
+ <p>Adds the binding <c><anno>Name</anno> = <anno>Value</anno></c>
+ to <c><anno>BindingStruct</anno></c>.
Returns an updated binding structure.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>del_binding(Name, Bindings) -> BindingStruct</name>
+ <name name="del_binding" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Delete a binding</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Removes the binding of <c>Name</c> in <c>Bindings</c>.
+ <p>Removes the binding of <c><anno>Name</anno></c>
+ in <c><anno>BindingStruct</anno></c>.
Returns an updated binding structure.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -145,7 +194,8 @@
<section>
<title>Local Function Handler</title>
- <p>During evaluation of a function, no calls can be made to local
+ <p><marker id="local_function_handler"></marker>
+ During evaluation of a function, no calls can be made to local
functions. An undefined function error would be
generated. However, the optional argument
<c>LocalFunctionHandler</c> may be used to define a function
@@ -191,7 +241,8 @@ Func(Name, Arguments, Bindings) </code>
<section>
<title>Non-local Function Handler</title>
- <p>The optional argument <c>NonlocalFunctionHandler</c> may be
+ <p><marker id="non_local_function_handler"></marker>
+ The optional argument <c>NonlocalFunctionHandler</c> may be
used to define a function which is called in the following
cases: a functional object (fun) is called; a built-in function
is called; a function is called using the M:F syntax, where M