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authorHans Bolinder <hasse@erlang.org>2011-05-06 15:58:09 +0200
committerHans Bolinder <hasse@erlang.org>2011-05-12 08:03:42 +0200
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Use Erlang specs and types for documentation
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml
index 046add48e8..19fb827cbf 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.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>
@@ -37,27 +37,23 @@
</description>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name>flush_receive() -> void()</name>
+ <name name="flush_receive" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Flush messages</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Flushes the message buffer of the current process.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>error_message(Format, Args) -> ok</name>
+ <name name="error_message" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Print error message</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Format = atom() | string() | binary()</v>
- <v>Args = [term()]</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Prints error message <c>Args</c> in accordance with
- <c>Format</c>. Similar to <c>io:format/2</c>, see
+ <p>Prints error message <c><anno>Args</anno></c> in accordance with
+ <c><anno>Format</anno></c>. Similar to <c>io:format/2</c>, see
<seealso marker="io#fwrite/1">io(3)</seealso>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>progname() -> atom()</name>
+ <name name="progname" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Return name of Erlang start script</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the name of the script that started the current
@@ -65,37 +61,24 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>nonl(String1) -> String2</name>
+ <name name="nonl" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Remove last newline</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>String1 = String2 = string()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Removes the last newline character, if any, in
- <c>String1</c>.</p>
+ <c><anno>String1</anno></c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>send(To, Msg)</name>
+ <name name="send" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Send a message</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>To = pid() | Name | {Name,Node}</v>
- <v>&nbsp;Name = Node = atom()</v>
- <v>Msg = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>This function to makes it possible to send a message using
the <c>apply/3</c> BIF.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>sendw(To, Msg)</name>
+ <name name="sendw" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Send a message and wait for an answer</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>To = pid() | Name | {Name,Node}</v>
- <v>&nbsp;Name = Node = atom()</v>
- <v>Msg = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>As <c>send/2</c>, but waits for an answer. It is implemented
as follows:</p>