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| author | John Högberg <[email protected]> | 2018-02-22 11:31:34 +0100 |
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| committer | John Högberg <[email protected]> | 2018-02-22 11:34:01 +0100 |
| commit | 3e14c0e9f81e34c78c609da4b77c32d208a34d93 (patch) | |
| tree | 89f88974d57c2f0227743822ed4b42e830fb4dbc /lib/stdlib/doc | |
| parent | 8f3536583a6338e3a61dbf008d674f54a77e401c (diff) | |
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Clarify the named_table option to ets:new/2
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml index b616e97714..305376a425 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml @@ -1079,10 +1079,13 @@ ets:select(Table, MatchSpec),</code> </item> <tag><c>named_table</c></tag> <item> - <p>If this option is present, name <c><anno>Name</anno></c> is - associated with the table identifier. The name can then - be used instead of the table identifier in subsequent - operations.</p> + <p>If this option is present, the table is registered under its + <c><anno>Name</anno></c> which can then be used instead of the + table identifier in subsequent operations.</p> + <p>The function will also return the <c><anno>Name</anno></c> + instead of the table identifier. To get the table identifier of a + named table, use + <seealso marker="#whereis/1"><c>whereis/1</c></seealso>.</p> </item> <tag><c>{keypos,<anno>Pos</anno>}</c></tag> <item> |