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authorRaimo Niskanen <[email protected]>2017-01-20 16:22:15 +0100
committerRaimo Niskanen <[email protected]>2017-01-20 16:22:15 +0100
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Change arity of type to init_result/1
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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml67
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
index fd498ee82e..6fa2d86e0b 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2016</year>
+ <year>2016-2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -983,6 +983,33 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
</desc>
</datatype>
<datatype>
+ <name name="init_result"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>
+ For a succesful initialization,
+ <c><anno>State</anno></c> is the initial
+ <seealso marker="#type-state"><c>state()</c></seealso>
+ and <c><anno>Data</anno></c> the initial server
+ <seealso marker="#type-data"><c>data()</c></seealso>
+ of the <c>gen_statem</c>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The <seealso marker="#type-action"><c>Actions</c></seealso>
+ are executed when entering the first
+ <seealso marker="#type-state">state</seealso> just as for a
+ <seealso marker="#state callback">state callback</seealso>,
+ except that the action <c>postpone</c> is forced to
+ <c>false</c> since there is no event to postpone.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ For an unsuccesful initialization,
+ <c>{stop,<anno>Reason</anno>}</c>
+ or <c>ignore</c> should be used; see
+ <seealso marker="#start_link/3"><c>start_link/3,4</c></seealso>.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
<name name="state_enter_result"/>
<desc>
<p>
@@ -1613,25 +1640,16 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
</func>
<func>
- <name>Module:init(Args) -> Result</name>
+ <name>Module:init(Args) -> Result(StateType)</name>
<fsummary>
Optional function for initializing process and internal state.
</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Args = term()</v>
- <v>Result = {ok,State,Data}</v>
- <v>&nbsp;| {ok,State,Data,Actions}</v>
- <v>&nbsp;| {stop,Reason} | ignore</v>
- <v>State = <seealso marker="#type-state">state()</seealso></v>
- <v>
- Data = <seealso marker="#type-data">data()</seealso>
- </v>
<v>
- Actions =
- [<seealso marker="#type-action">action()</seealso>] |
- <seealso marker="#type-action">action()</seealso>
+ Result(StateType) =
+ <seealso marker="#type-init_result">init_result(StateType)</seealso>
</v>
- <v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<marker id="Module:init-1"/>
@@ -1644,30 +1662,9 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
the implementation state and server data.
</p>
<p>
- <c>Args</c> is the <c>Args</c> argument provided to the start
+ <c>Args</c> is the <c>Args</c> argument provided to that start
function.
</p>
- <p>
- If the initialization is successful, the function is to
- return <c>{ok,State,Data}</c> or
- <c>{ok,State,Data,Actions}</c>.
- <c>State</c> is the initial
- <seealso marker="#type-state"><c>state()</c></seealso>
- and <c>Data</c> the initial server
- <seealso marker="#type-data"><c>data()</c></seealso>.
- </p>
- <p>
- The <seealso marker="#type-action"><c>Actions</c></seealso>
- are executed when entering the first
- <seealso marker="#type-state">state</seealso> just as for a
- <seealso marker="#state callback">state callback</seealso>.
- </p>
- <p>
- If the initialization fails,
- the function is to return <c>{stop,Reason}</c>
- or <c>ignore</c>; see
- <seealso marker="#start_link/3"><c>start_link/3,4</c></seealso>.
- </p>
<note>
<p>
This callback is optional, so a callback module does not need