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| author | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2017-08-30 21:00:35 +0200 |
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| committer | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2017-08-30 21:00:35 +0200 |
| commit | 44a83c8860bbd00878c720a7b9d940b4630bab8a (patch) | |
| tree | 101b3c52ec505a94f56c8f70e078ecb8a2e8c6cd /system/doc/efficiency_guide/functions.xml | |
| parent | 7c67bbddb53c364086f66260701bc54a61c9659c (diff) | |
| parent | 040bdce67f88d833bfb59adae130a4ffb4c180f0 (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'OTP-20.0' into sverker/20/binary_to_atom-utf8-crash/ERL-474/OTP-14590
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diff --git a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/functions.xml b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/functions.xml index 4a8248e65c..0a8ee7eb34 100644 --- a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/functions.xml +++ b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/functions.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2001</year><year>2016</year> + <year>2001</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ atom_map1(six) -> 6.</code> thus, quite efficient even if there are many values) to select which one of the first three clauses to execute (if any).</item> - <item>>If none of the first three clauses match, the fourth clause + <item>If none of the first three clauses match, the fourth clause match as a variable always matches.</item> <item>If the guard test <c>is_integer(Int)</c> succeeds, the fourth @@ -183,15 +183,6 @@ explicit_map_pairs(Map, Xs0, Ys0) -> A fun contains an (indirect) pointer to the function that implements the fun.</p> - <warning><p><em>Tuples are not fun(s)</em>. - A "tuple fun", <c>{Module,Function}</c>, is not a fun. - The cost for calling a "tuple fun" is similar to that - of <c>apply/3</c> or worse. - Using "tuple funs" is <em>strongly discouraged</em>, - as they might not be supported in a future Erlang/OTP release, - and because there exists a superior alternative from R10B, - namely the <c>fun Module:Function/Arity</c> syntax.</p></warning> - <p><c>apply/3</c> must look up the code for the function to execute in a hash table. It is therefore always slower than a direct call or a fun call.</p> |