Merge branch 'master' of super:otp into bmk/megaco/r15_integration

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml
index c24b1110a4..43d46d87cc 100644
--- a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml
+++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml
@@ -993,15 +993,19 @@ fun Module:Name/Arity</pre>
     <pre>
 fun (Arg1,...,ArgN) -> Name(Arg1,...,ArgN) end</pre>
     <p>In <c>Module:Name/Arity</c>, <c>Module</c> and <c>Name</c> are atoms
-      and <c>Arity</c> is an integer.
+      and <c>Arity</c> is an integer. Starting from the R15 release,
+      <c>Module</c>, <c>Name</c>, and <c>Arity</c> may also be variables.
       A fun defined in this way will refer to the function <c>Name</c>
-      with arity <c>Arity</c> in the <em>latest</em> version of module <c>Module</c>.
+      with arity <c>Arity</c> in the <em>latest</em> version of module
+      <c>Module</c>. A fun defined in this way will not be dependent on
+      the code for module in which it is defined.
       </p>
     <p>When applied to a number N of arguments, a tuple
       <c>{Module,FunctionName}</c> is interpreted as a fun, referring
       to the function <c>FunctionName</c> with arity N in the module
       <c>Module</c>. The function must be exported.
-      <em>This usage is deprecated.</em> 
+      <em>This usage is deprecated.</em> Use <c>fun Module:Name/Arity</c>
+      instead.
       See <seealso marker="#calls">Function Calls</seealso> for an example.</p>
     <p>More examples can be found in <em>Programming Examples</em>.</p>
   </section>