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-rw-r--r--lib/dialyzer/test/behaviour_SUITE_data/results/gen_event_incorrect_return2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml17
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/src/gen_event.erl3
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/dialyzer/test/behaviour_SUITE_data/results/gen_event_incorrect_return b/lib/dialyzer/test/behaviour_SUITE_data/results/gen_event_incorrect_return
index 2afb5db133..e646eea383 100644
--- a/lib/dialyzer/test/behaviour_SUITE_data/results/gen_event_incorrect_return
+++ b/lib/dialyzer/test/behaviour_SUITE_data/results/gen_event_incorrect_return
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-gen_event_incorrect_return.erl:16: The inferred return type of init/1 ('error') has nothing in common with {'ok',_} | {'ok',_,'hibernate'}, which is the expected return type for the callback of gen_event behaviour
+gen_event_incorrect_return.erl:16: The inferred return type of init/1 ('error') has nothing in common with {'error',_} | {'ok',_} | {'ok',_,'hibernate'}, which is the expected return type for the callback of gen_event behaviour
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml
index 24bcb419fe..79a0c8ad89 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml
@@ -195,12 +195,13 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2
handlers using the same callback module.</p>
<p><c>Args</c> is an arbitrary term which is passed as the argument
to <c>Module:init/1</c>.</p>
- <p>If <c>Module:init/1</c> returns a correct value, the event
- manager adds the event handler and this function returns
+ <p>If <c>Module:init/1</c> returns a correct value indicating
+ successful completion, the event manager adds the event
+ handler and this function returns
<c>ok</c>. If <c>Module:init/1</c> fails with <c>Reason</c> or
- returns an unexpected value <c>Term</c>, the event handler is
+ returns <c>{error,Reason}</c>, the event handler is
ignored and this function returns <c>{'EXIT',Reason}</c> or
- <c>Term</c>, respectively.</p>
+ <c>{error,Reason}</c>, respectively.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
@@ -448,12 +449,13 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2
</section>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name>Module:init(InitArgs) -> {ok,State} | {ok,State,hibernate}</name>
+ <name>Module:init(InitArgs) -> {ok,State} | {ok,State,hibernate} | {error,Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Initialize an event handler.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>InitArgs = Args | {Args,Term}</v>
<v>&nbsp;Args = Term = term()</v>
<v>State = term()</v>
+ <v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Whenever a new event handler is added to an event manager,
@@ -470,8 +472,9 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2
the argument provided in the function call/return tuple and
<c>Term</c> is the result of terminating the old event handler,
see <c>gen_event:swap_handler/3</c>.</p>
- <p>The function should return <c>{ok,State}</c> or <c>{ok,State, hibernate}</c>
- where <c>State</c> is the initial internal state of the event handler.</p>
+ <p>If successful, the function should return <c>{ok,State}</c>
+ or <c>{ok,State,hibernate}</c> where <c>State</c> is the
+ initial internal state of the event handler.</p>
<p>If <c>{ok,State,hibernate}</c> is returned, the event
manager will go into hibernation (by calling <seealso
marker="proc_lib#hibernate/3">proc_lib:hibernate/3</seealso>),
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/gen_event.erl b/lib/stdlib/src/gen_event.erl
index 9879b76391..3317b30e5c 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/src/gen_event.erl
+++ b/lib/stdlib/src/gen_event.erl
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@
-callback init(InitArgs :: term()) ->
{ok, State :: term()} |
- {ok, State :: term(), hibernate}.
+ {ok, State :: term(), hibernate} |
+ {error, Reason :: term()}.
-callback handle_event(Event :: term(), State :: term()) ->
{ok, NewState :: term()} |
{ok, NewState :: term(), hibernate} |