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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml index b7090d0472..4721747097 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml @@ -136,16 +136,10 @@ </note> </section> - <section> + <section> + <marker id="distribution_header"/> <title>Distribution Header</title> <p> - <marker id="distribution_header"/> - As from ERTS 5.7.2 the old atom cache protocol was - dropped and a new one was introduced. This protocol - introduced the distribution header. Nodes with an ERTS version - earlier than 5.7.2 can still communicate with new nodes, - but no distribution header and no atom cache are used.</p> - <p> The distribution header only contains an atom cache reference section, but can in the future contain more information. The distribution header precedes one or more Erlang @@ -373,8 +367,9 @@ </row> <tcaption>FLOAT_EXT</tcaption></table> <p> - A float is stored in string format. The format used in sprintf to - format the float is "%.20e" + A finite float (i.e. not inf, -inf or NaN) is stored in + string format. The format used in sprintf to format the + float is "%.20e" (there are more bytes allocated than necessary). To unpack the float, use sscanf with format "%lf". </p> @@ -989,7 +984,8 @@ </row> <tcaption>NEW_FLOAT_EXT</tcaption></table> <p> - A float is stored as 8 bytes in big-endian IEEE format. + A finite float (i.e. not inf, -inf or NaN) is stored as 8 bytes + in big-endian IEEE format. </p> <p> This term is used in minor version 1 of the external format. |