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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 687ff38cbf..4a00d24cee 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -1943,23 +1943,26 @@ os_prompt%</pre> <item>The runtime system exits with integer value <c><anno>Status</anno></c> as status code to the calling environment (OS). + <note> + <p>On many platforms, the OS supports only status + codes 0-255. A too large status code is truncated by clearing + the high bits.</p> + </note> </item> <tag>string()</tag> <item>An Erlang crash dump is produced with <c><anno>Status</anno></c> as slogan. Then the runtime system exits with status code <c>1</c>. - Note that only code points in the range 0-255 may be used - and the string will be truncated if longer than 200 characters. + The string will be truncated if longer than 200 characters. + <note> + <p>Before ERTS 9.1 (OTP-20.1) only code points in the range 0-255 + was accepted in the string. Now any unicode string is valid.</p> + </note> </item> <tag><c>abort</c></tag> <item>The runtime system aborts producing a core dump, if that is enabled in the OS. </item> </taglist> - <note> - <p>On many platforms, the OS supports only status - codes 0-255. A too large status code is truncated by clearing - the high bits.</p> - </note> <p>For integer <c><anno>Status</anno></c>, the Erlang runtime system closes all ports and allows async threads to finish their operations before exiting. To exit without such flushing, use |