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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc/src/erlang.xml')
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1 files changed, 35 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 9ad42374bf..f9e8717847 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -1252,10 +1252,11 @@ true <fsummary>Check if a function is exported and loaded</fsummary> <desc> <p>Returns <c>true</c> if the module <c><anno>Module</anno></c> is loaded - and contains an exported function <c><anno>Function</anno>/<anno>Arity</anno></c>; - otherwise <c>false</c>.</p> - <p>Returns <c>false</c> for any BIF (functions implemented in C - rather than in Erlang).</p> + and contains an exported function <c><anno>Function</anno>/<anno>Arity</anno></c>, + or if there is a BIF (a built-in function implemented in C) + with the given name; otherwise returns <c>false</c>.</p> + <note><p>This function used to return false for built-in + functions before the 18.0 release.</p></note> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -1376,6 +1377,19 @@ true </desc> </func> <func> + <name name="get_keys" arity="0"/> + <fsummary>Return a list of all keys from the process dictionary</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Returns a list of keys all keys present in the process dictionary.</p> + <pre> +> <input>put(dog, {animal,1}),</input> +<input>put(cow, {animal,2}),</input> +<input>put(lamb, {animal,3}),</input> +<input>get_keys().</input> +[dog,cow,lamb]</pre> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name name="get_keys" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Return a list of keys from the process dictionary</fsummary> <desc> @@ -4968,7 +4982,7 @@ true</pre> <desc> <p>Note that the run-time is the sum of the run-time for all threads in the Erlang run-time system and may therefore be greater - than the wall-clock time.</p> + than the wall-clock time. The time is returned in milliseconds.</p> <pre> > <input>statistics(runtime).</input> {1690,1620} @@ -5775,6 +5789,7 @@ ok <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="52"/> <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="53"/> <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="54"/> + <name name="system_info" arity="1" clause_i="55"/> <fsummary>Information about the system</fsummary> <desc> <p>Returns various information about the current system @@ -5970,6 +5985,16 @@ ok The return value will always be <c>false</c> since the elib_malloc allocator has been removed.</p> </item> + <tag><marker id="system_info_eager_check_io"><c>eager_check_io</c></marker></tag> + <item> + <p> + Returns the value of the <c>erl</c> + <seealso marker="erl#+secio">+secio</seealso> command line + flag which is either <c>true</c> or <c>false</c>. See the + documentation of the command line flag for information about + the different values. + </p> + </item> <tag><c>ets_limit</c></tag> <item> <p>Returns the maximum number of ETS tables allowed. This limit @@ -6133,6 +6158,11 @@ ok <seealso marker="#system_info_multi_scheduling">erlang:system_info(multi_scheduling)</seealso>, and <seealso marker="#system_info_schedulers">erlang:system_info(schedulers)</seealso>.</p> </item> + <tag><c>nif_version</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Returns a string containing the erlang NIF version + used by the runtime system. It will be on the form "<major ver>.<minor ver>".</p> + </item> <tag><marker id="system_info_otp_release"><c>otp_release</c></marker></tag> <item> <p>Returns a string containing the OTP release number of the |