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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc/src/erlang.xml')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 5002c48ca1..0077c0096c 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -277,7 +277,9 @@ the binary contains Unicode characters greater than 16#FF. In a future release, such Unicode characters might be allowed and <c>binary_to_atom(<anno>Binary</anno>, utf8)</c> - will not fail in that case.</p></note> + will not fail in that case. For more information on Unicode support in atoms + see <seealso marker="erl_ext_dist#utf8_atoms">note on UTF-8 encoded atoms</seealso> + in the chapter about the external term format in the ERTS User's Guide.</p></note> <pre> > <input>binary_to_atom(<<"Erlang">>, latin1).</input> @@ -1647,9 +1649,11 @@ os_prompt% </pre> <desc> <p>Returns the atom whose text representation is <c><anno>String</anno></c>.</p> <p><c><anno>String</anno></c> may only contain ISO-latin-1 - characterns (i.e. numbers below 256) as the current + characters (i.e. numbers below 256) as the current implementation does not allow unicode characters >= 256 in - atoms.</p> + atoms. For more information on Unicode support in atoms + see <seealso marker="erl_ext_dist#utf8_atoms">note on UTF-8 encoded atoms</seealso> + in the chapter about the external term format in the ERTS User's Guide.</p> <pre> > <input>list_to_atom("Erlang").</input> 'Erlang'</pre> |