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-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/absform.xml3
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl.xml22
-rw-r--r--[-rwxr-xr-x]erts/doc/src/erl_ext_fig.gifbin3834 -> 3834 bytes
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml11
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/erlang.xml81
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/make.dep32
6 files changed, 88 insertions, 61 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/absform.xml b/erts/doc/src/absform.xml
index 4c84412dd6..88e8b284fb 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/absform.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/absform.xml
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@
<item>If E is <c><![CDATA[fun Name / Arity]]></c>, then
Rep(E) = <c><![CDATA[{'fun',LINE,{function,Name,Arity}}]]></c>.</item>
<item>If E is <c><![CDATA[fun Module:Name/Arity]]></c>, then
- Rep(E) = <c><![CDATA[{'fun',LINE,{function,Module,Name,Arity}}]]></c>.</item>
+ Rep(E) = <c><![CDATA[{'fun',LINE,{function,Rep(Module),Rep(Name),Rep(Arity)}}]]></c>.
+ (Before the R15 release: Rep(E) = <c><![CDATA[{'fun',LINE,{function,Module,Name,Arity}}]]></c>.)</item>
<item>If E is <c><![CDATA[fun Fc_1 ; ... ; Fc_k end]]></c>
where each <c><![CDATA[Fc_i]]></c> is a function clause then Rep(E) =
<c><![CDATA[{'fun',LINE,{clauses,[Rep(Fc_1), ..., Rep(Fc_k)]}}]]></c>.</item>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
index 048ffbcd47..53f46d2a2e 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
@@ -573,6 +573,13 @@
<p>Enables auto load tracing, displaying info while loading
code.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[+L]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Don't load information about source filenames and line numbers.
+ This will save some memory, but exceptions will not contain
+ information about the filenames and line numbers.
+ </p>
+ </item>
<tag><marker id="erts_alloc"><c><![CDATA[+MFlag Value]]></c></marker></tag>
<item>
<p>Memory allocator specific flags, see
@@ -720,6 +727,19 @@
<seealso marker="erlang#system_flag_scheduler_bind_type">erlang:system_flag(scheduler_bind_type, SchedulerBindType)</seealso>.
</p>
</item>
+ <tag><marker id="+scl"><c>+scl true|false</c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Enable or disable scheduler compaction of load. By default
+ scheduler compaction of load is enabled. When enabled, load
+ balancing will strive for a load distribution which causes
+ as many scheduler threads as possible to be fully loaded (i.e.,
+ not run out of work). This is accomplished by migrating load
+ (e.g. runnable processes) into a smaller set of schedulers
+ when schedulers frequently run out of work. When disabled,
+ the frequency with which schedulers run out of work will
+ not be taken into account by the load balancing logic.
+ </p>
+ </item>
<tag><marker id="+sct"><c>+sct CpuTopology</c></marker></tag>
<item>
<list type="bulleted">
@@ -969,7 +989,7 @@
the <c><![CDATA[-extra]]></c> section, i.e. the end of the command line
following after an <c><![CDATA[-extra]]></c> flag.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[ERL_ZFLAGS]]></c>and <c><![CDATA[ERL_FLAGS]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[ERL_ZFLAGS]]></c> and <c><![CDATA[ERL_FLAGS]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>The content of these environment variables will be added to the
end of the command line for <c><![CDATA[erl]]></c>.</p>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_fig.gif b/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_fig.gif
index 14d6bbc871..14d6bbc871 100755..100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_fig.gif
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_fig.gif
Binary files differ
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
index 48839e9081..8daa67aa87 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_nif.xml
@@ -692,6 +692,10 @@ typedef enum {
<fsummary>Determine if a term is an exception</fsummary>
<desc><p>Return true if <c>term</c> is an exception.</p></desc>
</func>
+ <func><name><ret>int</ret><nametext>enif_is_number(ErlNifEnv* env, ERL_NIF_TERM term)</nametext></name>
+ <fsummary>Determine if a term is a number (integer or float)</fsummary>
+ <desc><p>Return true if <c>term</c> is a number.</p></desc>
+ </func>
<func><name><ret>int</ret><nametext>enif_is_fun(ErlNifEnv* env, ERL_NIF_TERM term)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Determine if a term is a fun</fsummary>
<desc><p>Return true if <c>term</c> is a fun.</p></desc>
@@ -822,6 +826,13 @@ typedef enum {
<desc><p>Create an ordinary list containing the elements of array <c>arr</c>
of length <c>cnt</c>. An empty list is returned if <c>cnt</c> is 0.</p></desc>
</func>
+ <func><name><ret>int</ret><nametext>enif_make_reverse_list(ErlNifEnv* env, ERL_NIF_TERM term, ERL_NIF_TERM *list)</nametext></name>
+ <fsummary>Create the reverse list of the list <c>term</c>.</fsummary>
+ <desc><p>Set <c>*list</c> to the reverse list of the list <c>term</c> and return true,
+ or return false if <c>term</c> is not a list. This function should only be used on
+ short lists as a copy will be created of the list which will not be released until after the
+ nif returns.</p></desc>
+ </func>
<func><name><ret>ERL_NIF_TERM</ret><nametext>enif_make_long(ErlNifEnv* env, long int i)</nametext></name>
<fsummary>Create an integer term from a long int</fsummary>
<desc><p>Create an integer term from a <c>long int</c>.</p></desc>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index ae6300a728..d685728862 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -550,15 +550,6 @@ false</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="concat_binary" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Concatenate a list of binaries (deprecated)</fsummary>
- <desc>
- <p>Do not use; use
- <seealso marker="#list_to_binary/1">list_to_binary/1</seealso>
- instead.</p>
- </desc>
- </func>
- <func>
<name>erlang:crc32(Data) -> integer() >= 0</name>
<fsummary>Compute crc32 (IEEE 802.3) checksum</fsummary>
<type>
@@ -811,8 +802,7 @@ false</pre>
<type>
<v>MonitorRef = reference()</v>
<v>OptionList = [Option]</v>
- <v>Option = flush</v>
- <v>Option = info</v>
+ <v>&nbsp;Option = flush | info</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>The returned value is <c>true</c> unless <c>info</c> is part
@@ -1205,11 +1195,16 @@ true
</item>
<tag><c>{new_uniq, Uniq}</c></tag>
<item>
- <p><c>Uniq</c> (a binary) is a unique value for this fun.</p>
+ <p><c>Uniq</c> (a binary) is a unique value for this fun.
+ It is calculated from the compiled code for the entire module.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>{uniq, Uniq}</c></tag>
<item>
- <p><c>Uniq</c> (an integer) is a unique value for this fun.</p>
+ <p><c>Uniq</c> (an integer) is a unique value for this fun.
+ Starting in the R15 release, this integer is calculated from
+ the compiled code for the entire module. Before R15, this
+ integer was based on only the body of the fun.
+ </p>
</item>
</taglist>
</desc>
@@ -1353,17 +1348,18 @@ true
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>erlang:get_stacktrace() -> [{Module, Function, Arity | Args}]</name>
+ <name>erlang:get_stacktrace() -> [{Module, Function, Arity | Args, Location}]</name>
<fsummary>Get the call stack back-trace of the last exception</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Module = Function = atom()</v>
<v>Arity = arity()</v>
<v>Args = [term()]</v>
+ <v>Location = [{atom(),term()}]</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Get the call stack back-trace (<em>stacktrace</em>) of the last
exception in the calling process as a list of
- <c>{Module,Function,Arity}</c> tuples.
+ <c>{Module,Function,Arity,Location}</c> tuples.
The <c>Arity</c> field in the first tuple may be the argument
list of that function call instead of an arity integer,
depending on the exception.</p>
@@ -1373,6 +1369,25 @@ true
<p>The stacktrace is the same data as the <c>catch</c> operator
returns, for example:</p>
<p><c>{'EXIT',{badarg,Stacktrace}} = catch abs(x)</c></p>
+ <p><c>Location</c> is a (possibly empty) list of two-tuples that
+ may indicate the location in the source code of the function.
+ The first element is an atom that describes the type of
+ information in the second element. Currently the following
+ items may occur:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>file</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The second element of the tuple is a string (list of
+ characters) representing the filename of the source file
+ of the function.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>line</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The second element of the tuple is the line number
+ (an integer greater than zero) in the source file
+ where the exception occurred or the function was called.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
<p>See also
<seealso marker="#error/1">erlang:error/1</seealso> and
<seealso marker="#error/2">erlang:error/2</seealso>.</p>
@@ -3704,12 +3719,6 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
<tag><c>process_flag(save_calls, N)</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>When there are runnable processes on priority <c>max</c>
- no processes on priority <c>low</c>, <c>normal</c>, or
- <c>high</c> will be selected for execution. As with the
- <c>high</c> priority, processes on lower priorities might
- execute in parallel with processes on priority <c>max</c>.
- </p>
<p><c>N</c> must be an integer in the interval 0..10000.
If <c>N</c> &gt; 0, call saving is made active for the
process, which means that information about the <c>N</c>
@@ -3880,11 +3889,26 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
catches in this process. This <c>InfoTuple</c> may be
changed or removed without prior notice.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>{current_function, {Module, Function, Args}}</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>{current_function, {Module, Function, Arity}}</c></tag>
<item>
- <p><c>Module</c>, <c>Function</c>, <c>Args</c> is
+ <p><c>Module</c>, <c>Function</c>, <c>Arity</c> is
the current function call of the process.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>{current_location, {Module, Function, Arity, Location}}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>Module</c>, <c>Function</c>, <c>Arity</c> is
+ the current function call of the process.
+ <c>Location</c> is a list of two-tuples that describes the
+ location in the source code.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>{current_stacktrace, Stack}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Return the current call stack back-trace (<em>stacktrace</em>)
+ of the process. The stack has the same format as returned by
+ <seealso marker="#get_stacktrace/1">erlang:get_stacktrace/0</seealso>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
<tag><c>{dictionary, Dictionary}</c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>Dictionary</c> is the dictionary of the process.</p>
@@ -4151,11 +4175,14 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
equivalent to <c>erlang:Class(Reason)</c>.
<c>Reason</c> is any term and <c>Stacktrace</c> is a list as
returned from <c>get_stacktrace()</c>, that is a list of
- 3-tuples <c>{Module, Function, Arity | Args}</c> where
- <c>Module</c> and <c>Function</c> are atoms and the third
- element is an integer arity or an argument list. The
- stacktrace may also contain <c>{Fun, Args}</c> tuples where
+ 4-tuples <c>{Module, Function, Arity | Args,
+ Location}</c> where <c>Module</c> and <c>Function</c>
+ are atoms and the third element is an integer arity or an
+ argument list. The stacktrace may also contain <c>{Fun,
+ Args, Location}</c> tuples where
<c>Fun</c> is a local fun and <c>Args</c> is an argument list.</p>
+ <p>The <c>Location</c> element at the end is optional.
+ Omitting it is equivalent to specifying an empty list.</p>
<p>The stacktrace is used as the exception stacktrace for the
calling process; it will be truncated to the current
maximum stacktrace depth.</p>
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/make.dep b/erts/doc/src/make.dep
deleted file mode 100644
index 98bac78235..0000000000
--- a/erts/doc/src/make.dep
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# >>>> Do not edit this file <<<<
-# This file was automaticly generated by
-# /home/gandalf/otp/bin/docdepend
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# TeX files that the DVI file depend on
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-book.dvi: absform.tex alt_dist.tex book.tex crash_dump.tex \
- driver.tex driver_entry.tex epmd.tex erl.tex \
- erl_dist_protocol.tex erl_driver.tex erl_ext_dist.tex \
- erl_prim_loader.tex erl_set_memory_block.tex \
- erlang.tex erlc.tex erlsrv.tex erts_alloc.tex \
- escript.tex inet_cfg.tex init.tex match_spec.tex \
- part.tex ref_man.tex run_erl.tex start.tex \
- start_erl.tex tty.tex werl.tex zlib.tex
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# Source inlined when transforming from source to LaTeX
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-book.tex: ref_man.xml
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# Pictures that the DVI file depend on
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-book.dvi: erl_ext_fig.ps
-