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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index e440a3d270..aeded7c719 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -6589,11 +6589,12 @@ ok some details of the encoding. This option was introduced in R11B-4. Currently, the allowed values for <c><anno>Version</anno></c> are <c>0</c> and <c>1</c>.</p> - <p><c>{minor_version, 1}</c> forces any floats in the term to be encoded + <p><c>{minor_version, 1}</c> is since 17.0 the default, it forces any floats in + the term to be encoded in a more space-efficient and exact way (namely in the 64-bit IEEE format, rather than converted to a textual representation). <c>binary_to_term/1</c> - in R11B-4 and later is able decode the new representation.</p> - <p><c>{minor_version, 0}</c> is currently the default, meaning that floats + in R11B-4 and later is able decode this representation.</p> + <p><c>{minor_version, 0}</c> meaning that floats will be encoded using a textual representation; this option is useful if you want to ensure that releases prior to R11B-4 can decode resulting binary.</p> |