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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 28 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml index 63ab2532ab..ec4a0dee05 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ path, similar to <c><![CDATA[code:add_pathsa/1]]></c>. See <seealso marker="kernel:code">code(3)</seealso>. As an alternative to <c>-pa</c>, if several directories are - to be prepended to the code and the directories have a + to be prepended to the code path and the directories have a common parent directory, that parent directory could be specified in the <c>ERL_LIBS</c> environment variable. See <seealso marker="kernel:code">code(3)</seealso>.</p> @@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ disables this feature, which also is the default. </p> <p>This feature has been introduced as a temporary workaround - for lengthy executing native code, and native code that do not + for long-executing native code, and native code that does not bump reductions properly in OTP. When these bugs have be fixed the <c>+sfwi</c> flag will be removed. </p> @@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ balance scheduler utilization between schedulers. That is, strive for equal scheduler utilization on all schedulers. <br/> <c>+sub true</c> is only supported on - systems where the runtime system detects and use a monotonically + systems where the runtime system detects and uses a monotonically increasing high resolution clock. On other systems, the runtime system will fail to start. <br/> <c>+sub true</c> implies diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index df7af3ce6b..94f9cd3148 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -1001,15 +1001,15 @@ can be used instead of <c>demonitor(<anno>MonitorRef</anno>)</c> if this cleanup is wanted.</p> <note> - <p>Before OTP R11B (<c>ERTS</c> 5.5), <c>demonitor/1</c> - behaved asynchronous, that is, the monitor was active - until the "demonitor signal" reached the monitored entity. - This had an undesirable effect, as you could never know when - you were guaranteed <em>not</em> to receive a <c>DOWN</c> - message because of the monitor.</p> - <p>The current behavior can be viewed as two combined operations: - asynchronously send a "demonitor signal" to the monitored - entity and ignore any future results of the monitor.</p> + <p>Prior to OTP release R11B (ERTS version 5.5) <c>demonitor/1</c> + behaved completely asynchronously, i.e., the monitor was active + until the "demonitor signal" reached the monitored entity. This + had one undesirable effect. You could never know when + you were guaranteed <em>not</em> to receive a <c>DOWN</c> message + due to the monitor.</p> + <p>Current behavior can be viewed as two combined operations: + asynchronously send a "demonitor signal" to the monitored entity + and ignore any future results of the monitor. </p> </note> <p>Failure: It is an error if <c><anno>MonitorRef</anno></c> refers to a monitoring started by another process. Not all such cases are @@ -7877,9 +7877,9 @@ timestamp() -> Secs = ErlangSystemTime div 1000000 - MegaSecs*1000000, MicroSecs = ErlangSystemTime rem 1000000, {MegaSecs, Secs, MicroSecs}.</code> - <p>The BIF uses a native implementation which does - not build garbage on the heap and with slightly better - performance.</p> + <p>It, however, uses a native implementation which does + not build garbage on the heap and with slightly better + performance.</p> <note><p>This time is <em>not</em> a monotonically increasing time in the general case. For more information, see the documentation of @@ -8812,8 +8812,8 @@ timestamp() -> true end</code> <note> - <p>Before OTP R11B (<c>ERTS</c> 5.5) <c>unlink/1</c> - behaved asynchronous, that is, the link was active + <p>Prior to OTP release R11B (ERTS version 5.5) <c>unlink/1</c> + behaved completely asynchronously, i.e., the link was active until the "unlink signal" reached the linked entity. This had an undesirable effect, as you could never know when you were guaranteed <em>not</em> to be effected by the link.</p> |