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| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml | 37 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml index 3730f0e8ac..5d6605b69a 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_ext_dist.xml @@ -637,11 +637,13 @@ <seealso marker="#NEW_PID_EXT"><c>NEW_PID_EXT</c></seealso>. Port operations are not allowed across node boundaries. </p> - <p>Introduced in OTP 19, but only to be decoded and echoed back. Not - encoded for local ports. Planned to supersede <seealso marker="#PORT_EXT"> - <c>PORT_EXT</c></seealso> in OTP 23 when - <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags"><c>DFLAG_BIG_CREATON</c></seealso> - becomes mandatory. + <p><c>NEW_PORT_EXT</c> was introduced in OTP 19, but only to be decoded + and echoed back. Not encoded for local ports. + </p> + <p>In OTP 23 distribution flag <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags"> + <c>DFLAG_BIG_CREATION</c></seealso> became mandatory. All ports are now + encoded using <c>NEW_PORT_EXT</c>, even external ports received as <seealso + marker="#PORT_EXT"><c>PORT_EXT</c></seealso> from older nodes. </p> </section> @@ -719,11 +721,13 @@ erlang:list_to_pid/1</seealso>).</p> </item> </taglist> - <p>Introduced in OTP 19, but only to be decoded and echoed back. Not - encoded for local processes. Planned to supersede <seealso marker="#PID_EXT"> - <c>PID_EXT</c></seealso> in OTP 23 when - <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags"><c>DFLAG_BIG_CREATON</c></seealso> - becomes mandatory. + <p><c>NEW_PID_EXT</c> was introduced in OTP 19, but only to be decoded + and echoed back. Not encoded for local processes. + </p> + <p>In OTP 23 distribution flag <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags"> + <c>DFLAG_BIG_CREATION</c></seealso> became mandatory. All pids are now + encoded using <c>NEW_PID_EXT</c>, even external pids received as <seealso + marker="#PID_EXT"><c>PID_EXT</c></seealso> from older nodes. </p> </section> @@ -1047,11 +1051,14 @@ <seealso marker="#NEW_PID_EXT"><c>NEW_PID_EXT</c></seealso>.</p> </item> </taglist> - <p>Introduced in OTP 19, but only to be decoded and echoed back. Not - encoded for local references. Planned to supersede <seealso marker="#NEW_REFERENCE_EXT"> - <c>NEW_REFERENCE_EXT</c></seealso> in OTP 23 when - <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags"><c>DFLAG_BIG_CREATON</c></seealso> - becomes mandatory. + <p><c>NEWER_REFERENCE_EXT</c> was introduced in OTP 19, but only to be decoded + and echoed back. Not encoded for local references. + </p> + <p>In OTP 23 distribution flag <seealso marker="erl_dist_protocol#dflags"> + <c>DFLAG_BIG_CREATION</c></seealso> became mandatory. All references are now + encoded using <c>NEWER_REFERENCE_EXT</c>, even external references + received as <seealso marker="#NEW_REFERENCE_EXT"><c>NEW_REFERENCE_EXT</c> + </seealso> from older nodes. </p> </section> |