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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/erl_interface/doc/src/ei.xml | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/erl_interface/doc/src/notes.xml | 41 |
2 files changed, 48 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/lib/erl_interface/doc/src/ei.xml b/lib/erl_interface/doc/src/ei.xml index ddfb4d88a8..9502fb1ee7 100644 --- a/lib/erl_interface/doc/src/ei.xml +++ b/lib/erl_interface/doc/src/ei.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <cref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2001</year><year>2016</year> + <year>2001</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -421,22 +421,16 @@ typedef enum { <name><ret>int</ret><nametext>ei_x_encode_atom_len_as(ei_x_buff* x, const char *p, int len, erlang_char_encoding from_enc, erlang_char_encoding to_enc)</nametext></name> <fsummary>Encode an atom.</fsummary> <desc> - <p>Encodes an atom in the binary format with character encoding - <seealso marker="#erlang_char_encoding"><c>to_enc</c></seealso> - (Latin-1 or UTF-8). Parameter <c>p</c> is the name of the atom with + <p>Encodes an atom in the binary format. Parameter <c>p</c> is the name of the atom with character encoding <seealso marker="#erlang_char_encoding"><c>from_enc</c></seealso> (ASCII, Latin-1, or UTF-8). The name must either be <c>NULL</c>-terminated or - a function variant with a <c>len</c> parameter must be used. - If <c>to_enc</c> is set to the bitwise OR'd combination - <c>(ERLANG_LATIN1|ERLANG_UTF8)</c>, UTF-8 encoding is only used if the - atom string cannot be represented in Latin-1 encoding.</p> - <p>The encoding fails if <c>p</c> is an invalid string in encoding - <c>from_enc</c>, if the string is too long, or if it cannot be - represented with character encoding <c>to_enc</c>.</p> - <p>These functions were introduced in Erlang/OTP R16 as part of a first - step to support UTF-8 atoms. Atoms encoded with <c>ERLANG_UTF8</c> - cannot be decoded by earlier releases than R16.</p> + a function variant with a <c>len</c> parameter must be used.</p> + <p>The encoding fails if <c>p</c> is not a valid string in encoding + <c>from_enc</c>.</p> + + <p>Argument <c>to_enc</c> is ignored. As from Erlang/OTP 20 the encoding is always + done in UTF-8 which is readable by nodes as old as Erlang/OTP R16.</p> </desc> </func> diff --git a/lib/erl_interface/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/erl_interface/doc/src/notes.xml index b5d8def655..ec20f3c67f 100644 --- a/lib/erl_interface/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/erl_interface/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2004</year><year>2016</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -31,6 +31,45 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the Erl_interface application.</p> +<section><title>Erl_Interface 3.10</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix bug where gethostname would incorrectly fail with + enametoolong on Linux.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14310</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Remove generation of atoms in old latin1 external format + in the distribution between erlang nodes, + <c>erl_interface</c>, and <c>jinterface</c>. The new utf8 + format for atoms was introduced in OTP R16. An OTP 20 + node can therefore not connect to nodes older than R16.</p> + <p> + Atoms that can be encoded using latin1 are still encoded + by <c>term_to_binary()</c> using latin1 encoding. Note + that all atoms will by default be encoded using utf8 in a + future Erlang/OTP release. For more information see the + documentation of <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#term_to_binary/2"><c>erlang:term_to_binary/2</c></seealso>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14337</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Erl_Interface 3.9.3</title> <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> |