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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml index 78bc533464..0175c38397 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2004</year><year>2012</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2013</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -30,6 +30,320 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the Kernel application.</p> +<section><title>Kernel 2.16.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + A bug in prim_inet has been corrected. If the port owner + was killed at a bad time while closing the socket port + the port could become orphaned hence causing port and + socket leaking. Reported by Fred Herbert, Dmitry Belyaev + and others.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10497 Aux Id: OTP-10562 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A few bugs regarding case sensitivity for hostname + resolution while using e.g the internal lookup types + 'file' and 'dns' has been corrected. When looking up + hostnames ASCII letters a-z are to be regarded as the + same as A-Z according to RFC 4343 "Domain Name System + (DNS) Case Insensitivity Clarification", and this was not + always the case.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10689 Aux Id: seq12227 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Add <c>application:ensure_started/1,2</c>. It is + equivavlent to <c>application:start/1,2</c> except it + returns <c>ok</c> for already started applications.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10910</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Optimize communication with file io server. Thanks to + Anthony Ramine.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11040</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Erlang source files with non-ASCII characters are now + encoded in UTF-8 (instead of latin1).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11041 Aux Id: OTP-10907 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Optimization of simultaneous <c>inet_db</c> operations on + the same socket by using a lock free implementation.</p> + <p> + Impact on the characteristics of the system: Improved + performance.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11074</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The <c>high_msgq_watermark</c> and + <c>low_msgq_watermark</c> <c>inet</c> socket options + introduced in OTP-R16A could only be set on TCP sockets. + These options are now generic and can be set on all types + of sockets.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11075 Aux Id: OTP-10336 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix deep list argument error under Windows in os:cmd/1. + Thanks to Aleksandr Vinokurov .</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11104</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Kernel 2.16.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> A bug that could cause a crash with wrong reason has + been corrected in the <c>application_controller</c> + module. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10754</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix <c>code:is_module_native/1</c> that sometimes in R16A + returned false for hipe compiled modules containing BIFs + such as <c>lists</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10870</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Respect <c>{exit_on_close,false}</c> option on tcp socket + in non-passive mode when receiving fails (due to an + ill-formed packet for example) by only doing a half close + and still allow sending on the socket. (Thanks to Anthony + Molinaro and Steve Vinoski for reporting the problem)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10879</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Slightly nicer error message when node start fails due to + duplicate name. Thanks to Magnus Henoch.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10797</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Miscellaneous updates due to Unicode support. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10820</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add a new function code:get_mode() can be used to detect + how the code servers behaves. Thanks to Vlad Dumitrescu</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10823</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix type of error Reason on gen_tcp:send/2. Thanks to + Sean Cribbs.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10839</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>file:list_dir_all/1</c> and + <c>file:read_link_all/1</c> that can handle raw file + names have been added. See the User Guide for STDLIB for + information about raw file names.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10852</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Kernel 2.16</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + It is no longer possible to have <c>{Mod,Vsn}</c> in the + 'modules' list in a .app file.</p> + <p> + This was earlier possible, although never documented in + the .app file reference manual. It was however visible in + the documentation of <c>application:load/[1,2]</c>, where + the same term as in a .app file can be used as the first + argument.</p> + <p> + The possibility has been removed since the <c>Vsn</c> + part was never used.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10417</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The contract of <c>erl_ddll:format_error/1</c> has + been corrected. (Thanks to Joseph Wayne Norton.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10473</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Change printout of application crash message on startup + to formated strings (Thanks to Serge Aleynikov)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10620</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The type <c>ascii_string()</c> in the <c>base64</c> + module has been corrected. The type + <c>file:file_info()</c> has been cleaned up. The type + <c>file:fd()</c> has been made opaque in the + documentation. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10624 Aux Id: kunagi-352 [263] </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Inet exported functionality</p> + <p> + inet:parse_ipv4_address/1, + inet:parse_ipv4strict_address/1, + inet:parse_ipv6_address/1, + inet:parse_ipv6strict_address/1, inet:parse_address/1 and + inet:parse_strict_address is now exported from the inet + module.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8067 Aux Id: kunagi-274 [185] </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A boolean socket option 'ipv6_v6only' for IPv6 sockets + has been added. The default value of the option is OS + dependent, so applications aiming to be portable should + consider using <c>{ipv6_v6only,true}</c> when creating an + <c>inet6</c> listening/destination socket, and if + neccesary also create an <c>inet</c> socket on the same + port for IPv4 traffic. See the documentation.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8928 Aux Id: kunagi-193 [104] </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Support for Unicode has been implemented. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10302</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The documentation for <c>global:register_name/3</c> has + been updated to mention that the use of + <c>{Module,Function}</c> as the method argument (resolve + function) is deprecated.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10419</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed bug where sendfile on oracle solaris would return + an error when a partial send was done.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10549</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The <c>error_handler</c> module will now call + <c>'$handle_undefined_function'/2</c> if an attempt is + made to call a non-existing function in a module that + exists. See the documentation for <c>error_handler</c> + module for details.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10617 Aux Id: kunagi-340 [251] </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Where necessary a comment stating encoding has been + added to Erlang files. The comment is meant to be removed + in Erlang/OTP R17B when UTF-8 becomes the default + encoding. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10630</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Do not return wrong terms unnecessarily. (Thanks to + Kostis Sagonas.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10662</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Some examples overflowing the width of PDF pages have + been corrected. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10665</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Add file:allocate/3 operation</p> + <p>This operation allows pre-allocation of space for + files. It succeeds only on systems that support such + operation. (Thanks to Filipe David Manana)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10680</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add application:get_key/3. The new function provides a + default value for a configuration parameter. Thanks to + Serge Aleynikov.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10694</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add search to Erlang shell's history. Thanks to Fred + Herbert.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10739</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Kernel 2.15.3</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |