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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml
index adec2d9520..c55454506e 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<date>1996-09-10</date>
<rev>A</rev>
</header>
- <module>rpc</module>
+ <module since="">rpc</module>
<modulesummary>Remote Procedure Call services.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module contains services similar to Remote
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="abcast" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="abcast" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Broadcast a message asynchronously to a registered process on
all nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="abcast" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="abcast" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Broadcast a message asynchronously to a registered process on
specific nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="async_call" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="async_call" arity="4" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a function call on a node, asynchronous
version.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="block_call" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="block_call" arity="4" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a function call on a node in the RPC server's
context.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="block_call" arity="5"/>
+ <name name="block_call" arity="5" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a function call on a node in the RPC server's
context.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="call" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="call" arity="4" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a function call on a node.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Evaluates <c>apply(<anno>Module</anno>, <anno>Function</anno>,
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="call" arity="5"/>
+ <name name="call" arity="5" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a function call on a node.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Evaluates <c>apply(<anno>Module</anno>, <anno>Function</anno>,
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="cast" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="cast" arity="4" since=""/>
<fsummary>Run a function on a node ignoring the result.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Evaluates <c>apply(<anno>Module</anno>, <anno>Function</anno>,
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="eval_everywhere" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="eval_everywhere" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Run a function on all nodes, ignoring the result.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Equivalent to <c>eval_everywhere([node()|nodes()],
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="eval_everywhere" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="eval_everywhere" arity="4" since=""/>
<fsummary>Run a function on specific nodes, ignoring the
result.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="multi_server_call" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="multi_server_call" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Interact with the servers on a number of nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Equivalent to <c>multi_server_call([node()|nodes()],
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="multi_server_call" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="multi_server_call" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Interact with the servers on a number of nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Can be used when interacting with servers called
@@ -217,14 +217,14 @@
<list type="bulleted">
<item>A list of the nodes that do not exist</item>
<item>A list of the nodes where the server does not exist</item>
- <item>A list of the nodes where the server terminatd before sending
+ <item>A list of the nodes where the server terminated before sending
any reply.</item>
</list>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="multicall" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="multicall" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a function call on a number of nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Equivalent to <c>multicall([node()|nodes()], <anno>Module</anno>,
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="multicall" arity="4" clause_i="1"/>
+ <name name="multicall" arity="4" clause_i="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a function call on a number of nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Equivalent to <c>multicall(<anno>Nodes</anno>, <anno>Module</anno>,
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="multicall" arity="4" clause_i="2"/>
+ <name name="multicall" arity="4" clause_i="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a function call on a number of nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Equivalent to <c>multicall([node()|nodes()], <anno>Module</anno>,
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="multicall" arity="5"/>
+ <name name="multicall" arity="5" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate a function call on a number of nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>In contrast to an RPC, a multicall is an RPC that is sent
@@ -268,8 +268,9 @@
on the specified nodes and collects the answers. It returns
<c>{<anno>ResL</anno>, <anno>BadNodes</anno>}</c>, where
<c><anno>BadNodes</anno></c> is a list
- of the nodes that terminated or timed out during computation,
- and <c><anno>ResL</anno></c> is a list of the return values.
+ of the nodes that do not exist,
+ and <c><anno>ResL</anno></c> is a list of the return values,
+ or <c>{badrpc, <anno>Reason</anno>}</c> for failing calls.
<c><anno>Timeout</anno></c> is a time (integer) in milliseconds, or
<c>infinity</c>.</p>
<p>The following example is useful when new object code is to
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="nb_yield" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="nb_yield" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Deliver the result of evaluating a function call on a node
(non-blocking).</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="nb_yield" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="nb_yield" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Deliver the result of evaluating a function call on a node
(non-blocking).</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="parallel_eval" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="parallel_eval" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Evaluate many function calls on all nodes in
parallel.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="pinfo" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="pinfo" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Information about a process.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Location transparent version of the BIF
@@ -336,8 +337,8 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="pinfo" arity="2" clause_i="1"/>
- <name name="pinfo" arity="2" clause_i="2"/>
+ <name name="pinfo" arity="2" clause_i="1" since=""/>
+ <name name="pinfo" arity="2" clause_i="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Information about a process.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Location transparent version of the BIF
@@ -346,8 +347,8 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="pmap" arity="3"/>
- <fsummary>Parallell evaluation of mapping a function over a
+ <name name="pmap" arity="3" since=""/>
+ <fsummary>Parallel evaluation of mapping a function over a
list.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Evaluates <c>apply(<anno>Module</anno>, <anno>Function</anno>,
@@ -359,7 +360,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="sbcast" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="sbcast" arity="2" since=""/>
<fsummary>Broadcast a message synchronously to a registered process on
all nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="sbcast" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="sbcast" arity="3" since=""/>
<fsummary>Broadcast a message synchronously to a registered process on
specific nodes.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -390,7 +391,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="server_call" arity="4"/>
+ <name name="server_call" arity="4" since=""/>
<fsummary>Interact with a server on a node.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Can be used when interacting with a server called
@@ -409,7 +410,7 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name name="yield" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="yield" arity="1" since=""/>
<fsummary>Deliver the result of evaluating a function call on a node
(blocking).</fsummary>
<desc>
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