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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/binary.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/binary.xml
index c5eb81a86a..88ce77e0d0 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/binary.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/binary.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<header>
<copyright>
<year>2009</year>
- <year>2010</year>
+ <year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -53,37 +53,35 @@
module.
</p>
</note>
-
-
</description>
- <section>
- <title>DATA TYPES</title>
- <code type="none">
- cp()
- - Opaque data-type representing a compiled search-pattern. Guaranteed to be a tuple()
- to allow programs to distinguish it from non precompiled search patterns.
- </code>
- <code type="none">
- part() = {Start,Length}
- Start = int()
- Length = int()
- - A representaion of a part (or range) in a binary. Start is a
+ <datatypes>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="cp"/>
+ <desc><p>Opaque data-type representing a compiled
+ search-pattern. Guaranteed to be a tuple() to allow programs to
+ distinguish it from non precompiled search patterns.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="part"/>
+ <desc><p>A representaion of a part (or range) in a binary. Start is a
zero-based offset into a binary() and Length is the length of
that part. As input to functions in this module, a reverse
part specification is allowed, constructed with a negative
Length, so that the part of the binary begins at Start +
Length and is -Length long. This is useful for referencing the
last N bytes of a binary as {size(Binary), -N}. The functions
- in this module always return part()'s with positive Length.
- </code>
- </section>
+ in this module always return part()'s with positive Length.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ </datatypes>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name>at(Subject, Pos) -> int()</name>
+ <name>at(Subject, Pos) -> byte()</name>
<fsummary>Returns the byte at a specific position in a binary</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>Pos = int() >= 0</v>
+ <v>Pos = integer() >= 0</v>
</type>
<desc>
@@ -95,7 +93,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>bin_to_list(Subject) -> list()</name>
+ <name>bin_to_list(Subject) -> [byte()]</name>
<fsummary>Convert a binary to a list of integers</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Subject = binary()</v>
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>bin_to_list(Subject, PosLen) -> list()</name>
+ <name>bin_to_list(Subject, PosLen) -> [byte()]</name>
<fsummary>Convert a binary to a list of integers</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Subject = binary()</v>
@@ -113,7 +111,7 @@
</type>
<desc>
- <p>Converts <c>Subject</c> to a list of <c>int()</c>s, each representing
+ <p>Converts <c>Subject</c> to a list of <c>byte()</c>s, each representing
the value of one byte. The <c>part()</c> denotes which part of the
<c>binary()</c> to convert. Example:</p>
@@ -126,12 +124,12 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>bin_to_list(Subject, Pos, Len) -> list()</name>
+ <name>bin_to_list(Subject, Pos, Len) -> [byte()]</name>
<fsummary>Convert a binary to a list of integers</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>Pos = int()</v>
- <v>Len = int()</v>
+ <v>Pos = integer() >= 0</v>
+ <v>Len = integer() >= 0</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>The same as<c> bin_to_list(Subject,{Pos,Len})</c>.</p>
@@ -185,7 +183,7 @@
<fsummary>Duplicates a binary N times and creates a new</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>N = int() >= 0</v>
+ <v>N = integer() >= 0</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Creates a binary with the content of <c>Subject</c> duplicated <c>N</c> times.</p>
@@ -211,7 +209,7 @@
<fsummary>Decode a whole binary into an integer of arbitrary size</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>Unsigned = int() >= 0</v>
+ <v>Unsigned = integer() >= 0</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>The same as <c>decode_unsigned(Subject,big)</c>.</p>
@@ -223,12 +221,12 @@
<type>
<v>Subject = binary()</v>
<v>Endianess = big | little</v>
- <v>Unsigned = int() >= 0</v>
+ <v>Unsigned = integer() >= 0</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Converts the binary digit representation, in big or little
- endian, of a positive integer in <c>Subject</c> to an Erlang <c>int()</c>.</p>
+ endian, of a positive integer in <c>Subject</c> to an Erlang <c>integer()</c>.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
@@ -242,7 +240,7 @@
<name>encode_unsigned(Unsigned) -> binary()</name>
<fsummary>Encodes an unsigned integer into the minimal binary</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Unsigned = int() >= 0</v>
+ <v>Unsigned = integer() >= 0</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>The same as <c>encode_unsigned(Unsigned,big)</c>.</p>
@@ -252,7 +250,7 @@
<name>encode_unsigned(Unsigned,Endianess) -> binary()</name>
<fsummary>Encodes an unsigned integer into the minimal binary</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Unsigned = int() >= 0</v>
+ <v>Unsigned = integer() >= 0</v>
<v>Endianess = big | little</v>
</type>
<desc>
@@ -270,7 +268,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>first(Subject) -> int()</name>
+ <name>first(Subject) -> byte()</name>
<fsummary>Returns the first byte of a binary</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Subject = binary()</v>
@@ -283,7 +281,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>last(Subject) -> int()</name>
+ <name>last(Subject) -> byte()</name>
<fsummary>Returns the last byte of a binary</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Subject = binary()</v>
@@ -306,7 +304,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>longest_common_prefix(Binaries) -> int()</name>
+ <name>longest_common_prefix(Binaries) -> integer() >= 0</name>
<fsummary>Returns length of longest common prefix for a set of binaries</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Binaries = [ binary() ]</v>
@@ -327,7 +325,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>longest_common_suffix(Binaries) -> int()</name>
+ <name>longest_common_suffix(Binaries) -> integer() >= 0</name>
<fsummary>Returns length of longest common suffix for a set of binaries</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Binaries = [ binary() ]</v>
@@ -450,7 +448,7 @@
[{1,4}]
</code>
- <p>The result shows that &lt;&lt;bcde"&gt;&gt; is selected instead of the
+ <p>The result shows that &lt;&lt;"bcde"&gt;&gt; is selected instead of the
shorter match &lt;&lt;"bc"&gt;&gt; (which would have given raise to one
more match,&lt;&lt;"de"&gt;&gt;). This corresponds to the behavior of posix
regular expressions (and programs like awk), but is not
@@ -485,7 +483,7 @@
<code>
1> Bin = &lt;&lt;1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10&gt;&gt;.
-2> binary:part(Bin,{byte_size(Bin), -5)).
+2> binary:part(Bin,{byte_size(Bin), -5}).
&lt;&lt;6,7,8,9,10&gt;&gt;
</code>
@@ -506,15 +504,15 @@
<fsummary>Extracts a part of a binary</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>Pos = int()</v>
- <v>Len = int()</v>
+ <v>Pos = integer() >= 0</v>
+ <v>Len = integer() >= 0</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>The same as <c>part(Subject, {Pos, Len})</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>referenced_byte_size(binary()) -> int()</name>
+ <name>referenced_byte_size(binary()) -> integer() >= 0</name>
<fsummary>Determines the size of the actual binary pointed out by a sub-binary</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -581,42 +579,28 @@ store(Binary, GBSet) ->
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>replace(Subject,Pattern,Replacement) -> Result</name>
+ <name name="replace" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Replaces bytes in a binary according to a pattern</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>Pattern = binary() | [ binary() ] | cp()</v>
- <v>Replacement = binary()</v>
- <v>Result = binary()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>The same as <c>replace(Subject,Pattern,Replacement,[])</c>.</p>
+ <p>The same as <c>replace(<anno>Subject</anno>,<anno>Pattern</anno>,<anno>Replacement</anno>,[])</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>replace(Subject,Pattern,Replacement,Options) -> Result</name>
+ <name name="replace" arity="4"/>
<fsummary>Replaces bytes in a binary according to a pattern</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>Pattern = binary() | [ binary() ] | cp()</v>
- <v>Replacement = binary()</v>
- <v>Result = binary()</v>
- <v>Options = [ Option ]</v>
- <v>Option = global | {scope, part()} | {insert_replaced, InsPos}</v>
- <v>InsPos = OnePos | [ OnePos ]</v>
- <v>OnePos = int() =&lt; byte_size(Replacement)</v>
- </type>
+ <type_desc variable="OnePos">An integer() =&lt; byte_size(<anno>Replacement</anno>)
+ </type_desc>
<desc>
<p>Constructs a new binary by replacing the parts in
- <c>Subject</c> matching <c>Pattern</c> with the content of
- <c>Replacement</c>.</p>
+ <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> matching <c><anno>Pattern</anno></c> with the content of
+ <c><anno>Replacement</anno></c>.</p>
- <p>If the matching sub-part of <c>Subject</c> giving raise to the
+ <p>If the matching sub-part of <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> giving raise to the
replacement is to be inserted in the result, the option
- <c>{insert_replaced, InsPos}</c> will insert the matching part into
- <c>Replacement</c> at the given position (or positions) before actually
- inserting <c>Replacement</c> into the <c>Subject</c>. Example:</p>
+ <c>{insert_replaced, <anno>InsPos</anno>}</c> will insert the matching part into
+ <c><anno>Replacement</anno></c> at the given position (or positions) before actually
+ inserting <c><anno>Replacement</anno></c> into the <c><anno>Subject</anno></c>. Example:</p>
<code>
1> binary:replace(&lt;&lt;"abcde"&gt;&gt;,&lt;&lt;"b"&gt;&gt;,&lt;&lt;"[]"&gt;&gt;,[{insert_replaced,1}]).
@@ -632,42 +616,30 @@ store(Binary, GBSet) ->
&lt;&lt;"a[b-b]c[d-d]e"&gt;&gt;
</code>
- <p>If any position given in <c>InsPos</c> is greater than the size of the replacement binary, a <c>badarg</c> exception is raised.</p>
+ <p>If any position given in <c><anno>InsPos</anno></c> is greater than the size of the replacement binary, a <c>badarg</c> exception is raised.</p>
<p>The options <c>global</c> and <c>{scope, part()}</c> work as for <seealso marker="#split-3">split/3</seealso>. The return type is always a <c>binary()</c>.</p>
- <p>For a description of <c>Pattern</c>, see <seealso marker="#compile_pattern-1">compile_pattern/1</seealso>.</p>
+ <p>For a description of <c><anno>Pattern</anno></c>, see <seealso marker="#compile_pattern-1">compile_pattern/1</seealso>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>split(Subject,Pattern) -> Parts</name>
+ <name name="split" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Splits a binary according to a pattern</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>Pattern = binary() | [ binary() ] | cp()</v>
- <v>Parts = [ binary() ]</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>The same as <c>split(Subject, Pattern, [])</c>.</p>
+ <p>The same as <c>split(<anno>Subject</anno>, <anno>Pattern</anno>, [])</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>split(Subject,Pattern,Options) -> Parts</name>
+ <name name="split" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Splits a binary according to a pattern</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>Pattern = binary() | [ binary() ] | cp()</v>
- <v>Parts = [ binary() ]</v>
- <v>Options = [ Option ]</v>
- <v>Option = {scope, part()} | trim | global</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Splits Binary into a list of binaries based on Pattern. If
+ <p>Splits <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> into a list of binaries based on <c><anno>Pattern</anno></c>. If
the option global is not given, only the first occurrence of
- Pattern in Subject will give rise to a split.</p>
+ <c><anno>Pattern</anno></c> in <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> will give rise to a split.</p>
- <p>The parts of Pattern actually found in Subject are not included in the result.</p>
+ <p>The parts of <c><anno>Pattern</anno></c> actually found in <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> are not included in the result.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
@@ -696,7 +668,7 @@ store(Binary, GBSet) ->
<tag>global</tag>
- <item><p>Repeats the split until the <c>Subject</c> is
+ <item><p>Repeats the split until the <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> is
exhausted. Conceptually the global option makes split work on
the positions returned by <seealso marker="#matches-3">matches/3</seealso>,
while it normally
@@ -716,12 +688,12 @@ store(Binary, GBSet) ->
</code>
<p>The return type is always a list of binaries that are all
- referencing <c>Subject</c>. This means that the data in <c>Subject</c> is not
- actually copied to new binaries and that <c>Subject</c> cannot be
+ referencing <c><anno>Subject</anno></c>. This means that the data in <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> is not
+ actually copied to new binaries and that <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> cannot be
garbage collected until the results of the split are no longer
referenced.</p>
- <p>For a description of <c>Pattern</c>, see <seealso marker="#compile_pattern-1">compile_pattern/1</seealso>.</p>
+ <p>For a description of <c><anno>Pattern</anno></c>, see <seealso marker="#compile_pattern-1">compile_pattern/1</seealso>.</p>
</desc>
</func>