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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml index 51e35cd2df..ad006f9a2b 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2017</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -49,14 +49,16 @@ associated with each key. A <c>bag</c> or <c>duplicate_bag</c> table can have many objects associated with each key.</p> + <marker id="max_ets_tables"></marker> <note> <p> The number of tables stored at one Erlang node <em>used</em> to be limited. This is no longer the case (except by memory usage). The previous default limit was about 1400 tables and could be increased by setting the environment variable - <c>ERL_MAX_ETS_TABLES</c> before starting the Erlang runtime - system. This hard limit has been removed, but it is currently + <c>ERL_MAX_ETS_TABLES</c> or the command line option + <seealso marker="erts:erl#+e"><c>+e</c></seealso> before starting the + Erlang runtime system. This hard limit has been removed, but it is currently useful to set the <c>ERL_MAX_ETS_TABLES</c> anyway. It should be set to an approximate of the maximum amount of tables used. This since an internal table for named tables is sized using this value. If @@ -487,6 +489,11 @@ Error: fun containing local Erlang function calls <p>The pid of the heir of the table, or <c>none</c> if no heir is set.</p> </item> + <tag><c>{id,</c><seealso marker="#type-tid"> + <c>tid()</c></seealso><c>}</c></tag> + <item> + <p>The table identifier.</p> + </item> <tag><c>{keypos, integer() >= 1}</c></tag> <item> <p>The key position.</p> @@ -1016,7 +1023,7 @@ ets:select(Table, MatchSpec),</code> be used in subsequent operations. The table identifier can be sent to other processes so that a table can be shared between different processes within a node.</p> - <p>Parameter <c><anno>Options</anno></c> is a list of atoms that + <p>Parameter <c><anno>Options</anno></c> is a list of options that specifies table type, access rights, key position, and whether the table is named. Default values are used for omitted options. This means that not specifying any options (<c>[]</c>) is the same @@ -1074,10 +1081,13 @@ ets:select(Table, MatchSpec),</code> </item> <tag><c>named_table</c></tag> <item> - <p>If this option is present, name <c><anno>Name</anno></c> is - associated with the table identifier. The name can then - be used instead of the table identifier in subsequent - operations.</p> + <p>If this option is present, the table is registered under its + <c><anno>Name</anno></c> which can then be used instead of the + table identifier in subsequent operations.</p> + <p>The function will also return the <c><anno>Name</anno></c> + instead of the table identifier. To get the table identifier of a + named table, use + <seealso marker="#whereis/1"><c>whereis/1</c></seealso>.</p> </item> <tag><c>{keypos,<anno>Pos</anno>}</c></tag> <item> @@ -1961,7 +1971,7 @@ true</pre> The return value is a list of the new counter values from each update operation in the same order as in the operation list. If an empty list is specified, nothing is updated and an empty list is - returned. If the function fails, no updates is done.</p> + returned. If the function fails, no updates are done.</p> <p>The specified <c><anno>Key</anno></c> is used to identify the object by either <em>matching</em> the key of an object in a <c>set</c> table, or <em>compare equal</em> to the key of an object in an @@ -2037,6 +2047,21 @@ true</pre> </list> </desc> </func> + + <func> + <name name="whereis" arity="1"/> + <fsummary>Retrieves the tid() of a named table.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>This function returns the + <seealso marker="#type-tid"><c>tid()</c></seealso> of the named table + identified by <c><anno>TableName</anno></c>, or <c>undefined</c> if + no such table exists. The <c>tid()</c> can be used in place of the + table name in all operations, which is slightly faster since the name + does not have to be resolved on each call.</p> + <p>If the table is deleted, the <c>tid()</c> will be invalid even if + another named table is created with the same name.</p> + </desc> + </func> </funcs> </erlref> |