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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml index bdd0680038..267a993a1b 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,67 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the STDLIB application.</p> +<section><title>STDLIB 2.7</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>The Erlang Pretty Printer uses <c>::</c> for function + type constraints.</p> <p>A bug concerning pretty printing + of annotated type union elements in map pair types has + been fixed.</p> <p>Some minor issues regarding the + documentation of types and specs have been corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13084</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The shell command <c>rp</c> prints strings as lists + of integers if pretty printing of lists is set to + <c>false</c>. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13145</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The shell would crash if a bit syntax expression with + conflicting types were given (e.g. if a field type was + given as '<c>integer-binary</c>'). (Thanks to Aleksei + Magusev for reporting this bug.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13157</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The <c>rand:export_seed/0</c> would never return + '<c>undefined</c>' even if no seed has previously been + created. Fixed to return '<c>undefined</c>' if there is + no seed in the process dictionary.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13162</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Add support for the Delete, Home and End keys in the + Erlang shell.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13032</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>beam_lib:all_chunks/1</c> and + <c>beam_lib:build_module/1</c> have been documented.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13063</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>STDLIB 2.6</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> @@ -154,8 +215,9 @@ Correct <c>maps</c> module error exceptions </p> <p> Bad input to maps module function will now yield the - following exceptions: <list> <item>{badmap,NotMap} - or,</item> <item>badarg</item> </list></p> + following exceptions:</p> + <list> <item>{badmap, NotMap}, or </item> <item>badarg.</item> + </list> <p> Own Id: OTP-12657</p> </item> @@ -253,12 +315,11 @@ <p> <c>proc_lib:stop/1,3</c> is used by the following functions:</p> - <p> <list> <item><c>gen_server:stop/1,3</c> (new)</item> <item><c>gen_fsm:stop/1,3</c> (new)</item> <item><c>gen_event:stop/1,3</c> (modified to be synchronous)</item> <item><c>wx_object:stop/1,3</c> - (new)</item> </list></p> + (new)</item> </list> <p> Own Id: OTP-11173 Aux Id: seq12353 </p> </item> @@ -865,8 +926,7 @@ also implemented by the generic behaviours <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_event</c> and <c>gen_fsm</c>.</p> <p> - The potential incompatibility refers to</p> - <p> + The potential incompatibility refers to:</p> <list> <item>The previous behaviour of intercepting the system message and passing a tuple of size 2 as the last argument to <c>sys:handle_system_msg/6</c> is no longer @@ -874,7 +934,7 @@ <c>StateFun</c> in <c>sys:replace_state/2,3</c> fails is changed from being totally silent to possibly (if the callback module does not catch) throw an exception in the - client process.</item> </list></p> + client process.</item> </list> <p> (Thanks to James Fish and Steve Vinoski)</p> <p> @@ -1036,22 +1096,28 @@ <p> EEP43: New data type - Maps</p> <p> - With Maps you may for instance: <taglist> <item><c>M0 = - #{ a => 1, b => 2}, % create - associations</c></item> <item><c>M1 = M0#{ a := 10 }, % - update values</c></item> <item><c>M2 = M1#{ "hi" => - "hello"}, % add new associations</c></item> <item><c>#{ - "hi" := V1, a := V2, b := V3} = M2. % match keys with - values</c></item> </taglist></p> + With Maps you may for instance:</p> + <taglist> + <tag/> <item><c>M0 = #{ a => 1, b => 2}, % create + associations</c></item> + <tag/><item><c>M1 = M0#{ a := 10 }, % update values</c></item> + <tag/><item><c>M2 = M1#{ "hi" => + "hello"}, % add new associations</c></item> + <tag/><item><c>#{ "hi" := V1, a := V2, b := V3} = M2. + % match keys with values</c></item> + </taglist> <p> For information on how to use Maps please see Map Expressions in the <seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:expressions#map_expressions"> Reference Manual</seealso>.</p> <p> The current implementation is without the following - features: <taglist> <item>No variable keys</item> - <item>No single value access</item> <item>No map - comprehensions</item> </taglist></p> + features:</p> + <taglist> + <tag/><item>No variable keys</item> + <tag/><item>No single value access</item> + <tag/><item>No map comprehensions</item> + </taglist> <p> Note that Maps is <em>experimental</em> during OTP 17.0.</p> <p> @@ -1802,13 +1868,15 @@ supervisor or for the problematic child.</p> <p> This introduces some incompatibilities in stdlib due to - new return values from supervisor: <list> + new return values from supervisor:</p> + <list> <item>restart_child/2 can now return {error,restarting}</item> <item>delete_child/2 can now return {error,restarting}</item> <item>which_children/1 returns a list of {Id,Child,Type,Mods}, where Child, in addition to the old pid() or 'undefined', now also can be - 'restarting'.</item> </list></p> + 'restarting'.</item> + </list> <p> *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> <p> @@ -1824,10 +1892,10 @@ Own Id: OTP-9782 Aux Id: seq11964 </p> </item> <item> - <p> Use universal time as base in error logger + <p> Use universal time as base in error logger</p> <p> Previous conversion used the deprecated - calendar:local_time_to_universal_time/1 </p></p> + calendar:local_time_to_universal_time/1 </p> <p> Own Id: OTP-9854</p> </item> @@ -2584,10 +2652,10 @@ Own Id: OTP-8989 Aux Id: seq11741 </p> </item> <item> - <p>Fix exception generation in the io module + <p>Fix exception generation in the io module</p> <p> Some functions did not generate correct badarg exception - on a badarg exception.</p></p> + on a badarg exception.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-9045</p> </item> |