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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml index 6af38b3166..ebc750a399 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -30,6 +30,179 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the STDLIB application.</p> +<section><title>STDLIB 2.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The type spec of the FormFunc argument to + sys:handle_debug/4 was erroneously pointing to dbg_fun(). + This is now corrected and the new type is format_fun().</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11800</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Behaviors such as gen_fsm and gen_server should always + invoke format_status/2 before printing the state to the + logs.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11967</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The documentation of <c>dets:insert_new/2</c> has + been corrected. (Thanks to Alexei Sholik for reporting + the bug.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12024</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Printing a term with io_lib:format and control sequence + w, precision P and field width F, where F< P would + fail in one of the two following ways:</p> + <p> + 1) If P < printed length of the term, an infinite loop + would be entered, consuming all available memory.</p> + <p> + 2) If P >= printed length of the term, an exception + would be raised.</p> + <p> + These two problems are now corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12041</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The documentation of <c>maps:values/1</c> has been + corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12055</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Expand shell functions in map expressions.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12063</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Add maps:with/2</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12137</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>STDLIB 2.1.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + OTP-11850 fixed filelib:wildcard/1 to work with broken + symlinks. This correction, however, introduced problems + since symlinks were no longer followed for functions like + filelib:ensure_dir/1, filelib:is_dir/1, + filelib:file_size/1, etc. This is now corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12054 Aux Id: seq12660 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>STDLIB 2.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p><c>filelib:wildcard("broken_symlink")</c> would return + an empty list if "broken_symlink" was a symlink that did + not point to an existing file.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11850 Aux Id: seq12571 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>erl_tar</c> can now handle files names that contain + Unicode characters. See "UNICODE SUPPORT" in the + documentation for <c>erl_tar</c>.</p> + <p>When creating a tar file, <c>erl_tar</c> would + sometime write a too short end of tape marker. GNU tar + would correctly extract files from such tar file, but + would complain about "A lone zero block at...".</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11854</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> When redefining and exporting the type <c>map()</c> + the Erlang Code Linter (<c>erl_lint</c>) erroneously + emitted an error. This bug has been fixed. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11872</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix evaluation of map updates in the debugger and + erl_eval</p> + <p> + Reported-by: José Valim</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11922</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>The following native functions now bump an appropriate + amount of reductions and yield when out of + reductions:</p> <list> + <item><c>erlang:binary_to_list/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:binary_to_list/3</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:bitstring_to_list/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:list_to_binary/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:iolist_to_binary/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:list_to_bitstring/1</c></item> + <item><c>binary:list_to_bin/1</c></item> </list> + <p>Characteristics impact:</p> <taglist> + <tag>Performance</tag> <item>The functions converting + from lists got a performance loss for very small lists, + and a performance gain for very large lists.</item> + <tag>Priority</tag> <item>Previously a process executing + one of these functions effectively got an unfair priority + boost. This priority boost depended on the input size. + The larger the input was, the larger the priority boost + got. This unfair priority boost is now lost. </item> + </taglist> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11888</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add <c>maps:get/3</c> to maps module. The function will + return the supplied default value if the key does not + exist in the map.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11951</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>STDLIB 2.0</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |