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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml index 6c618bc798..8cd499f960 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -30,6 +30,235 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the STDLIB application.</p> +<section><title>STDLIB 1.17.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Two bugs in io:format for ~F.~Ps has been corrected. When + length(S) >= abs(F) > P, the precision P was incorrectly + ignored. When F == P > lenght(S) the result was + incorrectly left adjusted. Bug found by Ali Yakout who + also provided a fix.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8989 Aux Id: seq11741 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Fix exception generation in the io module + <p> + Some functions did not generate correct badarg exception + on a badarg exception.</p></p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9045</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixes to the dict and orddict module documentation</p> + <p> + Fixed grammar and one inconsistency (Key - Value instead + of key/value, since everywhere else the former is used). + (thanks to Filipe David Manana)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9083</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add ISO week number calculation functions to the calendar + module in stdlib</p> + <p> + This new feature adds the missing week number function to + the calendar module of the stdlib application. The + implementation conforms to the ISO 8601 standard. The new + feature has been implemented tested and documented + (thanks to Imre Horvath).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9087</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Implement the 'MAY' clauses from RFC4648 regarding the + pad character to make mime_decode() and + mime_decode_to_string() functions more tolerant of badly + padded base64. The RFC is quoted below for easy + reference.</p> + <p> + "RFC4648 Section 3.3 with reference to MIME decoding: + Furthermore, such specifications MAY ignore the pad + character, "=", treating it as non-alphabet data, if it + is present before the end of the encoded data. If more + than the allowed number of pad characters is found at the + end of the string (e.g., a base 64 string terminated with + "==="), the excess pad characters MAY also be ignored."</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9020</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Supervisors will no longer save start parameters for + temporary processes as they will not be restarted. In the + case of simple_one_for_one workers such as ssl-connection + processes this will substantial reduce the memory + footprint of the supervisor.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9064</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + When running escript it is now possible to add the -n + flag and the escript will be compiled using +native.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9076</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>STDLIB 1.17.2.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Several type specifications for standard libraries were + wrong in the R14B01 release. This is now corrected. The + corrections concern types in re,io,filename and the + module erlang itself.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9008</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>STDLIB 1.17.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> When several clients accessed a Dets table + simultaneously, one of them calling + <c>dets:insert_new/2</c>, the Dets server could crash. + Alternatively, under the same conditions, <c>ok</c> was + sometimes returned instead of <c>true</c>. (Thanks to + John Hughes.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8856</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> When several clients accessed a Dets table + simultaneously, inserted or updated objects were + sometimes lost due to the Dets file being truncated. + (Thanks to John Hughes.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8898</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> When several clients accessed a Dets table + simultaneously, modifications of the Dets server's + internal state were sometimes thrown away. The symptoms + are diverse: error with reason <c>bad_object</c>; + inserted objects not returned by <c>lookup()</c>; et + cetera. (Thanks to John Hughes.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8899</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> If a Dets table was closed after calling + <c>bchunk/2</c>, <c>match/1,3</c>, + <c>match_object/1,3</c>, or <c>select/1,3</c> and then + opened again, a subsequent call using the returned + continuation would normally return a reply. This bug has + fixed; now the call fails with reason <c>badarg</c>. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8903</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Cover did not collect coverage data for files such as + Yecc parses containing include directives. The bug has + been fixed by modifying <c>epp</c>, the Erlang Code + Preprocessor. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8911</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> If a Dets table with fewer slots than keys was opened + and then closed after just a lookup, the contents were no + longer well-formed. This bug has been fixed. (Thanks to + Matthew Evans.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8923</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + In a supervisor, when it terminates a child, if that + child happens to have exited fractionally early, with + normal, the supervisor reports this as an error. This + should not be reported as an error.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8938 Aux Id: seq11615 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The documentation filelib:wildcard/1,2 now describes the + character set syntax for wildcards.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8879 Aux Id: seq11683 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Buffer overflows have been prevented in <c>erlc</c>, + <c>dialyzer</c>, <c>typer</c>, <c>run_test</c>, + <c>heart</c>, <c>escript</c>, and <c>erlexec</c>.</p> + (Thanks to Michael Santos.) + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8892</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Using a float for the number of copies for + <c>string:copies/2</c> resulted in an infinite loop. Now + it will fail with an exception instead. (Thanks to + Michael Santos.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8915</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + New ETS option <c>compressed</c>, to enable a more + compact storage format at the expence of heavier table + operations. For test and evaluation, <c>erl +ec</c> can + be used to force compression on all ETS tables.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8922 Aux Id: seq11658 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The default maximum number of slots of a Dets table + has been changed as to be equal to the maximum number of + slots. (Thanks to Richard Carlsson.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8959</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>STDLIB 1.17.1</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |