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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml index 2ec0d6a60f..e94a4d6a55 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> <chapter> @@ -30,6 +30,294 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the STDLIB application.</p> +<section><title>STDLIB 1.19.4</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix typo in gen_server.erl. Thanks to Brian L. Troutwine.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11398</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Spec for atan2 should be atan2(Y, X), not atan2(X, Y). + Thanks to Ary Borenszweig.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11465</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Add XML marker for regexp syntax. Thanks to Håkan + Mattson.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11442</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>STDLIB 1.19.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> The functions <c>dets:foldl/3</c>, + <c>dets:foldr/3</c>, and <c>dets:traverse/2</c> did not + release the table after having traversed the table to the + end. The bug was introduced in R16B. (Thanks to Manuel + Duran Aguete.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11245</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> If the <c>fun M:F/A</c> construct was used + erroneously the linter could crash. (Thanks to Mikhail + Sobolev.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11254</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The specifications of <c>io_lib:fread/2,3</c> have + been corrected. (Thanks to Chris King and Kostis Sagonas + for pinpointing the bug.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11261</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fixed type typo in gen_server.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11200</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Update type specs in filelib and io_prompt. Thanks to + Jose Valim.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11208</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix typo in abcast() function comment. Thanks to Johannes + Weissl.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11219</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Make edlin understand a few important control keys. + Thanks to Stefan Zegenhagen.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11251</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Export the edge/0 type from the digraph module. Thanks to + Alex Ronne Petersen.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11266</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix variable usage tracking in erl_lint and fixed unsafe + variable tracking in try expressions. Thanks to Anthony + Ramine.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11268</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>STDLIB 1.19.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> The Erlang scanner no longer accepts floating point + numbers in the input string. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10990</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + When converting a faulty binary to a list with + unicode:characters_to_list, the error return value could + contain a faulty "rest", i.e. the io_list of characters + that could not be converted was wrong. This happened only + if input was a sub binary and conversion was from utf8. + This is now corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11080</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The type <c>hook_function()</c> has been corrected in + <c>erl_pp</c>, the Erlang Pretty Printer. </p> + <p>The printing of invalid forms, e.g. record field + types, has also been fixed. It has been broken since + R16B. </p> + <p> (Thanks to Tomáš Janoušek.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11100</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix receive support in erl_eval with a BEAM module. + Thanks to Anthony Ramine.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11137</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Delete obsolete note about simple-one-for-one supervisor. + Thanks to Magnus Henoch.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10938</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> When selecting encoding of a script written in Erlang + (<c>escript</c>) the optional directive on the second + line is now recognized. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10951</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The function <c>erl_parse:abstract/2</c> has been + documented. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10992</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Integrate elliptic curve contribution from Andreas + Schultz </p> + <p> + In order to be able to support elliptic curve cipher + suites in SSL/TLS, additions to handle elliptic curve + infrastructure has been added to public_key and crypto.</p> + <p> + This also has resulted in a rewrite of the crypto API to + gain consistency and remove unnecessary overhead. All OTP + applications using crypto has been updated to use the new + API.</p> + <p> + Impact: Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) offers + equivalent security with smaller key sizes than other + public key algorithms. Smaller key sizes result in + savings for power, memory, bandwidth, and computational + cost that make ECC especially attractive for constrained + environments.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11009</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Added sys:get_state/1,2 and sys:replace_state/2,3. Thanks + to Steve Vinoski.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11013</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Optimizations to gen mechanism. Thanks to Loïc Hoguin.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11025</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Optimizations to gen.erl. Thanks to Loïc Hoguin.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11035</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Use erlang:demonitor(Ref, [flush]) where applicable. + Thanks to Loïc Hoguin.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11039</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Erlang source files with non-ASCII characters are now + encoded in UTF-8 (instead of latin1).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11041 Aux Id: OTP-10907 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix rest_for_one and one_for_all restarting a child not + terminated. Thanks to James Fish.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11042</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix excessive CPU consumption of timer_server. Thanks to + Aliaksey Kandratsenka.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11053</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Rename and document lists:zf/2 as lists:filtermap/2. + Thanks to Anthony Ramine.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11078</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fixed an inconsistent state in epp. Thanks to Anthony + Ramine</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11079</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + c:ls(File) will now print File, similar to ls(1) in Unix. + The error messages have also been improved. (Thanks to + Bengt Kleberg.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11108</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Support callback attributes in erl_pp. Thanks to Anthony + Ramine.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11140</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Improve erl_lint performance. Thanks to José Valim.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11143</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>STDLIB 1.19.1</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> @@ -124,7 +412,7 @@ <p> Two adjacent * used as a single pattern will match all files and zero or more directories and subdirectories. - (Thanks to Jos� Valim)</p> + (Thanks to José Valim)</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-10431</p> </item> @@ -362,7 +650,7 @@ Fix filename:nativename/1 on Win32</p> <p> Don't choke on paths given as binary argument on Win32. - Thanks to Jan Kl�tzke</p> + Thanks to Jan Klötzke</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-10188</p> </item> @@ -471,7 +759,7 @@ <item> <p> Fix the type spec from the doc of binary:part/3 (Thanks - to Ricardo Catalinas Jim�nez)</p> + to Ricardo Catalinas Jiménez)</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-9920</p> </item> @@ -3036,7 +3324,7 @@ It is now possible to hibernate a gen_server/gen_event/gen_fsm. In gen_server and gen_fsm, hibernation is triggered by returning the atom - 'hibernate'�instead of a timeout value. In the gen_event + 'hibernate' instead of a timeout value. In the gen_event case hibernation is triggered by a event handler returning a tuple with an extra element containing the atom 'hibernate'.</p> |