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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes_history.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes_history.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..85997f1717 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes_history.xml @@ -0,0 +1,395 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> + +<chapter> + <header> + <copyright> + <year>2006</year><year>2009</year> + <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> + </copyright> + <legalnotice> + The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, + Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in + compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the + Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be + retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. + + Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" + basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See + the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations + under the License. + + </legalnotice> + + <title>STDLIB Release Notes</title> + <prepared></prepared> + <docno></docno> + <date></date> + <rev></rev> + </header> + + <section> + <title>STDLIB 1.13</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>For the bit syntax, when matching with a size field that + is bound during the same matching, a warning for unused + variable was emitted. This bug has been fixed.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4858</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>When parsing a badly formed file <c>epp</c> hangs. This + problem has been fixed.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4871 Aux Id: OTP-4870 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Bugs concerning guards have been fixed in the Erlang + interpreter.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4885</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The linter now checks the record name when calling the + function <c>erlang:is_record/2</c>.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4886</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Guards of mach specifications are corrected to resemble + the semantics of guards in real code more closely. The + implementation now corresponds to the documentation in + ERTS User's Guide. The following things are corrected:</p> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item>Guard semantics was wrong when it came to logical + operators and exceptions. + <c>{'or', {'is_integer','$1'}, {'or', '$1', '$1'}}</c> + evaluated to <c>true</c> with <c>'$1'</c> bound to an + integer.</item> + <item>Unary + and - was not implemented</item> + <item>Calling operators as Bif's was not supported by + <c>ets/dbg:fun2ms</c> (<c>erlang:'or'(A,B)</c> etc)</item> + <item>Old typetests (like <c>integer(X)</c> instead of + <c>is_integer(X)</c>) was not supported by + <c>ets/dbg:fun2ms</c></item> + <item>Semicolon (;) in guards was not supported by + <c>ets/dbg:fun2ms</c></item> + </list> + <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4927</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>A bug that could cause a crash has been fixed in the + <c>file_sorter</c> module. The crash could only occur + when sorting or merging to a file and the input function + returned <c>{end_of_input, Value}</c>.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5009</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>A function clause exit in <c>filelib:fold_files/5</c> has + been fixed.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5137</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>filelib:fold_files/5</c> has been fixed to not include + directories that match the regular expression in the + result. In this process, <c>filelib:is_regular/1</c> has + been added to the module.</p> + <p>WARNING the behaviour of <c>filelib:fold_files/5</c> has + also been changed so the regexp match is tried not on + the full name, but locally in each traversed directory.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5171 Aux Id: OTP-5128 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The initial shell process started in parallel with the + <c>init</c> boot process. This made it possible to pipe + commands to the shell that got evaluated before the system + had booted properly. Also the shell was normally accessible + before <c>.erlang</c> had been evaluated and this caused + problems especially related to code loading. This has now + been fixed so that the initial shell is not accessible + until after the init boot routine has finished and + <c>.erlang</c> has been evaluated. Note that the shell + starts before any <c>-s</c> arguments are executed.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4877</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>It is now possible to compile files with <c>erlc</c> without + getting a lot of (for compilation) unnecessary code + loaded and executed (like distribution, inet config, + etc). <c>erlc</c> now also calls <c>erl</c> with <c>-boot start_clean</c> (so that SASL is not started even if + <c>start_sasl</c> is default boot script).</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4878</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Dets tables can now be opened or closed in parallel. In + particular, if some table is being repaired, other tables + can still be opened or closed.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4908</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The new STDLIB module <c>qlc</c> implements a query + language with a list comprehension syntax completely + embedded in Erlang. There is support for reading data + from ETS, Dets, and Mnesia tables as well as for defining + other sources of data. For easy testing queries can be + stated in the Erlang shell. The <c>qlc</c> module aims at + replacing Mnemosyne. See <c>qlc(3)</c> for details and + examples.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5043</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Some support for records has been added to the Erlang + shell. There are commands for reading record definitions + from files and for manipulating record definitions in the + shell. The record syntax can be used in the shell and + return values are printed as records when possible using + the records definitions known to the shell. New commands + in the shell are <c>rd/2</c>, <c>rf/0,1</c>, + <c>rl/0,1</c>, <c>rp/1</c>, and <c>rr/1,2,3</c>. Existing + functions in <c>user_default.erl</c> with any of these + names need to be renamed. See <c>shell(3)</c> for further + details.</p> + <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5063</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>A new function, <c>string:to_integer/1,</c> has been added.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5081 Aux Id: OTP-5136 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The new function <c>dets:repair_continuation/2</c> can be + used for restoring an opaque continuation returned by + <c>dets:select/1</c> or <c>dets:select/3</c> if the + continuation has passed through the external term format + (been sent between nodes or stored on disk).</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5126</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>A new function, <c>string:to_float/1,</c> has been added.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5136 Aux Id: OTP-5081 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Test cases have been added for <c>string</c>.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5138</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>STDLIB 1.12.8</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The functions <c>ets:insert_new/2</c> and + <c>dets:insert_new/2</c> are added. Please consult + the manual pages for details.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5075</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>New function: <c>proc_lib:hibernate/3.</c> Processes spawned + using <c>proc_lib</c> (also indirectly, such as + <c>gen_server</c> process), should use this function + instead of the BIF <c>erlang:hibernate/3</c> directly to + ensure that the exception handler for the process continues + to work when the process is awaken.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5077</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>STDLIB 1.12.6</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>If many files or sockets were open (more than 256), + <c>beam_lib</c> operations could fail. Corrected.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5046 Aux Id: OTP-4997, seq8590 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>STDLIB 1.12.5</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>When opening a Dets table read only an attempt was made + to re-hash the table resulting in an error message. This + problem has been fixed.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4989 Aux Id: seq8536 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>If a <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_event</c> or <c>gen_fsm</c> + process exits with <c>{undef,[{M,F,A}|...]}</c>, the error + report will now state if the function call failed because + the module could not be loaded or because the function was + not exported.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4952 Aux Id: OTP-4925 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>STDLIB 1.12.4</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The shell function <c>c:regs()</c> did crash if there was + a registered port among the registered names. This is now + corrected.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4890</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>A bug has been fixed in <c>dets</c>: not all objects were + always visible in tables with more than 131072 keys.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4906</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>A bug has been fixed in <c>dets</c>: when trying to + repair a version 9 table, a <c>not_a_dets_file</c> error + message was returned unnecessarily often.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4907</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Starting Erlang with the <c>+Bi</c> flag (to ignore ^C), now + also disables the quit ('q') option in the JCL menu.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4897</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>STDLIB 1.12.3</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>A bug in <c>erl_scan</c> caused the compiler to hang when + end-of-file in a comment was encountered. This is now + corrected.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4787</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The linter now reports errors for unsafe variables when + the option <c>nowarn_unused_vars</c> is given.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4831 Aux Id: seq8202 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>gen_server:cast/2</c> now crashes for invalid + arguments.</p> + <p><c>gen_server:abcast/2-3</c> now crashes for invalid + arguments. The behaviour when casting to the name + <c>global</c> has been corrected. Previously, + <c>gen_server:abcast(global,[node@host])</c> tried to + cast to the globally registered name <c>node@host</c>, + which is more of a bug than less. Now such a call will + cast to the registered name <c>global</c> at the node + <c>node@host</c> as (probably) expected.</p> + <p>An <c>rpc:call/5</c> and <c>rpc:block_call/5</c> having a + timeout argument has been added.</p> + <p><c>rpc:abcast/2-3</c> has been improved not to get stuck + waiting for connection setup if the remote node is not + connected. In this case the send is spawned off to a + temporary process.</p> + <p>Two typos in the docs for module <c>calendar</c> has + been corrected thanks to Bengt Kleberg.</p> + <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4844 Aux Id: seq8226 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The <c>f/1</c> shell command did not work correctly with + restricted shell.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4818</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>STDLIB 1.12.2</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p><c>gen_server</c>: the internal function <c>get_parent,</c> + called by <c>gen_server:enter_loop/[4,5],</c> now returns + the pid of parents that are registered processes, instead of + returning their name. The reason for this is that + <c>gen_server</c> relies on that the parent is represented + as a pid. This error in <c>get_parent/0</c> had the effect + that the terminate function of the child was not run when + it was shutdown.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4820 Aux Id: seq8170 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>STDLIB 1.12.1</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The code server could hang if invoked early in the startup. + For example if the emulator was started with + "<c>-s file eval Filename</c> and <c>Filename</c> contained + a call to <c>code:add_patha/1</c> the code server + accidentally tried to execute code in an unloaded module + from inside the code that loaded a module - hence hangup. + This bug has now been fixed.</p> + <p>Note! Starting Erlang through code loading from a remote + Erlang boot server will not work after this patch. It will + be fixed in a later patch. Rumours has it that remote boot + server code loading did not work before this patch either. + It is not a commonly used feature.</p> + <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4802 Aux Id: seq8314 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> +</chapter> + |