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+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
the <seealso marker="doc/design_principles:des_princ">
OTP Design Principles</seealso>. Specifically, the functions in this
module are used by the OTP standard behaviors (for example,
- <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c>, and <c>gen_statem</c>)
+ <c>gen_server</c> and <c>gen_statem</c>)
when starting new processes. The functions
can also be used to start <em>special processes</em>, user-defined
processes that comply to the OTP design principles. For an example,
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@
<seealso marker="sasl:error_logging">SASL Error Logging</seealso>
in the SASL User's Guide.</p>
+ <p>Unlike in "plain Erlang", <c>proc_lib</c> processes will not generate
+ <em>error reports</em>, which are written to the terminal by the
+ emulator and do not require SASL to be started. All exceptions are
+ converted to <em>exits</em> which are ignored by the default
+ <c>error_logger</c> handler.</p>
+
<p>The crash report contains the previously stored information, such
as ancestors and initial function, the termination reason, and
information about other processes that terminate as a result