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+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml
@@ -24,21 +24,23 @@
<title>sets</title>
<prepared>Robert Virding</prepared>
- <responsible>Bjarne Dacker</responsible>
+ <responsible>Bjarne D&auml;cker</responsible>
<docno>1</docno>
<approved>Bjarne D&auml;cker</approved>
<checked></checked>
- <date>99-07-27</date>
+ <date>1999-07-27</date>
<rev>A</rev>
- <file>sets.sgml</file>
+ <file>sets.xml</file>
</header>
<module>sets</module>
- <modulesummary>Functions for Set Manipulation</modulesummary>
+ <modulesummary>Functions for set manipulation.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>Sets are collections of elements with no duplicate elements.
- The representation of a set is not defined.</p>
- <p>This module provides exactly the same interface as the module
- <c>ordsets</c> but with a defined representation. One difference is
+ The representation of a set is undefined.</p>
+
+ <p>This module provides the same interface as the
+ <seealso marker="ordsets"><c>ordsets(3)</c></seealso> module
+ but with a defined representation. One difference is
that while this module considers two elements as different if they
do not match (<c>=:=</c>), <c>ordsets</c> considers two elements as
different if and only if they do not compare equal (<c>==</c>).</p>
@@ -47,151 +49,170 @@
<datatypes>
<datatype>
<name name="set" n_vars="1"/>
- <desc><p>As returned by <c>new/0</c>.</p></desc>
+ <desc><p>As returned by
+ <seealso marker="#new/0"><c>new/0</c></seealso>.</p></desc>
</datatype>
<datatype>
<name name="set" n_vars="0"/>
</datatype>
</datatypes>
+
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="new" arity="0"/>
- <fsummary>Return an empty set</fsummary>
+ <name name="add_element" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Add an element to a <c>Set</c>.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns a new empty set.</p>
+ <p>Returns a new set formed from <c><anno>Set1</anno></c> with
+ <c><anno>Element</anno></c> inserted.</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
- <name name="is_set" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Test for a <c>Set</c></fsummary>
+ <name name="del_element" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Remove an element from a <c>Set</c>.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns <c>true</c> if <c><anno>Set</anno></c> is a set of
- elements, otherwise <c>false</c>.</p>
+ <p>Returns <c><anno>Set1</anno></c>, but with
+ <c><anno>Element</anno></c> removed.</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
- <name name="size" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Return the number of elements in a set</fsummary>
+ <name name="filter" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Filter set elements.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the number of elements in <c><anno>Set</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>Filters elements in <c><anno>Set1</anno></c> with boolean function
+ <c><anno>Pred</anno></c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
- <name name="to_list" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Convert a <c>Set</c>into a list</fsummary>
+ <name name="fold" arity="3"/>
+ <fsummary>Fold over set elements.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the elements of <c><anno>Set</anno></c> as a list.
- The order of the returned elements is undefined.</p>
+ <p>Folds <c><anno>Function</anno></c> over every element in
+ <c><anno>Set</anno></c> and returns the final value of the
+ accumulator. The evaluation order is undefined.</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
<name name="from_list" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Convert a list into a <c>Set</c></fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Convert a list into a <c>Set</c>.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a set of the elements in <c><anno>List</anno></c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
- <name name="is_element" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Test for membership of a <c>Set</c></fsummary>
+ <name name="intersection" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Return the intersection of a list of <c>Sets</c>.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns <c>true</c> if <c><anno>Element</anno></c> is an element of
- <c><anno>Set</anno></c>, otherwise <c>false</c>.</p>
+ <p>Returns the intersection of the non-empty list of sets.</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
- <name name="add_element" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Add an element to a <c>Set</c></fsummary>
+ <name name="intersection" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Return the intersection of two <c>Sets</c>.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns a new set formed from <c><anno>Set1</anno></c> with
- <c><anno>Element</anno></c> inserted.</p>
+ <p>Returns the intersection of <c><anno>Set1</anno></c> and
+ <c><anno>Set2</anno></c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
- <name name="del_element" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Remove an element from a <c>Set</c></fsummary>
+ <name name="is_disjoint" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Check whether two <c>Sets</c> are disjoint.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns <c><anno>Set1</anno></c>, but with <c><anno>Element</anno></c> removed.</p>
+ <p>Returns <c>true</c> if <c><anno>Set1</anno></c> and
+ <c><anno>Set2</anno></c> are disjoint (have no elements in common),
+ otherwise <c>false</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
- <name name="union" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Return the union of two <c>Sets</c></fsummary>
+ <name name="is_element" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Test for membership of a <c>Set</c>.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the merged (union) set of <c><anno>Set1</anno></c> and
- <c><anno>Set2</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>Returns <c>true</c> if <c><anno>Element</anno></c> is an element of
+ <c><anno>Set</anno></c>, otherwise <c>false</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
- <name name="union" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Return the union of a list of <c>Sets</c></fsummary>
+ <name name="is_set" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Test for a <c>Set</c>.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the merged (union) set of the list of sets.</p>
+ <p>Returns <c>true</c> if <c><anno>Set</anno></c> is a set of
+ elements, otherwise <c>false</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
- <name name="intersection" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Return the intersection of two <c>Sets</c></fsummary>
+ <name name="is_subset" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Test for subset.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the intersection of <c><anno>Set1</anno></c> and
- <c><anno>Set2</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>Returns <c>true</c> when every element of <c><anno>Set1</anno></c> is
+ also a member of <c><anno>Set2</anno></c>, otherwise <c>false</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
- <name name="intersection" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Return the intersection of a list of <c>Sets</c></fsummary>
+ <name name="new" arity="0"/>
+ <fsummary>Return an empty set.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the intersection of the non-empty list of sets.</p>
+ <p>Returns a new empty set.</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
- <name name="is_disjoint" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Check whether two <c>Sets</c> are disjoint</fsummary>
+ <name name="size" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Return the number of elements in a set.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns <c>true</c> if <c><anno>Set1</anno></c> and
- <c><anno>Set2</anno></c> are disjoint (have no elements in common),
- and <c>false</c> otherwise.</p>
+ <p>Returns the number of elements in <c><anno>Set</anno></c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
<name name="subtract" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Return the difference of two <c>Sets</c></fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Return the difference of two <c>Sets</c>.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns only the elements of <c><anno>Set1</anno></c> which are not
+ <p>Returns only the elements of <c><anno>Set1</anno></c> that are not
also elements of <c><anno>Set2</anno></c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
- <name name="is_subset" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Test for subset</fsummary>
+ <name name="to_list" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Convert a <c>Set</c>into a list.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns <c>true</c> when every element of <c><anno>Set1</anno></c>1 is
- also a member of <c><anno>Set2</anno></c>, otherwise <c>false</c>.</p>
+ <p>Returns the elements of <c><anno>Set</anno></c> as a list.
+ The order of the returned elements is undefined.</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
- <name name="fold" arity="3"/>
- <fsummary>Fold over set elements</fsummary>
+ <name name="union" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Return the union of a list of <c>Sets</c>.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Fold <c><anno>Function</anno></c> over every element in <c><anno>Set</anno></c>
- returning the final value of the accumulator.
- The evaluation order is undefined.</p>
+ <p>Returns the merged (union) set of the list of sets.</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
<func>
- <name name="filter" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Filter set elements</fsummary>
+ <name name="union" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Return the union of two <c>Sets</c>.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Filter elements in <c><anno>Set1</anno></c> with boolean function
- <c><anno>Pred</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>Returns the merged (union) set of <c><anno>Set1</anno></c> and
+ <c><anno>Set2</anno></c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>
<section>
<title>See Also</title>
- <p><seealso marker="ordsets">ordsets(3)</seealso>,
- <seealso marker="gb_sets">gb_sets(3)</seealso></p>
+ <p><seealso marker="gb_sets"><c>gb_sets(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="ordsets"><c>ordsets(3)</c></seealso></p>
</section>
</erlref>