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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml index 1120b926d5..64d8789016 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2014</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ <p>If the modules used to implement the process change dynamically during runtime, the process must understand one more message. An example is the <seealso marker="gen_event"><c>gen_event</c></seealso> - processes. The message is <c>{get_modules, From}</c>. - The reply to this message is <c>From ! {modules, Modules}</c>, where + processes. The message is <c>{_Label, {From, Ref}, get_modules}</c>. + The reply to this message is <c>From ! {Ref, Modules}</c>, where <c>Modules</c> is a list of the currently active modules in the process.</p> <p>This message is used by the release handler to find which @@ -168,12 +168,6 @@ </item> <item> <p>For a - <seealso marker="gen_fsm"><c>gen_fsm</c></seealso> - process, <c><anno>State</anno></c> is the tuple - <c>{CurrentStateName, CurrentStateData}</c>.</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>For a <seealso marker="gen_statem"><c>gen_statem</c></seealso> process, <c><anno>State</anno></c> is the tuple <c>{CurrentState,CurrentData}</c>.</p> @@ -222,7 +216,7 @@ <p>Function <c>system_get_state/1</c> is primarily useful for user-defined behaviors and modules that implement OTP <seealso marker="#special_process">special processes</seealso>. - The <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c>, + The <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_statem</c>, and <c>gen_event</c> OTP behavior modules export this function, so callback modules for those behaviors need not to supply their own.</p> @@ -246,11 +240,6 @@ process returns the state of the callback module.</p> </item> <item> - <p>A <seealso marker="gen_fsm"><c>gen_fsm</c></seealso> - process returns information, such as its current - state name and state data.</p> - </item> - <item> <p>A <seealso marker="gen_statem"><c>gen_statem</c></seealso> process returns information, such as its current state name and state data.</p> @@ -262,14 +251,12 @@ </item> </list> <p>Callback modules for <c>gen_server</c>, - <c>gen_fsm</c>, <c>gen_statem</c>, and <c>gen_event</c> + <c>gen_statem</c>, and <c>gen_event</c> can also change the value of <c><anno>Misc</anno></c> by exporting a function <c>format_status/2</c>, which contributes module-specific information. For details, see <seealso marker="gen_server#Module:format_status/2"> <c>gen_server:format_status/2</c></seealso>, - <seealso marker="gen_fsm#Module:format_status/2"> - <c>gen_fsm:format_status/2</c></seealso>, <seealso marker="gen_statem#Module:format_status/2"> <c>gen_statem:format_status/2</c></seealso>, and <seealso marker="gen_event#Module:format_status/2"> @@ -321,7 +308,7 @@ format to the file. The events are formatted with a function that is defined by the process that generated the event (with a call to <seealso marker="#handle_debug/4"><c>handle_debug/4</c></seealso>). - </p> + The file is opened with encoding UTF-8.</p> </desc> </func> @@ -373,13 +360,6 @@ is a new instance of that state.</p> </item> <item> - <p>For a <seealso marker="gen_fsm"><c>gen_fsm</c></seealso> process, - <c><anno>State</anno></c> is the tuple <c>{CurrentStateName, - CurrentStateData}</c>, and <c><anno>NewState</anno></c> is a - similar tuple, which can contain - a new state name, new state data, or both.</p> - </item> - <item> <p>For a <seealso marker="gen_statem"><c>gen_statem</c></seealso> process, <c><anno>State</anno></c> is the tuple <c>{CurrentState,CurrentData}</c>, @@ -422,7 +402,7 @@ return its <c><anno>State</anno></c> argument.</p> <p>If a <c><anno>StateFun</anno></c> function crashes or throws an exception, the original state of the process is unchanged for - <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c>, and <c>gen_statem</c> processes. + <c>gen_server</c>, and <c>gen_statem</c> processes. For <c>gen_event</c> processes, a crashing or failing <c><anno>StateFun</anno></c> function means that only the state of the particular event handler it was @@ -462,7 +442,7 @@ user-defined behaviors and modules that implement OTP <seealso marker="#special_process">special processes</seealso>. The OTP behavior modules <c>gen_server</c>, - <c>gen_fsm</c>, <c>gen_statem</c>, and <c>gen_event</c> + <c>gen_statem</c>, and <c>gen_event</c> export this function, so callback modules for those behaviors need not to supply their own.</p> </desc> |