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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode.xml index 60edd8ade9..d02763f75c 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>1996</year> - <year>2009</year> + <year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -38,50 +38,83 @@ <p>It is recommended to only use external encodings for communication with external entities where this is required. When working inside the Erlang/OTP environment, it is recommended to keep binaries in UTF-8 when representing Unicode characters. Latin1 encoding is supported both for backward compatibility and for communication with external entities not supporting Unicode character sets.</p> </description> - <section> - <title>DATA TYPES</title> - <marker id="charlist_definition"></marker> - <code type="none"> -unicode_binary() = binary() with characters encoded in UTF-8 coding standard -unicode_char() = integer() representing valid unicode codepoint - -chardata() = charlist() | unicode_binary() - -charlist() = [unicode_char() | unicode_binary() | charlist()] - a unicode_binary is allowed as the tail of the list</code> - - <code type="none"> -external_unicode_binary() = binary() - with characters coded in a user specified Unicode encoding other - than UTF-8 (UTF-16 or UTF-32) - -external_chardata() = external_charlist() | external_unicode_binary() - -external_charlist() = [unicode_char() | external_unicode_binary() | external_charlist()] - an external_unicode_binary is allowed as the tail of the list</code> - - <code type="none"> -latin1_binary() = binary() with characters coded in iso-latin-1 -latin1_char() = integer() representing valid latin1 character (0-255) - -latin1_chardata() = latin1_charlist() | latin1_binary() + <datatypes> + <datatype> + <name name="encoding"/> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="endian"/> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="unicode_binary"/> + <desc> + <p>A binary() with characters encoded in the UTF-8 coding standard.</p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="unicode_char"/> + <desc> + <p>An integer() representing a valid unicode codepoint.</p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="chardata"/> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="charlist"/> + <desc> + <p>A unicode_binary is allowed as the tail of the list.</p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="external_unicode_binary"/> + <desc> + <p>A <c>binary()</c> with characters coded in a user specified Unicode + encoding other than UTF-8 (UTF-16 or UTF-32).</p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="external_chardata"/> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="external_charlist"/> + <desc> + <p>An <c>external_unicode_binary()</c> is allowed as the tail + of the list.</p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="latin1_binary"/> + <desc><p>A <c>binary()</c> with characters coded in iso-latin-1.</p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="latin1_char"/> + <desc><p>An <c>integer()</c> representing valid latin1 + character (0-255).</p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="latin1_chardata"/> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="latin1_charlist"/> + <desc><p>A <c>latin1_binary()</c> is allowed as the tail of + the list.</p> + </desc> + </datatype> + </datatypes> -latin1_charlist() = [latin1_char() | latin1_binary() | latin1_charlist()] - a latin1_binary is allowed as the tail of the list</code> - </section> <funcs> <func> - <name>bom_to_encoding(Bin) -> {Encoding,Length}</name> + <name name="bom_to_encoding" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Identify UTF byte order marks in a binary.</fsummary> - <type> - <v>Bin = binary() of byte_size 4 or more</v> - <v>Encoding = latin1 | utf8 | {utf16,little} | {utf16,big} | {utf32,little} | {utf32,big}</v> - <v>Length = int()</v> - </type> + <type name="endian"/> + <type_desc variable="Bin">A binary() of byte_size 4 or more.</type_desc> <desc> <p>Check for a UTF byte order mark (BOM) in the beginning of a - binary. If the supplied binary <c>Bin</c> begins with a valid + binary. If the supplied binary <c><anno>Bin</anno></c> begins with a valid byte order mark for either UTF-8, UTF-16 or UTF-32, the function returns the encoding identified along with the length of the BOM in bytes.</p> @@ -90,23 +123,24 @@ latin1_charlist() = [latin1_char() | latin1_binary() | latin1_charlist()] </desc> </func> <func> - <name>characters_to_list(Data) -> list() | {error, list(), RestData} | {incomplete, list(), binary()} </name> + <name name="characters_to_list" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Convert a collection of characters to list of Unicode characters</fsummary> - <type> - <v>Data = latin1_chardata() | chardata() | external_chardata()</v> - <v>RestData = latin1_chardata() | chardata() | external_chardata()</v> - </type> <desc> - <p>Same as characters_to_list(Data,unicode).</p> + <p>Same as characters_to_list(<anno>Data</anno>,unicode).</p> </desc> </func> <func> - <name>characters_to_list(Data, InEncoding) -> list() | {error, list(), RestData} | {incomplete, list(), binary()} </name> + <name>characters_to_list(Data, InEncoding) -> Result</name> <fsummary>Convert a collection of characters to list of Unicode characters</fsummary> <type> - <v>Data = latin1_chardata() | chardata() | external_chardata()</v> - <v>RestData = latin1_chardata() | chardata() | external_chardata()</v> - <v>InEncoding = latin1 | unicode | utf8 | utf16 | utf32 | {utf16,little} | {utf16,big} | {utf32,little} | {utf32,big}</v> + <v>Data = <seealso marker="#type-latin1_chardata">latin1_chardata()</seealso> + | <seealso marker="#type-chardata">chardata()</seealso> + | <seealso marker="#type-external_chardata">external_chardata()</seealso></v> + <v>Result = list() | {error, list(), RestData} | {incomplete, list(), binary()}</v> + <v>RestData = <seealso marker="#type-latin1_chardata">latin1_chardata()</seealso> + | <seealso marker="#type-chardata">chardata()</seealso> + | <seealso marker="#type-external_chardata">external_chardata()</seealso></v> + <v>InEncoding = <seealso marker="#type-encoding">encoding()</seealso></v> </type> <desc> @@ -164,10 +198,16 @@ latin1_charlist() = [latin1_char() | latin1_binary() | latin1_charlist()] <item>Integers out of range - If <c>InEncoding</c> is <c>latin1</c>, an error occurs whenever an integer greater than 255 is found in the lists. If <c>InEncoding</c> is - of a Unicode type, error occurs whenever an integer greater than - <c>16#10FFFF</c> (the maximum unicode character) or in the - range <c>16#D800</c> to <c>16#DFFF</c> (invalid unicode - range) is found.</item> + of a Unicode type, an error occurs whenever an integer + <list type="bulleted"> + <item>greater than <c>16#10FFFF</c> + (the maximum unicode character),</item> + <item>in the range <c>16#D800</c> to <c>16#DFFF</c> + (invalid unicode range)</item> + <item>or equal to 16#FFFE or 16#FFFF (non characters)</item> + </list> + is found. + </item> <item>UTF encoding incorrect - If <c>InEncoding</c> is one of the UTF types, the bytes in any binaries have to be valid @@ -228,44 +268,42 @@ latin1_charlist() = [latin1_char() | latin1_binary() | latin1_charlist()] </desc> </func> <func> - <name>characters_to_binary(Data) -> binary() | {error, binary(), RestData} | {incomplete, binary(), binary()} </name> - <fsummary>Convert a collection of characters to an UTF-8 binary</fsummary> <type> - <v>Data = latin1_chardata() | chardata() | external_chardata()</v> - <v>RestData = latin1_chardata() | chardata() | external_chardata()</v> - </type> + <name name="characters_to_binary" arity="1"/> + <fsummary>Convert a collection of characters to an UTF-8 binary</fsummary> <desc> <p>Same as characters_to_binary(Data, unicode, unicode).</p> </desc> </func> <func> - <name>characters_to_binary(Data,InEncoding) -> binary() | {error, binary(), RestData} | {incomplete, binary(), binary()} </name> - <fsummary>Convert a collection of characters to an UTF-8 binary</fsummary> <type> - <v>Data = latin1_chardata() | chardata() | external_chardata()</v> - <v>RestData = latin1_chardata() | chardata() | external_chardata()</v> - <v>InEncoding = latin1 | unicode | utf8 | utf16 | utf32 | {utf16,little} | {utf16,big} | {utf32,little} | {utf32,big}</v> + <name>characters_to_binary(Data,InEncoding) -> Result</name> + <fsummary>Convert a collection of characters to an UTF-8 binary</fsummary> + + <type> + <v>Data = <seealso marker="#type-latin1_chardata">latin1_chardata()</seealso> + | <seealso marker="#type-chardata">chardata()</seealso> + | <seealso marker="#type-external_chardata">external_chardata()</seealso></v> + <v>Result = binary() | {error, binary(), RestData} | {incomplete, binary(), binary()}</v> + <v>RestData = <seealso marker="#type-latin1_chardata">latin1_chardata()</seealso> + | <seealso marker="#type-chardata">chardata()</seealso> + | <seealso marker="#type-external_chardata">external_chardata()</seealso></v> + <v>InEncoding = <seealso marker="#type-encoding">encoding()</seealso></v> </type> <desc> <p>Same as characters_to_binary(Data, InEncoding, unicode).</p> </desc> </func> <func> - <name>characters_to_binary(Data, InEncoding, OutEncoding) -> binary() | {error, binary(), RestData} | {incomplete, binary(), binary()} </name> + <name name="characters_to_binary" arity="3"/> <fsummary>Convert a collection of characters to an UTF-8 binary</fsummary> - <type> - <v>Data = latin1_chardata() | chardata() | external_chardata()</v> - <v>RestData = latin1_chardata() | chardata() | external_chardata()</v> - <v>InEncoding = latin1 | unicode | utf8 | utf16 | utf32 | {utf16,little} | {utf16,big} | {utf32,little} | {utf32,big}</v> - <v>OutEncoding = latin1 | unicode | utf8 | utf16 | utf32| {utf16,little} | {utf16,big} | {utf32,little} | {utf32,big}</v> - </type> <desc> <p>This function behaves as <seealso marker="#characters_to_list/2"> characters_to_list/2</seealso>, but produces an binary instead of a unicode list. The - <c>InEncoding</c> defines how input is to be interpreted if + <c><anno>InEncoding</anno></c> defines how input is to be interpreted if binaries are present in the <c>Data</c>, while - <c>OutEncoding</c> defines in what format output is to be + <c><anno>OutEncoding</anno></c> defines in what format output is to be generated.</p> <p>The option <c>unicode</c> is an alias for <c>utf8</c>, as this is the @@ -285,17 +323,13 @@ latin1_charlist() = [latin1_char() | latin1_binary() | latin1_charlist()] </desc> </func> <func> - <name>encoding_to_bom(InEncoding) -> Bin</name> + <name name="encoding_to_bom" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Create a binary UTF byte order mark from encoding.</fsummary> - <type> - <v>Bin = binary() of byte_size 4 or less</v> - <v>InEncoding = latin1 | unicode | utf8 | utf16 | utf32 | {utf16,little} | {utf16,big} | {utf32,little} | {utf32,big}</v> - <v>Length = int()</v> - </type> + <type_desc variable="Bin">A binary() of byte_size 4 or more.</type_desc> <desc> <p>Create an UTF byte order mark (BOM) as a binary from the - supplied <c>InEncoding</c>. The BOM is, if supported at all, + supplied <c><anno>InEncoding</anno></c>. The BOM is, if supported at all, expected to be placed first in UTF encoded files or messages.</p> |