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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml index 75505d7d84..29b8940c62 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml @@ -50,12 +50,8 @@ encoded files in several circumstances. Most notable is the support for UTF-8 in files read by <c>file:consult/1</c>, release handler support for UTF-8 and more support for Unicode character sets in the - I/O-system.</p> - - <p>In Erlang/OTP 17.0, the encoding default for Erlang source files was - switched to UTF-8 and in Erlang/OTP 18.0 Erlang will support atoms in the full - Unicode range, meaning full Unicode function and module - names</p> + I/O-system. In Erlang/OTP 17.0, the encoding default for Erlang source files was + switched to UTF-8.</p> <p>This guide outlines the current Unicode support and gives a couple of recipes for working with Unicode data.</p> @@ -289,8 +285,8 @@ <tag>The language</tag> <item>Having the source code in UTF-8 also allows you to write string literals containing Unicode characters with code points > - 255, although atoms, module names and function names will be - restricted to the ISO-Latin-1 range until the Erlang/OTP 18.0 release. Binary + 255, although atoms, module names and function names are + restricted to the ISO-Latin-1 range. Binary literals where you use the <c>/utf8</c> type, can also be expressed using Unicode characters > 255. Having module names using characters other than 7-bit ASCII can cause trouble on @@ -385,8 +381,7 @@ external_charlist() = maybe_improper_list(char() | using characters from the ISO-latin-1 character set and atoms are restricted to the same ISO-latin-1 range. These restrictions in the language are of course independent of the encoding of the source - file. Erlang/OTP 18.0 is expected to handle functions named in - Unicode as well as Unicode atoms.</p> + file.</p> <section> <title>Bit-syntax</title> <p>The bit-syntax contains types for coping with binary data in the @@ -848,6 +843,7 @@ Eshell V5.10.1 (abort with ^G) </section> <section> <title>Unicode in Environment and Parameters</title> + <marker id="unicode_in_environment_and_parameters"/> <p>Environment variables and their interpretation is handled much in the same way as file names. If Unicode file names are enabled, environment variables as well as parameters to the Erlang VM are @@ -996,7 +992,8 @@ ok </pre> </section> <section> - <title><marker id="unicode_options_summary"/>Summary of Options</title> + <title>Summary of Options</title> + <marker id="unicode_options_summary"/> <p>The Unicode support is controlled by both command line switches, some standard environment variables and the version of OTP you are using. Most options affect mainly the way Unicode data is displayed, |