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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml41
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml61
3 files changed, 123 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dets.xml
index a0d3f95b6a..48400733d1 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dets.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dets.xml
@@ -399,15 +399,40 @@
kept in RAM.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p><c>{safe_fixed,</c> SafeFixed<c>}</c>. If the table
- is fixed, SafeFixed is a tuple <c>{FixedAtTime, [{Pid,RefCount}]}</c>. <c>FixedAtTime</c> is the time when
+ <p><c>{safe_fixed_monotonic_time, SafeFixed}</c>. If the table
+ is fixed, <c>SafeFixed</c> is a tuple <c>{FixedAtTime, [{Pid,RefCount}]}</c>.
+ <c>FixedAtTime</c> is the time when
the table was first fixed, and <c>Pid</c> is the pid of
the process that fixes the table <c>RefCount</c> times.
There may be any number of processes in the list. If the
table is not fixed, SafeFixed is the atom <c>false</c>.</p>
+ <p><c>FixedAtTime</c> will correspond to the result
+ returned by
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#monotonic_time/0">erlang:monotonic_time/0</seealso>
+ at the time of fixation. The usage of <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> is
+ <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time warp
+ safe</seealso>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p><c>{version, integer()</c>, the version of the format of
+ <p>
+ <c>{safe_fixed, SafeFixed}</c>. The same as
+ <c>{safe_fixed_monotonic_time, SafeFixed}</c> with the exception
+ of the format and value of <c>FixedAtTime</c>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <c>FixedAtTime</c> will correspond to the result returned by
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#timestamp/0">erlang:timestamp/0</seealso>
+ at the time of fixation. Note that when the system is using
+ single or multi
+ <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Modes">time warp
+ modes</seealso> this might produce strange results. This
+ since the usage of <c>safe_fixed</c> is not
+ <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time warp
+ safe</seealso>. Time warp safe code need to use
+ <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> instead.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>{version, integer()}</c>, the version of the format of
the table.</p>
</item>
</list>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
index 7b01109ff8..447fe51130 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
@@ -488,14 +488,39 @@ Error: fun containing local Erlang function calls
<item><c>Item=fixed, Value=boolean()</c> <br></br>
Indicates if the table is fixed by any process or not.</item>
- <item>
- <p><c>Item=safe_fixed, Value={FirstFixed,Info}|false</c> <br></br>
+ <item><marker id="info_2_safe_fixed_monotonic_time"/>
+ <p><c>Item=safe_fixed|safe_fixed_monotonic_time, Value={FixationTime,Info}|false</c> <br></br>
</p>
- <p>If the table has been fixed using <c>safe_fixtable/2</c>,
- the call returns a tuple where <c>FirstFixed</c> is the
+ <p>If the table has been fixed using
+ <seealso marker="#safe_fixtable/2"><c>safe_fixtable/2</c></seealso>,
+ the call returns a tuple where <c>FixationTime</c> is the
time when the table was first fixed by a process, which
may or may not be one of the processes it is fixed by
right now.</p>
+ <p>The format and value of <c>FixationTime</c> depends on
+ <c>Item</c>:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>safe_fixed</c></tag>
+ <item><p><c>FixationTime</c> will correspond to the result
+ returned by
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#timestamp/0">erlang:timestamp/0</seealso>
+ at the time of fixation. Note that when the system is using
+ single or multi
+ <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Modes">time warp
+ modes</seealso> this might produce strange results. This
+ since the usage of <c>safe_fixed</c> is not
+ <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time warp
+ safe</seealso>. Time warp safe code need to use
+ <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> instead.</p></item>
+
+ <tag><c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c></tag>
+ <item><p><c>FixationTime</c> will correspond to the result
+ returned by
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#monotonic_time/0">erlang:monotonic_time/0</seealso>
+ at the time of fixation. The usage of <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> is
+ <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time warp
+ safe</seealso>.</p></item>
+ </taglist>
<p><c>Info</c> is a possibly empty lists of tuples
<c>{Pid,RefCount}</c>, one tuple for every process the
table is fixed by right now. <c>RefCount</c> is the value
@@ -1135,9 +1160,11 @@ clean_all_with_value(Tab,X,Key) ->
table but never releases it, the memory used by the deleted
objects will never be freed. The performance of operations on
the table will also degrade significantly.</p>
- <p>Use <c>info/2</c> to retrieve information about which
- processes have fixed which tables. A system with a lot of
- processes fixing tables may need a monitor which sends alarms
+ <p>Use
+ <seealso marker="#info_2_safe_fixed_monotonic_time"><c>info(Tab,
+ safe_fixed_monotonic_time)</c></seealso> to retrieve information
+ about which processes have fixed which tables. A system with a lot
+ of processes fixing tables may need a monitor which sends alarms
when tables have been fixed for too long.</p>
<p>Note that for tables of the <c>ordered_set</c> type,
<c>safe_fixtable/2</c> is not necessary as calls to
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
index c84ca9c8ad..267a993a1b 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,67 @@
</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to the STDLIB application.</p>
+<section><title>STDLIB 2.7</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>The Erlang Pretty Printer uses <c>::</c> for function
+ type constraints.</p> <p>A bug concerning pretty printing
+ of annotated type union elements in map pair types has
+ been fixed.</p> <p>Some minor issues regarding the
+ documentation of types and specs have been corrected.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13084</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p> The shell command <c>rp</c> prints strings as lists
+ of integers if pretty printing of lists is set to
+ <c>false</c>. </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13145</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The shell would crash if a bit syntax expression with
+ conflicting types were given (e.g. if a field type was
+ given as '<c>integer-binary</c>'). (Thanks to Aleksei
+ Magusev for reporting this bug.)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13157</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>The <c>rand:export_seed/0</c> would never return
+ '<c>undefined</c>' even if no seed has previously been
+ created. Fixed to return '<c>undefined</c>' if there is
+ no seed in the process dictionary.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13162</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Add support for the Delete, Home and End keys in the
+ Erlang shell.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13032</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>beam_lib:all_chunks/1</c> and
+ <c>beam_lib:build_module/1</c> have been documented.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13063</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>STDLIB 2.6</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>