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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/binary.xml224
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/epp.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml533
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml9
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/lists.xml68
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/math.xml57
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml80
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/re.xml90
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml26
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode.xml50
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml10
12 files changed, 447 insertions, 704 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile
index c3138c4d9f..50f6427eaa 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#
# %CopyrightBegin%
#
-# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2011. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2012. All Rights Reserved.
#
# The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
# Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/binary.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/binary.xml
index 7b8e279788..06cfad0b0b 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/binary.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/binary.xml
@@ -77,41 +77,30 @@
</datatypes>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name>at(Subject, Pos) -> byte()</name>
+ <name name="at" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Returns the byte at a specific position in a binary</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>Pos = integer() >= 0</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the byte at position <c>Pos</c> (zero-based) in the binary
- <c>Subject</c> as an integer. If <c>Pos</c> &gt;= <c>byte_size(Subject)</c>,
+ <p>Returns the byte at position <c><anno>Pos</anno></c> (zero-based) in the binary
+ <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> as an integer. If <c><anno>Pos</anno></c> &gt;= <c>byte_size(<anno>Subject</anno>)</c>,
a <c>badarg</c>
exception is raised.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>bin_to_list(Subject) -> [byte()]</name>
+ <name name="bin_to_list" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Convert a binary to a list of integers</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>The same as <c>bin_to_list(Subject,{0,byte_size(Subject)})</c>.</p>
+ <p>The same as <c>bin_to_list(<anno>Subject</anno>,{0,byte_size(<anno>Subject</anno>)})</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>bin_to_list(Subject, PosLen) -> [byte()]</name>
+ <name name="bin_to_list" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Convert a binary to a list of integers</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>PosLen = part()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Converts <c>Subject</c> to a list of <c>byte()</c>s, each representing
+ <p>Converts <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> to a list of <c>byte()</c>s, each representing
the value of one byte. The <c>part()</c> denotes which part of the
<c>binary()</c> to convert. Example:</p>
@@ -120,27 +109,19 @@
"rla"
%% or [114,108,97] in list notation.
</code>
- <p>If <c>PosLen</c> in any way references outside the binary, a <c>badarg</c> exception is raised.</p>
+ <p>If <c><anno>PosLen</anno></c> in any way references outside the binary, a <c>badarg</c> exception is raised.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>bin_to_list(Subject, Pos, Len) -> [byte()]</name>
+ <name name="bin_to_list" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Convert a binary to a list of integers</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>Pos = integer() >= 0</v>
- <v>Len = integer() >= 0</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>The same as<c> bin_to_list(Subject,{Pos,Len})</c>.</p>
+ <p>The same as<c> bin_to_list(<anno>Subject</anno>,{<anno>Pos</anno>,<anno>Len</anno>})</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>compile_pattern(Pattern) -> cp()</name>
+ <name name="compile_pattern" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Pre-compiles a binary search pattern</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Pattern = binary() | [ binary() ]</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Builds an internal structure representing a compilation of a
@@ -155,7 +136,7 @@
<p>When a list of binaries is given, it denotes a set of
alternative binaries to search for. I.e if
<c>[&lt;&lt;"functional"&gt;&gt;,&lt;&lt;"programming"&gt;&gt;]</c>
- is given as <c>Pattern</c>, this
+ is given as <c><anno>Pattern</anno></c>, this
means "either <c>&lt;&lt;"functional"&gt;&gt;</c> or
<c>&lt;&lt;"programming"&gt;&gt;</c>". The pattern is a set of
alternatives; when only a single binary is given, the set has
@@ -163,32 +144,25 @@
<p>The list of binaries used for search alternatives shall be flat and proper.</p>
- <p>If <c>Pattern</c> is not a binary or a flat proper list of binaries with length &gt; 0,
+ <p>If <c><anno>Pattern</anno></c> is not a binary or a flat proper list of binaries with length &gt; 0,
a <c>badarg</c> exception will be raised.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>copy(Subject) -> binary()</name>
+ <name name="copy" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Creates a duplicate of a binary</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>The same as <c>copy(Subject, 1)</c>.</p>
+ <p>The same as <c>copy(<anno>Subject</anno>, 1)</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>copy(Subject,N) -> binary()</name>
+ <name name="copy" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Duplicates a binary N times and creates a new</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>N = integer() >= 0</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Creates a binary with the content of <c>Subject</c> duplicated <c>N</c> times.</p>
+ <p>Creates a binary with the content of <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> duplicated <c><anno>N</anno></c> times.</p>
- <p>This function will always create a new binary, even if <c>N =
+ <p>This function will always create a new binary, even if <c><anno>N</anno> =
1</c>. By using <c>copy/1</c> on a binary referencing a larger binary, one
might free up the larger binary for garbage collection.</p>
@@ -201,32 +175,23 @@
large binaries are no longer used in any process, deliberate
copying might be a good idea.</p> </note>
- <p>If <c>N</c> &lt; <c>0</c>, a <c>badarg</c> exception is raised.</p>
+ <p>If <c><anno>N</anno></c> &lt; <c>0</c>, a <c>badarg</c> exception is raised.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>decode_unsigned(Subject) -> Unsigned</name>
+ <name name="decode_unsigned" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Decode a whole binary into an integer of arbitrary size</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>Unsigned = integer() >= 0</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>The same as <c>decode_unsigned(Subject,big)</c>.</p>
+ <p>The same as <c>decode_unsigned(<anno>Subject</anno>, big)</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>decode_unsigned(Subject, Endianess) -> Unsigned</name>
+ <name name="decode_unsigned" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Decode a whole binary into an integer of arbitrary size</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>Endianess = big | little</v>
- <v>Unsigned = integer() >= 0</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Converts the binary digit representation, in big or little
- endian, of a positive integer in <c>Subject</c> to an Erlang <c>integer()</c>.</p>
+ endian, of a positive integer in <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> to an Erlang <c>integer()</c>.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
@@ -237,22 +202,15 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>encode_unsigned(Unsigned) -> binary()</name>
+ <name name="encode_unsigned" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Encodes an unsigned integer into the minimal binary</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Unsigned = integer() >= 0</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>The same as <c>encode_unsigned(Unsigned,big)</c>.</p>
+ <p>The same as <c>encode_unsigned(<anno>Unsigned</anno>, big)</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>encode_unsigned(Unsigned,Endianess) -> binary()</name>
+ <name name="encode_unsigned" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Encodes an unsigned integer into the minimal binary</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Unsigned = integer() >= 0</v>
- <v>Endianess = big | little</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Converts a positive integer to the smallest possible
@@ -268,51 +226,39 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>first(Subject) -> byte()</name>
+ <name name="first" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Returns the first byte of a binary</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the first byte of the binary <c>Subject</c> as an integer. If the
- size of <c>Subject</c> is zero, a <c>badarg</c> exception is raised.</p>
+ <p>Returns the first byte of the binary <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> as an integer. If the
+ size of <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> is zero, a <c>badarg</c> exception is raised.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>last(Subject) -> byte()</name>
+ <name name="last" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Returns the last byte of a binary</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the last byte of the binary <c>Subject</c> as an integer. If the
- size of <c>Subject</c> is zero, a <c>badarg</c> exception is raised.</p>
+ <p>Returns the last byte of the binary <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> as an integer. If the
+ size of <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> is zero, a <c>badarg</c> exception is raised.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>list_to_bin(ByteList) -> binary()</name>
+ <name name="list_to_bin" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Convert a list of integers and binaries to a binary</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>ByteList = iodata() (see module erlang)</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Works exactly as <c>erlang:list_to_binary/1</c>, added for completeness.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>longest_common_prefix(Binaries) -> integer() >= 0</name>
+ <name name="longest_common_prefix" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Returns length of longest common prefix for a set of binaries</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Binaries = [ binary() ]</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns the length of the longest common prefix of the
- binaries in the list <c>Binaries</c>. Example:</p>
+ binaries in the list <c><anno>Binaries</anno></c>. Example:</p>
<code>
1> binary:longest_common_prefix([&lt;&lt;"erlang"&gt;&gt;,&lt;&lt;"ergonomy"&gt;&gt;]).
@@ -321,19 +267,16 @@
0
</code>
- <p>If <c>Binaries</c> is not a flat list of binaries, a <c>badarg</c> exception is raised.</p>
+ <p>If <c><anno>Binaries</anno></c> is not a flat list of binaries, a <c>badarg</c> exception is raised.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>longest_common_suffix(Binaries) -> integer() >= 0</name>
+ <name name="longest_common_suffix" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Returns length of longest common suffix for a set of binaries</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Binaries = [ binary() ]</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns the length of the longest common suffix of the
- binaries in the list <c>Binaries</c>. Example:</p>
+ binaries in the list <c><anno>Binaries</anno></c>. Example:</p>
<code>
1> binary:longest_common_suffix([&lt;&lt;"erlang"&gt;&gt;,&lt;&lt;"fang"&gt;&gt;]).
@@ -347,35 +290,24 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>match(Subject, Pattern) -> Found | <c>nomatch</c></name>
+ <name name="match" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Searches for the first match of a pattern in a binary</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>Pattern = binary() | [ binary() ] | cp()</v>
- <v>Found = part()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>The same as <c>match(Subject, Pattern, [])</c>.</p>
+ <p>The same as <c>match(<anno>Subject</anno>, <anno>Pattern</anno>, [])</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>match(Subject,Pattern,Options) -> Found | <c>nomatch</c></name>
+ <name name="match" arity="3"/>
+ <type name="part"/>
<fsummary>Searches for the first match of a pattern in a binary</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>Pattern = binary() | [ binary() ] | cp()</v>
- <v>Found = part()</v>
- <v>Options = [ Option ]</v>
- <v>Option = {scope, part()}</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Searches for the first occurrence of <c>Pattern</c> in <c>Subject</c> and
+ <p>Searches for the first occurrence of <c><anno>Pattern</anno></c> in <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> and
returns the position and length.</p>
- <p>The function will return <c>{Pos,Length}</c> for the binary
- in <c>Pattern</c> starting at the lowest position in
- <c>Subject</c>, Example:</p>
+ <p>The function will return <c>{Pos, Length}</c> for the binary
+ in <c><anno>Pattern</anno></c> starting at the lowest position in
+ <c><anno>Subject</anno></c>, Example:</p>
<code>
1> binary:match(&lt;&lt;"abcde"&gt;&gt;, [&lt;&lt;"bcde"&gt;&gt;,&lt;&lt;"cd"&gt;&gt;],[]).
@@ -391,16 +323,16 @@
<p>Summary of the options:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag>{scope, {Start, Length}}</tag>
+ <tag>{scope, {<anno>Start</anno>, <anno>Length</anno>}}</tag>
<item><p>Only the given part is searched. Return values still have
- offsets from the beginning of <c>Subject</c>. A negative <c>Length</c> is
- allowed as described in the <c>TYPES</c> section of this manual.</p></item>
+ offsets from the beginning of <c><anno>Subject</anno></c>. A negative <c>Length</c> is
+ allowed as described in the <c>DATA TYPES</c> section of this manual.</p></item>
</taglist>
<p>If none of the strings in
- <c>Pattern</c> is found, the atom <c>nomatch</c> is returned.</p>
+ <c><anno>Pattern</anno></c> is found, the atom <c>nomatch</c> is returned.</p>
- <p>For a description of <c>Pattern</c>, see
+ <p>For a description of <c><anno>Pattern</anno></c>, see
<seealso marker="#compile_pattern-1">compile_pattern/1</seealso>.</p>
<p>If <c>{scope, {Start,Length}}</c> is given in the options
@@ -412,32 +344,21 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>matches(Subject, Pattern) -> Found</name>
+ <name name="matches" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Searches for all matches of a pattern in a binary</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>Pattern = binary() | [ binary() ] | cp()</v>
- <v>Found = [ part() ] | []</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>The same as <c>matches(Subject, Pattern, [])</c>.</p>
+ <p>The same as <c>matches(<anno>Subject</anno>, <anno>Pattern</anno>, [])</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>matches(Subject,Pattern,Options) -> Found</name>
+ <name name="matches" arity="3"/>
+ <type name="part"/>
<fsummary>Searches for all matches of a pattern in a binary</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>Pattern = binary() | [ binary() ] | cp()</v>
- <v>Found = [ part() ] | []</v>
- <v>Options = [ Option ]</v>
- <v>Option = {scope, part()}</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Works like match, but the <c>Subject</c> is searched until
+ <p>Works like <c>match/2</c>, but the <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> is searched until
exhausted and a list of all non-overlapping parts matching
- <c>Pattern</c> is returned (in order). </p>
+ <c><anno>Pattern</anno></c> is returned (in order). </p>
<p>The first and longest match is preferred to a shorter,
which is illustrated by the following example:</p>
@@ -458,26 +379,22 @@
<p>If none of the strings in pattern is found, an empty list is returned.</p>
- <p>For a description of <c>Pattern</c>, see <seealso marker="#compile_pattern-1">compile_pattern/1</seealso> and for a
+ <p>For a description of <c><anno>Pattern</anno></c>, see <seealso marker="#compile_pattern-1">compile_pattern/1</seealso> and for a
description of available options, see <seealso marker="#match-3">match/3</seealso>.</p>
- <p>If <c>{scope, {Start,Length}}</c> is given in the options such that
- <c>Start</c> is larger than the size of <c>Subject</c>, <c>Start + Length</c> is
- less than zero or <c>Start + Length</c> is larger than the size of
- <c>Subject</c>, a <c>badarg</c> exception is raised.</p>
+ <p>If <c>{scope, {<anno>Start</anno>,<anno>Length</anno>}}</c> is given in the options such that
+ <c><anno>Start</anno></c> is larger than the size of <c><anno>Subject</anno></c>, <c><anno>Start</anno> + <anno>Length</anno></c> is
+ less than zero or <c><anno>Start</anno> + <anno>Length</anno></c> is larger than the size of
+ <c><anno>Subject</anno></c>, a <c>badarg</c> exception is raised.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>part(Subject, PosLen) -> binary()</name>
+ <name name="part" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Extracts a part of a binary</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>PosLen = part()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Extracts the part of the binary <c>Subject</c> described by <c>PosLen</c>.</p>
+ <p>Extracts the part of the binary <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> described by <c><anno>PosLen</anno></c>.</p>
<p>Negative length can be used to extract bytes at the end of a binary:</p>
@@ -494,25 +411,20 @@
<c>binary_part/3</c>. Those BIFs are allowed in guard tests.</p>
</note>
- <p>If <c>PosLen</c> in any way references outside the binary, a <c>badarg</c> exception
+ <p>If <c><anno>PosLen</anno></c> in any way references outside the binary, a <c>badarg</c> exception
is raised.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>part(Subject, Pos, Len) -> binary()</name>
+ <name name="part" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Extracts a part of a binary</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = binary()</v>
- <v>Pos = integer() >= 0</v>
- <v>Len = integer()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>The same as <c>part(Subject, {Pos, Len})</c>.</p>
+ <p>The same as <c>part(<anno>Subject</anno>, {<anno>Pos</anno>, <anno>Len</anno>})</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>referenced_byte_size(binary()) -> integer() >= 0</name>
+ <name name="referenced_byte_size" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Determines the size of the actual binary pointed out by a sub-binary</fsummary>
<desc>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/epp.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/epp.xml
index 488499581f..386ed89fe1 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/epp.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/epp.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
index 487b06473f..abaf64fb91 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
@@ -128,11 +128,17 @@
<datatypes>
<datatype>
+ <name name="access"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
<name><marker id="type-continuation">continuation()</marker></name>
<desc>
<p>Opaque continuation used by <seealso marker="#select/1">
- <c>select/1</c></seealso> and <seealso marker="#select/3">
- <c>select/3</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <c>select/1,3</c></seealso>, <seealso marker="#select_reverse/1">
+ <c>select_reverse/1,3</c></seealso>, <seealso
+ marker="#match/1">
+ <c>match/1,3</c></seealso>, and <seealso marker="#match_object/1">
+ <c>match_object/1,3</c></seealso>.</p>
</desc>
</datatype>
<datatype>
@@ -140,6 +146,10 @@
<desc><p>A match specification, see above.</p></desc>
</datatype>
<datatype>
+ <name name="comp_match_spec"/>
+ <desc><p>A compiled match specification.</p></desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
<name name="match_pattern"/>
</datatype>
<datatype>
@@ -149,14 +159,14 @@
<name name="tid"/>
<desc><p>A table identifier, as returned by new/2.</p></desc>
</datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="type"/>
+ </datatype>
</datatypes>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name>all() -> [Tab]</name>
+ <name name="all" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Return a list of all ETS tables.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns a list of all tables at the node. Named tables are
given by their names, unnamed tables are given by their
@@ -164,48 +174,34 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>delete(Tab) -> true</name>
+ <name name="delete" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Delete an entire ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Deletes the entire table <c>Tab</c>.</p>
+ <p>Deletes the entire table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>delete(Tab, Key) -> true</name>
+ <name name="delete" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Delete all objects with a given key from an ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Key = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Deletes all objects with the key <c>Key</c> from the table
- <c>Tab</c>.</p>
+ <p>Deletes all objects with the key <c><anno>Key</anno></c> from the table
+ <c><anno>Tab</anno></c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>delete_all_objects(Tab) -> true</name>
+ <name name="delete_all_objects" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Delete all objects in an ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Delete all objects in the ETS table <c>Tab</c>.
+ <p>Delete all objects in the ETS table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c>.
The operation is guaranteed to be
<seealso marker="#concurrency">atomic and isolated</seealso>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>delete_object(Tab,Object) -> true</name>
+ <name name="delete_object" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Deletes a specific from an ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Object = tuple()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Delete the exact object <c>Object</c> from the ETS table,
+ <p>Delete the exact object <c><anno>Object</anno></c> from the ETS table,
leaving objects with the same key but other differences
(useful for type <c>bag</c>). In a <c>duplicate_bag</c>, all
instances of the object will be deleted.</p>
@@ -257,14 +253,10 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>first(Tab) -> Key | '$end_of_table'</name>
+ <name name="first" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Return the first key in an ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Key = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the first key <c>Key</c> in the table <c>Tab</c>.
+ <p>Returns the first key <c><anno>Key</anno></c> in the table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c>.
If the table is of the <c>ordered_set</c> type, the first key
in Erlang term order will be returned. If the table is of any
other type, the first key according to the table's internal
@@ -336,7 +328,7 @@
the source file.</p>
<p>The fun is very restricted, it can take only a single
parameter (the object to match): a sole variable or a
- tuple. It needs to use the <c>is_</c>XXX guard tests.
+ tuple. It needs to use the <c>is_</c> guard tests.
Language constructs that have no representation
in a match_spec (like <c>if</c>, <c>case</c>, <c>receive</c>
etc) are not allowed.</p>
@@ -386,19 +378,14 @@ Error: fun containing local Erlang function calls
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>give_away(Tab, Pid, GiftData) -> true</name>
+ <name name="give_away" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Change owner of a table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Pid = pid()</v>
- <v>GiftData = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Make process <c>Pid</c> the new owner of table <c>Tab</c>.
+ <p>Make process <c><anno>Pid</anno></c> the new owner of table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c>.
If successful, the message
- <c>{'ETS-TRANSFER',Tab,FromPid,GiftData}</c> will be sent
+ <c>{'ETS-TRANSFER',<anno>Tab</anno>,FromPid,<anno>GiftData</anno>}</c> will be sent
to the new owner.</p>
- <p>The process <c>Pid</c> must be alive, local and not already the
+ <p>The process <c><anno>Pid</anno></c> must be alive, local and not already the
owner of the table. The calling process must be the table owner.</p>
<p>Note that <c>give_away</c> does not at all affect the
<seealso marker="#heir">heir</seealso> option of the table. A table
@@ -421,81 +408,72 @@ Error: fun containing local Erlang function calls
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>info(Tab) -> [{Item, Value}] | undefined</name>
+ <name name="info" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Return information about an ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Item = atom(), see below</v>
- <v>Value = term(), see below</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Returns information about the table <c>Tab</c> as a list of
- <c>{Item, Value}</c> tuples. If <c>Tab</c> has the correct type
+ <p>Returns information about the table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c> as a list of
+ tuples. If <c><anno>Tab</anno></c> has the correct type
for a table identifier, but does not refer to an existing ETS
- table, <c>undefined</c> is returned. If <c>Tab</c> is not of the
+ table, <c>undefined</c> is returned. If <c><anno>Tab</anno></c> is not of the
correct type, this function fails with reason <c>badarg</c>.</p>
<list type="bulleted">
- <item><c>Item=memory, Value=integer()</c> <br></br>
+ <item><c>{compressed, boolean()}</c> <br></br>
- The number of words allocated to the table.</item>
- <item><c>Item=owner, Value=pid()</c> <br></br>
-
- The pid of the owner of the table.</item>
- <item><c>Item=heir, Value=pid()|none</c> <br></br>
+ Indicates if the table is compressed or not.</item>
+ <item><c>{heir, pid() | none}</c> <br></br>
The pid of the heir of the table, or <c>none</c> if no heir is set.</item>
- <item><c>Item=name, Value=atom()</c> <br></br>
+ <item><c>{keypos, integer() >= 1}</c> <br></br>
- The name of the table.</item>
- <item><c>Item=size, Value=integer()</c> <br></br>
+ The key position.</item>
+ <item><c>{memory, integer() >= 0</c> <br></br>
- The number of objects inserted in the table.</item>
- <item><c>Item=node, Value=atom()</c> <br></br>
+ The number of words allocated to the table.</item>
+ <item><c>{name, atom()}</c> <br></br>
- The node where the table is stored. This field is no longer
- meaningful as tables cannot be accessed from other nodes.</item>
- <item><c>Item=named_table, Value=true|false</c> <br></br>
+ The name of the table.</item>
+ <item><c>{named_table, boolean()}</c> <br></br>
Indicates if the table is named or not.</item>
- <item><c>Item=type, Value=set|ordered_set|bag|duplicate_bag</c> <br></br>
+ <item><c>{node, node()}</c> <br></br>
- The table type.</item>
- <item><c>Item=keypos, Value=integer()</c> <br></br>
+ The node where the table is stored. This field is no longer
+ meaningful as tables cannot be accessed from other nodes.</item>
+ <item><c>{owner, pid()}</c> <br></br>
- The key position.</item>
- <item><c>Item=protection, Value=public|protected|private</c> <br></br>
+ The pid of the owner of the table.</item>
+ <item><c>{protection, <seealso marker="#type-access">access()</seealso>}</c> <br></br>
The table access rights.</item>
- <item><c>Item=compressed, Value=true|false</c> <br></br>
+ <item><c>{size, integer() >= 0</c> <br></br>
- Indicates if the table is compressed or not.</item>
+ The number of objects inserted in the table.</item>
+ <item><c>{type, <seealso marker="#type-type">type()</seealso>}</c> <br></br>
+
+ The table type.</item>
</list>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>info(Tab, Item) -> Value | undefined</name>
+ <name name="info" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Return the information associated with given item for an ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Item, Value - see below</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns the information associated with <c>Item</c> for
- the table <c>Tab</c>, or returns <c>undefined</c> if <c>Tab</c>
+ the table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c>, or returns <c>undefined</c> if <c>Tab</c>
does not refer an existing ETS table.
- If <c>Tab</c> is not of the correct type, or if <c>Item</c> is not
+ If <c><anno>Tab</anno></c> is not of the correct type, or if <c><anno>Item</anno></c> is not
one of the allowed values, this function fails with reason <c>badarg</c>.</p>
<warning><p>In R11B and earlier, this function would not fail but return
<c>undefined</c> for invalid values for <c>Item</c>.</p>
</warning>
- <p>In addition to the <c>{Item,Value}</c>
+ <p>In addition to the <c>{<anno>Item</anno>,<anno>Value</anno>}</c>
pairs defined for <c>info/1</c>, the following items are
allowed:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
- <item><c>Item=fixed, Value=true|false</c> <br></br>
+ <item><c>Item=fixed, Value=boolean()</c> <br></br>
Indicates if the table is fixed by any process or not.</item>
<item>
@@ -547,15 +525,11 @@ Error: fun containing local Erlang function calls
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>insert(Tab, ObjectOrObjects) -> true</name>
+ <name name="insert" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Insert an object into an ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>ObjectOrObjects = tuple() | [tuple()]</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Inserts the object or all of the objects in the list
- <c>ObjectOrObjects</c> into the table <c>Tab</c>.
+ <c><anno>ObjectOrObjects</anno></c> into the table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c>.
If the table is a <c>set</c> and the key of the inserted
objects <em>matches</em> the key of any object in the table,
the old object will be replaced. If the table is an
@@ -572,19 +546,15 @@ Error: fun containing local Erlang function calls
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>insert_new(Tab, ObjectOrObjects) -> boolean()</name>
+ <name name="insert_new" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Insert an object into an ETS table if the key is not already present.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>ObjectOrObjects = tuple() | [tuple()]</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>This function works exactly like <c>insert/2</c>, with the
exception that instead of overwriting objects with the same
key (in the case of <c>set</c> or <c>ordered_set</c>) or
adding more objects with keys already existing in the table
(in the case of <c>bag</c> and <c>duplicate_bag</c>), it
- simply returns <c>false</c>. If <c>ObjectOrObjects</c> is a
+ simply returns <c>false</c>. If <c><anno>ObjectOrObjects</anno></c> is a
list, the function checks <em>every</em> key prior to
inserting anything. Nothing will be inserted if not
<em>all</em> keys present in the list are absent from the
@@ -593,11 +563,8 @@ Error: fun containing local Erlang function calls
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>is_compiled_ms(Term) -> boolean()</name>
+ <name name="is_compiled_ms" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Checks if an Erlang term is the result of ets:match_spec_compile</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Term = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>This function is used to check if a term is a valid
compiled <seealso marker="#match_spec">match_spec</seealso>.
@@ -626,14 +593,10 @@ ets:is_compiled_ms(Broken).</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>last(Tab) -> Key | '$end_of_table'</name>
+ <name name="last" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Return the last key in an ETS table of type<c>ordered_set</c>.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Key = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the last key <c>Key</c> according to Erlang term
+ <p>Returns the last key <c><anno>Key</anno></c> according to Erlang term
order in the table <c>Tab</c> of the <c>ordered_set</c> type.
If the table is of any other type, the function is synonymous
to <c>first/2</c>. If the table is empty,
@@ -642,16 +605,11 @@ ets:is_compiled_ms(Broken).</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>lookup(Tab, Key) -> [Object]</name>
+ <name name="lookup" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Return all objects with a given key in an ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Key = term()</v>
- <v>Object = tuple()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Returns a list of all objects with the key <c>Key</c> in
- the table <c>Tab</c>.</p>
+ <p>Returns a list of all objects with the key <c><anno>Key</anno></c> in
+ the table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c>.</p>
<p>In the case of <c>set, bag and duplicate_bag</c>, an object
is returned only if the given key <em>matches</em> the key
of the object in the table. If the table is an
@@ -681,22 +639,16 @@ ets:is_compiled_ms(Broken).</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>lookup_element(Tab, Key, Pos) -> Elem</name>
+ <name name="lookup_element" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Return the <c>Pos</c>:th element of all objects with a given key in an ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Key = term()</v>
- <v>Pos = integer()</v>
- <v>Elem = term() | [term()]</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>If the table <c>Tab</c> is of type <c>set</c> or
- <c>ordered_set</c>, the function returns the <c>Pos</c>:th
- element of the object with the key <c>Key</c>.</p>
+ <p>If the table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c> is of type <c>set</c> or
+ <c>ordered_set</c>, the function returns the <c><anno>Pos</anno></c>:th
+ element of the object with the key <c><anno>Key</anno></c>.</p>
<p>If the table is of type <c>bag</c> or <c>duplicate_bag</c>,
- the functions returns a list with the <c>Pos</c>:th element of
- every object with the key <c>Key</c>.</p>
- <p>If no object with the key <c>Key</c> exists, the function
+ the functions returns a list with the <c><anno>Pos</anno></c>:th element of
+ every object with the key <c><anno>Key</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>If no object with the key <c><anno>Key</anno></c> exists, the function
will exit with reason <c>badarg</c>.</p>
<p>The difference between <c>set</c>, <c>bag</c> and
<c>duplicate_bag</c> on one hand, and <c>ordered_set</c> on
@@ -708,16 +660,11 @@ ets:is_compiled_ms(Broken).</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>match(Tab, Pattern) -> [Match]</name>
+ <name name="match" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Match the objects in an ETS table against a pattern.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Pattern = tuple()</v>
- <v>Match = [term()]</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Matches the objects in the table <c>Tab</c> against the
- pattern <c>Pattern</c>.</p>
+ <p>Matches the objects in the table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c> against the
+ pattern <c><anno>Pattern</anno></c>.</p>
<p>A pattern is a term that may contain:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>bound parts (Erlang terms),</item>
@@ -744,18 +691,12 @@ ets:is_compiled_ms(Broken).</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>match(Tab, Pattern, Limit) -> {[Match],Continuation} | '$end_of_table'</name>
+ <name name="match" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Match the objects in an ETS table against a pattern and returns part of the answers.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Pattern = tuple()</v>
- <v>Match = [term()]</v>
- <v>Continuation = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Works like <c>ets:match/2</c> but only returns a limited
- (<c>Limit</c>) number of matching objects. The
- <c>Continuation</c> term can then be used in subsequent calls
+ (<c><anno>Limit</anno></c>) number of matching objects. The
+ <c><anno>Continuation</anno></c> term can then be used in subsequent calls
to <c>ets:match/1</c> to get the next chunk of matching
objects. This is a space efficient way to work on objects in a
table which is still faster than traversing the table object
@@ -764,16 +705,12 @@ ets:is_compiled_ms(Broken).</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>match(Continuation) -> {[Match],Continuation} | '$end_of_table'</name>
+ <name name="match" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Continues matching objects in an ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Match = [term()]</v>
- <v>Continuation = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Continues a match started with <c>ets:match/3</c>. The next
chunk of the size given in the initial <c>ets:match/3</c>
- call is returned together with a new <c>Continuation</c>
+ call is returned together with a new <c><anno>Continuation</anno></c>
that can be used in subsequent calls to this function.</p>
<p><c>'$end_of_table'</c> is returned when there are no more
objects in the table.</p>
@@ -789,15 +726,11 @@ ets:is_compiled_ms(Broken).</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>match_object(Tab, Pattern) -> [Object]</name>
+ <name name="match_object" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Match the objects in an ETS table against a pattern.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Pattern = Object = tuple()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Matches the objects in the table <c>Tab</c> against the
- pattern <c>Pattern</c>. See <c>match/2</c> for a description
+ <p>Matches the objects in the table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c> against the
+ pattern <c><anno>Pattern</anno></c>. See <c>match/2</c> for a description
of patterns. The function returns a list of all objects which
match the pattern.</p>
<p>If the key is specified in the pattern, the match is very
@@ -809,18 +742,12 @@ ets:is_compiled_ms(Broken).</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>match_object(Tab, Pattern, Limit) -> {[Match],Continuation} | '$end_of_table'</name>
+ <name name="match_object" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Match the objects in an ETS table against a pattern and returns part of the answers.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Pattern = tuple()</v>
- <v>Match = [term()]</v>
- <v>Continuation = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Works like <c>ets:match_object/2</c> but only returns a
- limited (<c>Limit</c>) number of matching objects. The
- <c>Continuation</c> term can then be used in subsequent calls
+ limited (<c><anno>Limit</anno></c>) number of matching objects. The
+ <c><anno>Continuation</anno></c> term can then be used in subsequent calls
to <c>ets:match_object/1</c> to get the next chunk of matching
objects. This is a space efficient way to work on objects in a
table which is still faster than traversing the table object
@@ -829,29 +756,21 @@ ets:is_compiled_ms(Broken).</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>match_object(Continuation) -> {[Match],Continuation} | '$end_of_table'</name>
+ <name name="match_object" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Continues matching objects in an ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Match = [term()]</v>
- <v>Continuation = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Continues a match started with <c>ets:match_object/3</c>.
The next chunk of the size given in the initial
<c>ets:match_object/3</c> call is returned together with a
- new <c>Continuation</c> that can be used in subsequent calls
+ new <c><anno>Continuation</anno></c> that can be used in subsequent calls
to this function.</p>
<p><c>'$end_of_table'</c> is returned when there are no more
objects in the table.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>match_spec_compile(MatchSpec) -> CompiledMatchSpec</name>
+ <name name="match_spec_compile" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Compiles a match specification into its internal representation</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>MatchSpec = match_spec()</v>
- <v>CompiledMatchSpec = comp_match_spec()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>This function transforms a
<seealso marker="#match_spec">match_spec</seealso> into an
@@ -863,7 +782,7 @@ ets:is_compiled_ms(Broken).</code>
valid compiled match_spec, nor can it be stored on disk).
The validity of a compiled match_spec can be checked using
<c>ets:is_compiled_ms/1</c>.</p>
- <p>If the term <c>MatchSpec</c> can not be compiled (does not
+ <p>If the term <c><anno>MatchSpec</anno></c> can not be compiled (does not
represent a valid match_spec), a <c>badarg</c> fault is
thrown.</p>
<note>
@@ -873,25 +792,21 @@ ets:is_compiled_ms(Broken).</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>match_spec_run(List,CompiledMatchSpec) -> list()</name>
+ <name name="match_spec_run" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Performs matching, using a compiled match_spec, on a list of tuples</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>List = [ tuple() ]</v>
- <v>CompiledMatchSpec = comp_match_spec()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>This function executes the matching specified in a
compiled <seealso marker="#match_spec">match_spec</seealso> on
- a list of tuples. The <c>CompiledMatchSpec</c> term should be
+ a list of tuples. The <c><anno>CompiledMatchSpec</anno></c> term should be
the result of a call to <c>ets:match_spec_compile/1</c> and
is hence the internal representation of the match_spec one
wants to use.</p>
- <p>The matching will be executed on each element in <c>List</c>
+ <p>The matching will be executed on each element in <c><anno>List</anno></c>
and the function returns a list containing all results. If an
- element in <c>List</c> does not match, nothing is returned
+ element in <c><anno>List</anno></c> does not match, nothing is returned
for that element. The length of the result list is therefore
equal or less than the the length of the parameter
- <c>List</c>. The two calls in the following example will give
+ <c><anno>List</anno></c>. The two calls in the following example will give
the same result (but certainly not the same execution
time...):</p>
<code type="none">
@@ -910,37 +825,23 @@ ets:select(Table,MatchSpec),</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>member(Tab, Key) -> true | false</name>
+ <name name="member" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Tests for occurrence of a key in an ETS table</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Key = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Works like <c>lookup/2</c>, but does not return the objects.
The function returns <c>true</c> if one or more elements in
- the table has the key <c>Key</c>, <c>false</c> otherwise.</p>
+ the table has the key <c><anno>Key</anno></c>, <c>false</c> otherwise.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>new(Name, Options) -> tid() | atom()</name>
+ <name name="new" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Create a new ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Name = atom()</v>
- <v>Options = [Option]</v>
- <v>&nbsp;Option = Type | Access | named_table | {keypos,Pos} | {heir,pid(),HeirData} | {heir,none} | Tweaks</v>
- <v>&nbsp;&nbsp;Type = set | ordered_set | bag | duplicate_bag</v>
- <v>&nbsp;&nbsp;Access = public | protected | private</v>
- <v>&nbsp;&nbsp;Tweaks = {write_concurrency,boolean()} | {read_concurrency,boolean()} | compressed</v>
- <v>&nbsp;&nbsp;Pos = integer()</v>
- <v>&nbsp;&nbsp;HeirData = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Creates a new table and returns a table identifier which can
be used in subsequent operations. The table identifier can be
sent to other processes so that a table can be shared between
different processes within a node.</p>
- <p>The parameter <c>Options</c> is a list of atoms which
+ <p>The parameter <c><anno>Options</anno></c> is a list of atoms which
specifies table type, access rights, key position and if the
table is named or not. If one or more options are left out,
the default values are used. This means that not specifying
@@ -997,27 +898,27 @@ ets:select(Table,MatchSpec),</code>
</item>
<item>
<p><c>named_table</c>
- If this option is present, the name <c>Name</c> is
+ If this option is present, the name <c><anno>Name</anno></c> is
associated with the table identifier. The name can then
be used instead of the table identifier in subsequent
operations.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p><c>{keypos,Pos}</c>
+ <p><c>{keypos,<anno>Pos</anno>}</c>
Specfies which element in the stored tuples should be
used as key. By default, it is the first element, i.e.
- <c>Pos=1</c>. However, this is not always appropriate. In
+ <c><anno>Pos</anno>=1</c>. However, this is not always appropriate. In
particular, we do not want the first element to be the
key if we want to store Erlang records in a table.</p>
<p>Note that any tuple stored in the table must have at
- least <c>Pos</c> number of elements.</p>
+ least <c><anno>Pos</anno></c> number of elements.</p>
</item>
<item>
<marker id="heir"></marker>
- <p><c>{heir,Pid,HeirData} | {heir,none}</c><br></br>
+ <p><c>{heir,<anno>Pid</anno>,<anno>HeirData</anno>} | {heir,none}</c><br></br>
Set a process as heir. The heir will inherit the table if
the owner terminates. The message
- <c>{'ETS-TRANSFER',tid(),FromPid,HeirData}</c> will be sent to
+ <c>{'ETS-TRANSFER',tid(),FromPid,<anno>HeirData</anno>}</c> will be sent to
the heir when that happens. The heir must be a local process.
Default heir is <c>none</c>, which will destroy the table when
the owner terminates.</p>
@@ -1082,15 +983,11 @@ ets:select(Table,MatchSpec),</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>next(Tab, Key1) -> Key2 | '$end_of_table'</name>
+ <name name="next" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Return the next key in an ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Key1 = Key2 = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the next key <c>Key2</c>, following the key
- <c>Key1</c> in the table <c>Tab</c>. If the table is of the
+ <p>Returns the next key <c><anno>Key2</anno></c>, following the key
+ <c><anno>Key1</anno></c> in the table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c>. If the table is of the
<c>ordered_set</c> type, the next key in Erlang term order is
returned. If the table is of any other type, the next key
according to the table's internal order is returned. If there
@@ -1105,16 +1002,12 @@ ets:select(Table,MatchSpec),</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>prev(Tab, Key1) -> Key2 | '$end_of_table'</name>
+ <name name="prev" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Return the previous key in an ETS table of type<c>ordered_set</c>.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Key1 = Key2 = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the previous key <c>Key2</c>, preceding the key
- <c>Key1</c> according the Erlang term order in the table
- <c>Tab</c> of the <c>ordered_set</c> type. If the table is of
+ <p>Returns the previous key <c><anno>Key2</anno></c>, preceding the key
+ <c><anno>Key1</anno></c> according the Erlang term order in the table
+ <c><anno>Tab</anno></c> of the <c>ordered_set</c> type. If the table is of
any other type, the function is synonymous to <c>next/2</c>.
If there is no previous key, <c>'$end_of_table'</c> is
returned.</p>
@@ -1122,14 +1015,11 @@ ets:select(Table,MatchSpec),</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>rename(Tab, Name) -> Name</name>
+ <name name="rename" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Rename a named ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = Name = atom()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Renames the named table <c>Tab</c> to the new name
- <c>Name</c>. Afterwards, the old name can not be used to
+ <p>Renames the named table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c> to the new name
+ <c><anno>Name</anno></c>. Afterwards, the old name can not be used to
access the table. Renaming an unnamed table has no effect.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -1186,18 +1076,15 @@ ets:select(ets:repair_continuation(Broken,MS)).</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>safe_fixtable(Tab, true|false) -> true</name>
+ <name name="safe_fixtable" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Fix an ETS table for safe traversal.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Fixes a table of the <c>set</c>, <c>bag</c> or
<c>duplicate_bag</c> table type for safe traversal.</p>
<p>A process fixes a table by calling
- <c>safe_fixtable(Tab,true)</c>. The table remains fixed until
+ <c>safe_fixtable(<anno>Tab</anno>, true)</c>. The table remains fixed until
the process releases it by calling
- <c>safe_fixtable(Tab,false)</c>, or until the process
+ <c>safe_fixtable(<anno>Tab</anno>, false)</c>, or until the process
terminates.</p>
<p>If several processes fix a table, the table will remain fixed
until all processes have released it (or terminated).
@@ -1242,15 +1129,10 @@ clean_all_with_value(Tab,X,Key) ->
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>select(Tab, MatchSpec) -> [Match]</name>
+ <name name="select" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Match the objects in an ETS table against a match_spec.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Match = term()</v>
- <v>MatchSpec = match_spec()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Matches the objects in the table <c>Tab</c> using a
+ <p>Matches the objects in the table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c> using a
<seealso marker="#match_spec">match_spec</seealso>. This is a
more general call than the <c>ets:match/2</c> and
<c>ets:match_object/2</c> calls. In its simplest forms the
@@ -1337,18 +1219,12 @@ is_integer(X), is_integer(Y), X + Y < 4711]]></code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>select(Tab, MatchSpec, Limit) -> {[Match],Continuation} | '$end_of_table'</name>
+ <name name="select" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Match the objects in an ETS table against a match_spec and returns part of the answers.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Match = term()</v>
- <v>MatchSpec = match_spec()</v>
- <v>Continuation = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Works like <c>ets:select/2</c> but only returns a limited
- (<c>Limit</c>) number of matching objects. The
- <c>Continuation</c> term can then be used in subsequent calls
+ (<c><anno>Limit</anno></c>) number of matching objects. The
+ <c><anno>Continuation</anno></c> term can then be used in subsequent calls
to <c>ets:select/1</c> to get the next chunk of matching
objects. This is a space efficient way to work on objects in a
table which is still faster than traversing the table object
@@ -1357,33 +1233,23 @@ is_integer(X), is_integer(Y), X + Y < 4711]]></code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>select(Continuation) -> {[Match],Continuation} | '$end_of_table'</name>
+ <name name="select" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Continue matching objects in an ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Match = term()</v>
- <v>Continuation = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Continues a match started with
<c>ets:select/3</c>. The next
chunk of the size given in the initial <c>ets:select/3</c>
- call is returned together with a new <c>Continuation</c>
+ call is returned together with a new <c><anno>Continuation</anno></c>
that can be used in subsequent calls to this function.</p>
<p><c>'$end_of_table'</c> is returned when there are no more
objects in the table.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>select_count(Tab, MatchSpec) -> NumMatched</name>
+ <name name="select_count" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Match the objects in an ETS table against a match_spec and returns the number of objects for which the match_spec returned 'true'</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Object = tuple()</v>
- <v>MatchSpec = match_spec()</v>
- <v>NumMatched = integer()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Matches the objects in the table <c>Tab</c> using a
+ <p>Matches the objects in the table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c> using a
<seealso marker="#match_spec">match_spec</seealso>. If the
match_spec returns <c>true</c> for an object, that object
considered a match and is counted. For any other result from
@@ -1396,16 +1262,10 @@ is_integer(X), is_integer(Y), X + Y < 4711]]></code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>select_delete(Tab, MatchSpec) -> NumDeleted</name>
+ <name name="select_delete" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Match the objects in an ETS table against a match_spec and deletes objects where the match_spec returns 'true'</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Object = tuple()</v>
- <v>MatchSpec = match_spec()</v>
- <v>NumDeleted = integer()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Matches the objects in the table <c>Tab</c> using a
+ <p>Matches the objects in the table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c> using a
<seealso marker="#match_spec">match_spec</seealso>. If the
match_spec returns <c>true</c> for an object, that object is
removed from the table. For any other result from the
@@ -1422,13 +1282,8 @@ is_integer(X), is_integer(Y), X + Y < 4711]]></code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>select_reverse(Tab, MatchSpec) -> [Match]</name>
+ <name name="select_reverse" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Match the objects in an ETS table against a match_spec.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Match = term()</v>
- <v>MatchSpec = match_spec()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Works like <c>select/2</c>, but returns the list in reverse
@@ -1438,14 +1293,8 @@ is_integer(X), is_integer(Y), X + Y < 4711]]></code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>select_reverse(Tab, MatchSpec, Limit) -> {[Match],Continuation} | '$end_of_table'</name>
+ <name name="select_reverse" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Match the objects in an ETS table against a match_spec and returns part of the answers.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Match = term()</v>
- <v>MatchSpec = match_spec()</v>
- <v>Continuation = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Works like <c>select/3</c>, but for the <c>ordered_set</c>
@@ -1456,18 +1305,14 @@ is_integer(X), is_integer(Y), X + Y < 4711]]></code>
<p>Note that this is <em>not</em> equivalent to
reversing the result list of a <c>select/3</c> call, as the result list
- is not only reversed, but also contains the last <c>Limit</c>
+ is not only reversed, but also contains the last <c><anno>Limit</anno></c>
matching objects in the table, not the first.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>select_reverse(Continuation) -> {[Match],Continuation} | '$end_of_table'</name>
+ <name name="select_reverse" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Continue matching objects in an ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Match = term()</v>
- <v>Continuation = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Continues a match started with
@@ -1477,7 +1322,7 @@ is_integer(X), is_integer(Y), X + Y < 4711]]></code>
returned list will also contain objects with keys in reverse
order.</p>
- <p>For all other table types, the behaviour is exatly that of <c>select/1</c>.</p>
+ <p>For all other table types, the behaviour is exactly that of <c>select/1</c>.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code>
1> T = ets:new(x,[ordered_set]).
@@ -1501,14 +1346,8 @@ is_integer(X), is_integer(Y), X + Y < 4711]]></code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>setopts(Tab, Opts) -> true</name>
+ <name name="setopts" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Set table options.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Opts = Opt | [Opt]</v>
- <v>Opt = {heir,pid(),HeirData} | {heir,none}</v>
- <v>HeirData = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Set table options. The only option that currently is allowed to be
set after the table has been created is
@@ -1517,28 +1356,23 @@ is_integer(X), is_integer(Y), X + Y < 4711]]></code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>slot(Tab, I) -> [Object] | '$end_of_table'</name>
+ <name name="slot" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Return all objects in a given slot of an ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>I = integer()</v>
- <v>Object = tuple()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>This function is mostly for debugging purposes, Normally
one should use <c>first/next</c> or <c>last/prev</c> instead.</p>
- <p>Returns all objects in the <c>I</c>:th slot of the table
- <c>Tab</c>. A table can be traversed by repeatedly calling
- the function, starting with the first slot <c>I=0</c> and
+ <p>Returns all objects in the <c><anno>I</anno></c>:th slot of the table
+ <c><anno>Tab</anno></c>. A table can be traversed by repeatedly calling
+ the function, starting with the first slot <c><anno>I</anno>=0</c> and
ending when <c>'$end_of_table'</c> is returned.
The function will fail with reason <c>badarg</c> if the
- <c>I</c> argument is out of range.</p>
+ <c><anno>I</anno></c> argument is out of range.</p>
<p>Unless a table of type <c>set</c>, <c>bag</c> or
<c>duplicate_bag</c> is protected using
<c>safe_fixtable/2</c>, see above, a traversal may fail if
concurrent updates are made to the table. If the table is of
type <c>ordered_set</c>, the function returns a list
- containing the <c>I</c>:th object in Erlang term order.</p>
+ containing the <c><anno>I</anno></c>:th object in Erlang term order.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
@@ -1754,16 +1588,16 @@ true</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>update_counter(Tab, Key, UpdateOp) -> Result</name>
- <name>update_counter(Tab, Key, [UpdateOp]) -> [Result]</name>
- <name>update_counter(Tab, Key, Incr) -> Result</name>
+ <name name="update_counter" arity="3" clause_i="1"/>
+ <name name="update_counter" arity="3" clause_i="2"/>
+ <name name="update_counter" arity="3" clause_i="3"/>
+ <type variable="Tab"/>
+ <type variable="Key"/>
+ <type variable="UpdateOp" name_i="1"/>
+ <type variable="Pos" name_i="1"/>
+ <type variable="Threshold" name_i="1"/>
+ <type variable="SetValue" name_i="1"/>
<fsummary>Update a counter object in an ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Key = term()</v>
- <v>UpdateOp = {Pos,Incr} | {Pos,Incr,Threshold,SetValue}</v>
- <v>Pos = Incr = Threshold = SetValue = Result = integer()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>This function provides an efficient way to update one or more
counters, without the hassle of having to look up an object, update
@@ -1771,22 +1605,22 @@ true</pre>
into the table again. (The update is done atomically; i.e. no process
can access the ets table in the middle of the operation.)
</p>
- <p>It will destructively update the object with key <c>Key</c>
- in the table <c>Tab</c> by adding <c>Incr</c> to the element
- at the <c>Pos</c>:th position. The new counter value is
+ <p>It will destructively update the object with key <c><anno>Key</anno></c>
+ in the table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c> by adding <c><anno>Incr</anno></c> to the element
+ at the <c><anno>Pos</anno></c>:th position. The new counter value is
returned. If no position is specified, the element directly
following the key (<c><![CDATA[<keypos>+1]]></c>) is updated.</p>
- <p>If a <c>Threshold</c> is specified, the counter will be
- reset to the value <c>SetValue</c> if the following
+ <p>If a <c><anno>Threshold</anno></c> is specified, the counter will be
+ reset to the value <c><anno>SetValue</anno></c> if the following
conditions occur:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
- <item>The <c>Incr</c> is not negative (<c>>= 0</c>) and the
- result would be greater than (<c>></c>) <c>Threshold</c></item>
- <item>The <c>Incr</c> is negative (<c><![CDATA[< 0]]></c>) and the
+ <item>The <c><anno>Incr</anno></c> is not negative (<c>>= 0</c>) and the
+ result would be greater than (<c>></c>) <c><anno>Threshold</anno></c></item>
+ <item>The <c><anno>Incr</anno></c> is negative (<c><![CDATA[< 0]]></c>) and the
result would be less than (<c><![CDATA[<]]></c>)
- <c>Threshold</c></item>
+ <c><anno>Threshold</anno></c></item>
</list>
- <p>A list of <c>UpdateOp</c> can be supplied to do several update
+ <p>A list of <c><anno>UpdateOp</anno></c> can be supplied to do several update
operations within the object. The operations are carried out in the
order specified in the list. If the same counter position occurs
more than one time in the list, the corresponding counter will thus
@@ -1797,7 +1631,7 @@ true</pre>
returned. If the function should fail, no updates will be done at
all.
</p>
- <p>The given Key is used to identify the object by either
+ <p>The given <c><anno>Key</anno></c> is used to identify the object by either
<em>matching</em> the key of an object in a <c>set</c> table,
or <em>compare equal</em> to the key of an object in an
<c>ordered_set</c> table (see
@@ -1812,29 +1646,28 @@ true</pre>
<item>the object has the wrong arity,</item>
<item>the element to update is not an integer,</item>
<item>the element to update is also the key, or,</item>
- <item>any of <c>Pos</c>, <c>Incr</c>, <c>Threshold</c> or
- <c>SetValue</c> is not an integer</item>
+ <item>any of <c><anno>Pos</anno></c>, <c><anno>Incr</anno></c>, <c><anno>Threshold</anno></c> or
+ <c><anno>SetValue</anno></c> is not an integer</item>
</list>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>update_element(Tab, Key, {Pos,Value}) -> true | false</name>
- <name>update_element(Tab, Key, [{Pos,Value}]) -> true | false</name>
+ <name name="update_element" arity="3" clause_i="1"/>
+ <name name="update_element" arity="3" clause_i="2"/>
+ <type variable="Tab"/>
+ <type variable="Key"/>
+ <type variable="Value"/>
+ <type variable="Pos"/>
<fsummary>Updates the <c>Pos</c>:th element of the object with a given key in an ETS table.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tab = tid() | atom()</v>
- <v>Key = Value = term()</v>
- <v>Pos = integer()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>This function provides an efficient way to update one or more
elements within an object, without the hassle of having to look up,
update and write back the entire object.
</p>
- <p>It will destructively update the object with key <c>Key</c>
- in the table <c>Tab</c>. The element at the <c>Pos</c>:th position
- will be given the value <c>Value</c>. </p>
- <p>A list of <c>{Pos,Value}</c> can be supplied to update several
+ <p>It will destructively update the object with key <c><anno>Key</anno></c>
+ in the table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c>. The element at the <c><anno>Pos</anno></c>:th position
+ will be given the value <c><anno>Value</anno></c>. </p>
+ <p>A list of <c>{<anno>Pos</anno>,<anno>Value</anno>}</c> can be supplied to update several
elements within the same object. If the same position occurs more
than one in the list, the last value in the list will be written. If
the list is empty or the function fails, no updates will be done at
@@ -1842,9 +1675,9 @@ true</pre>
can never see any intermediate results.
</p>
<p>The function returns <c>true</c> if an object with the key
- <c>Key</c> was found, <c>false</c> otherwise.
+ <c><anno>Key</anno></c> was found, <c>false</c> otherwise.
</p>
- <p>The given Key is used to identify the object by either
+ <p>The given <c><anno>Key</anno></c> is used to identify the object by either
<em>matching</em> the key of an object in a <c>set</c> table,
or <em>compare equal</em> to the key of an object in an
<c>ordered_set</c> table (see
@@ -1855,7 +1688,7 @@ true</pre>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>the table is not of type <c>set</c> or
<c>ordered_set</c>,</item>
- <item><c>Pos</c> is less than 1 or greater than the object
+ <item><c><anno>Pos</anno></c> is less than 1 or greater than the object
arity, or,</item>
<item>the element to update is also the key</item>
</list>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
index f3079c7337..cec20aee8e 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@
<p>Matches any number of characters up to the end of
the filename, the next dot, or the next slash.</p>
</item>
+ <tag>**</tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Two adjacent <c>*</c>'s used as a single pattern will
+ match all files and zero or more directories and subdirectories.</p>
+ </item>
<tag>[Character1,Character2,...]</tag>
<item>
<p>Matches any of the characters listed. Two characters
@@ -192,6 +197,10 @@
<c>src</c> or <c>include</c> directories, use:</p>
<code type="none">
filelib:wildcard("lib/*/{src,include}/*.{erl,hrl}") </code>
+ <p>To find all <c>.erl</c> or <c>.hrl</c> files in any
+ subdirectory, use:</p>
+ <code type="none">
+ filelib:wildcard("lib/**/*.{erl,hrl}") </code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lists.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lists.xml
index 8b31f3ac3d..b6c0fa4e05 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lists.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lists.xml
@@ -248,18 +248,13 @@ flatmap(Fun, List1) ->
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>keyfind(Key, N, TupleList) -> Tuple | false</name>
+ <name name="keyfind" arity="3"/>
+ <type_desc variable="N">1..tuple_size(<anno>Tuple</anno>)</type_desc>
<fsummary>Search for an element in a list of tuples</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Key = term()</v>
- <v>N = 1..tuple_size(Tuple)</v>
- <v>TupleList = [Tuple]</v>
- <v>Tuple = tuple()</v>
- </type>
- <desc>
- <p>Searches the list of tuples <c>TupleList</c> for a
- tuple whose <c>N</c>th element compares equal to <c>Key</c>.
- Returns <c>Tuple</c> if such a tuple is found,
+ <desc>
+ <p>Searches the list of tuples <c><anno>TupleList</anno></c> for a
+ tuple whose <c><anno>N</anno></c>th element compares equal to <c><anno>Key</anno></c>.
+ Returns <c><anno>Tuple</anno></c> if such a tuple is found,
otherwise <c>false</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -281,17 +276,12 @@ flatmap(Fun, List1) ->
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>keymember(Key, N, TupleList) -> boolean()</name>
+ <name name="keymember" arity="3"/>
+ <type_desc variable="N">1..tuple_size(<anno>Tuple</anno>)</type_desc>
<fsummary>Test for membership of a list of tuples</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Key = term()</v>
- <v>N = 1..tuple_size(Tuple)</v>
- <v>TupleList = [Tuple]</v>
- <v>&nbsp;Tuple = tuple()</v>
- </type>
- <desc>
- <p>Returns <c>true</c> if there is a tuple in <c>TupleList</c>
- whose <c>N</c>th element compares equal to <c>Key</c>, otherwise
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns <c>true</c> if there is a tuple in <c><anno>TupleList</anno></c>
+ whose <c><anno>N</anno></c>th element compares equal to <c><anno>Key</anno></c>, otherwise
<c>false</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -321,18 +311,13 @@ flatmap(Fun, List1) ->
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>keysearch(Key, N, TupleList) -> {value, Tuple} | false</name>
+ <name name="keysearch" arity="3"/>
+ <type_desc variable="N">1..tuple_size(<anno>Tuple</anno>)</type_desc>
<fsummary>Search for an element in a list of tuples</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Key = term()</v>
- <v>N = 1..tuple_size(Tuple)</v>
- <v>TupleList = [Tuple]</v>
- <v>Tuple = tuple()</v>
- </type>
- <desc>
- <p>Searches the list of tuples <c>TupleList</c> for a
- tuple whose <c>N</c>th element compares equal to <c>Key</c>.
- Returns <c>{value, Tuple}</c> if such a tuple is found,
+ <desc>
+ <p>Searches the list of tuples <c><anno>TupleList</anno></c> for a
+ tuple whose <c><anno>N</anno></c>th element compares equal to <c><anno>Key</anno></c>.
+ Returns <c>{value, <anno>Tuple</anno>}</c> if such a tuple is found,
otherwise <c>false</c>.</p>
<note><p>This function is retained for backward compatibility.
The function <c>lists:keyfind/3</c> (introduced in R13A)
@@ -425,15 +410,11 @@ flatmap(Fun, List1) ->
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>member(Elem, List) -> boolean()</name>
+ <name name="member" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Test for membership of a list</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Elem = term()</v>
- <v>List = [term()]</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Returns <c>true</c> if <c>Elem</c> matches some element of
- <c>List</c>, otherwise <c>false</c>.</p>
+ <p>Returns <c>true</c> if <c><anno>Elem</anno></c> matches some element of
+ <c><anno>List</anno></c>, otherwise <c>false</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
@@ -562,14 +543,11 @@ c</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>reverse(List1, Tail) -> List2</name>
+ <name name="reverse" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Reverse a list appending a tail</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>List1 = Tail = List2 = [term()]</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Returns a list with the elements in <c>List1</c>
- in reverse order, with the tail <c>Tail</c> appended. For
+ <p>Returns a list with the elements in <c><anno>List1</anno></c>
+ in reverse order, with the tail <c><anno>Tail</anno></c> appended. For
example:</p>
<pre>
> <input>lists:reverse([1, 2, 3, 4], [a, b, c]).</input>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/math.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/math.xml
index 518457d5d8..0219dcce10 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/math.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/math.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<header>
<copyright>
<year>1996</year>
- <year>2011</year>
+ <year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -52,54 +52,47 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>sin(X)</name>
- <name>cos(X)</name>
- <name>tan(X)</name>
- <name>asin(X)</name>
- <name>acos(X)</name>
- <name>atan(X)</name>
- <name>atan2(Y, X)</name>
- <name>sinh(X)</name>
- <name>cosh(X)</name>
- <name>tanh(X)</name>
- <name>asinh(X)</name>
- <name>acosh(X)</name>
- <name>atanh(X)</name>
- <name>exp(X)</name>
- <name>log(X)</name>
- <name>log10(X)</name>
- <name>pow(X, Y)</name>
- <name>sqrt(X)</name>
+ <name name="sin" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="cos" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="tan" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="asin" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="acos" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="atan" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="atan2" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="sinh" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="cosh" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="tanh" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="asinh" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="acosh" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="atanh" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="exp" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="log" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="log10" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="pow" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="sqrt" arity="1"/>
+ <type variable="X" name_i="7"/>
+ <type variable="Y" name_i="7"/>
<fsummary>Diverse math functions</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>X = Y = number()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>A collection of math functions which return floats. Arguments
are numbers. </p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>erf(X) -> float()</name>
+ <name name="erf" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Error function.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>X = number()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the error function of <c>X</c>, where</p>
+ <p>Returns the error function of <c><anno>X</anno></c>, where</p>
<pre>
erf(X) = 2/sqrt(pi)*integral from 0 to X of exp(-t*t) dt. </pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>erfc(X) -> float()</name>
+ <name name="erfc" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Another error function</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>X = number()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p><c>erfc(X)</c> returns <c>1.0 - erf(X)</c>, computed by
- methods that avoid cancellation for large <c>X</c>. </p>
+ methods that avoid cancellation for large <c><anno>X</anno></c>. </p>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
index 4834426d5c..b4d9f9a444 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<chapter>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2004</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>2004</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -30,6 +30,84 @@
</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to the STDLIB application.</p>
+<section><title>STDLIB 1.18.2</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fixed bug where if given an invalid drive letter on
+ windows ensure dir would go into an infinite loop.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10104</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Calls to gen_server:enter_loop/4 where ServerName has a
+ global scope and no timeout is given now works correctly.</p>
+ <p>
+ Thanks to Sam Bobroff for reporting the issue.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10130</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ fix escript/primary archive reloading</p>
+ <p>
+ If the mtime of an escript/primary archive file changes
+ after being added to the code path, correctly reload the
+ archive and update the cache. (Thanks to Tuncer Ayaz)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10151</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix bug that in some cases could cause corrupted binaries
+ in ETS tables with <c>compressed</c> option.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10182</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix filename:nativename/1 on Win32</p>
+ <p>
+ Don't choke on paths given as binary argument on Win32.
+ Thanks to Jan Kl�tzke</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10188</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix bug in <c>ets:test_ms/2</c> that could cause emulator
+ crash when using <c>'$_'</c> in match spec.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10190</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix bug where zip archives wrongly have a first disk
+ number set to 1</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10223</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p> The message printed by the Erlang shell as an
+ explanation of the <c>badarith</c> error has been
+ corrected. (Thanks to Matthias Lang.) </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10054</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>STDLIB 1.18.1</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/re.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/re.xml
index 224b4b2771..2211bfb925 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/re.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/re.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<header>
<copyright>
<year>2007</year>
- <year>2011</year>
+ <year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -78,28 +78,15 @@
</datatypes>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name>compile(Regexp) -> {ok, MP} | {error, ErrSpec}</name>
+ <name name="compile" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Compile a regular expression into a match program</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Regexp = iodata()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>The same as <c>compile(Regexp,[])</c></p>
+ <p>The same as <c>compile(<anno>Regexp</anno>,[])</c></p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>compile(Regexp,Options) -> {ok, MP} | {error, ErrSpec}</name>
+ <name name="compile" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Compile a regular expression into a match program</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Regexp = iodata() | <seealso marker="unicode#type-charlist">io:charlist()</seealso></v>
- <v>Options = [ Option ]</v>
- <v>Option = <seealso marker="#type-compile_option">compile_option()</seealso></v>
- <v>NLSpec = <seealso marker="#type-nl_spec">nl_spec()</seealso></v>
- <v>MP = <seealso marker="#type-mp">mp()</seealso></v>
- <v>ErrSpec = {ErrString, Position}</v>
- <v>ErrString = string()</v>
- <v>Position = non_neg_integer()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>This function compiles a regular expression with the syntax
described below into an internal format to be used later as a
@@ -165,44 +152,23 @@ This option makes it possible to include comments inside complicated patterns. N
</func>
<func>
- <name>run(Subject,RE) -> {match, Captured} | nomatch</name>
+ <name name="run" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Match a subject against regular expression and capture subpatterns</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = iodata() | <seealso marker="unicode#type-charlist">io:charlist()</seealso></v>
- <v>RE = <seealso marker="#type-mp">mp()</seealso> | iodata()</v>
- <v>Captured = [ CaptureData ]</v>
- <v>CaptureData = {integer(),integer()}</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>The same as <c>run(Subject,RE,[])</c>.</p>
+ <p>The same as <c>run(<anno>Subject</anno>,<anno>RE</anno>,[])</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>run(Subject,RE,Options) -> {match, Captured} | match | nomatch</name>
+ <name name="run" arity="3"/>
+ <type_desc variable="CompileOpt">See <seealso marker="#compile_options">compile/2</seealso> above.</type_desc>
<fsummary>Match a subject against regular expression and capture subpatterns</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Subject = iodata() | <seealso marker="unicode#type-charlist">io:charlist()</seealso></v>
- <v>RE = <seealso marker="#type-mp">mp()</seealso> | iodata() | <seealso marker="unicode#type-charlist">io:charlist()</seealso></v>
- <v>Options = [ Option ]</v>
- <v>Option = anchored | global | notbol | noteol | notempty | {offset, integer() >= 0} | {newline, NLSpec} | bsr_anycrlf | bsr_unicode | {capture, ValueSpec} | {capture, ValueSpec, Type} | CompileOpt</v>
- <v>Type = index | list | binary</v>
- <v>ValueSpec = all | all_but_first | first | none | ValueList</v>
- <v>ValueList = [ ValueID ]</v>
- <v>ValueID = integer() | string() | atom()</v>
- <v>CompileOpt = <seealso marker="#type-compile_option">compile_option()</seealso></v>
- <d>See <seealso marker="#compile_options">compile/2</seealso> above.</d>
- <v>NLSpec = <seealso marker="#type-nl_spec">nl_spec()</seealso></v>
- <v>Captured = [ CaptureData ] | [ [ CaptureData ] ... ]</v>
- <v>CaptureData = {integer(),integer()} | ListConversionData | binary()</v>
- <v>ListConversionData = string() | {error, string(), binary()} | {incomplete, string(), binary()}</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Executes a regexp matching, returning <c>match/{match,
- Captured}</c> or <c>nomatch</c>. The regular expression can be
+ <anno>Captured</anno>}</c> or <c>nomatch</c>. The regular expression can be
given either as <c>iodata()</c> in which case it is
automatically compiled (as by <c>re:compile/2</c>) and executed,
- or as a pre compiled <c>mp()</c> in which case it is executed
+ or as a pre-compiled <c>mp()</c> in which case it is executed
against the subject directly.</p>
<p>When compilation is involved, the exception <c>badarg</c> is
@@ -214,23 +180,23 @@ This option makes it possible to include comments inside complicated patterns. N
list can only contain the options <c>anchored</c>,
<c>global</c>, <c>notbol</c>, <c>noteol</c>,
<c>notempty</c>, <c>{offset, integer() >= 0}</c>, <c>{newline,
- NLSpec}</c> and <c>{capture, ValueSpec}/{capture, ValueSpec,
- Type}</c>. Otherwise all options valid for the
+ <anno>NLSpec</anno>}</c> and <c>{capture, <anno>ValueSpec</anno>}/{capture, <anno>ValueSpec</anno>,
+ <anno>Type</anno>}</c>. Otherwise all options valid for the
<c>re:compile/2</c> function are allowed as well. Options
allowed both for compilation and execution of a match, namely
- <c>anchored</c> and <c>{newline, NLSpec}</c>, will affect both
+ <c>anchored</c> and <c>{newline, <anno>NLSpec</anno>}</c>, will affect both
the compilation and execution if present together with a non
pre-compiled regular expression.</p>
<p>If the regular expression was previously compiled with the
- option <c>unicode</c>, the <c>Subject</c> should be provided as
+ option <c>unicode</c>, the <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> should be provided as
a valid Unicode <c>charlist()</c>, otherwise any <c>iodata()</c>
will do. If compilation is involved and the option
- <c>unicode</c> is given, both the <c>Subject</c> and the regular
+ <c>unicode</c> is given, both the <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> and the regular
expression should be given as valid Unicode
<c>charlists()</c>.</p>
- <p>The <c>{capture, ValueSpec}/{capture, ValueSpec, Type}</c>
+ <p>The <c>{capture, <anno>ValueSpec</anno>}/{capture, <anno>ValueSpec</anno>, <anno>Type</anno>}</c>
defines what to return from the function upon successful
matching. The <c>capture</c> tuple may contain both a
value specification telling which of the captured
@@ -244,9 +210,9 @@ This option makes it possible to include comments inside complicated patterns. N
at all is to be done (<c>{capture, none}</c>), the function will
return the single atom <c>match</c> upon successful matching,
otherwise the tuple
- <c>{match, ValueList}</c> is returned. Disabling capturing can
+ <c>{match, <anno>ValueList</anno>}</c> is returned. Disabling capturing can
be done either by specifying <c>none</c> or an empty list as
- <c>ValueSpec</c>.</p>
+ <c><anno>ValueSpec</anno></c>.</p>
<p>The options relevant for execution are:</p>
@@ -266,7 +232,7 @@ This option makes it possible to include comments inside complicated patterns. N
Perl). Each match is returned as a separate
<c>list()</c> containing the specific match as well as any
matching subexpressions (or as specified by the <c>capture
- option</c>). The <c>Captured</c> part of the return value will
+ option</c>). The <c><anno>Captured</anno></c> part of the return value will
hence be a <c>list()</c> of <c>list()</c>s when this
option is given.</p>
@@ -362,7 +328,7 @@ This option makes it possible to include comments inside complicated patterns. N
subject string. The offset is zero-based, so that the default is
<c>{offset,0}</c> (all of the subject string).</item>
- <tag><c>{newline, NLSpec}</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>{newline, <anno>NLSpec</anno>}</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Override the default definition of a newline in the subject string, which is LF (ASCII 10) in Erlang.</p>
<taglist>
@@ -383,7 +349,7 @@ This option makes it possible to include comments inside complicated patterns. N
<tag><c>bsr_unicode</c></tag>
<item>Specifies specifically that \R is to match all the Unicode newline characters (including crlf etc, the default).(overrides compilation option)</item>
- <tag><c>{capture, ValueSpec}</c>/<c>{capture, ValueSpec, Type}</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>{capture, <anno>ValueSpec</anno>}</c>/<c>{capture, <anno>ValueSpec</anno>, <anno>Type</anno>}</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies which captured substrings are returned and in what
@@ -392,7 +358,7 @@ This option makes it possible to include comments inside complicated patterns. N
substring as well as all capturing subpatterns (all of the
pattern is automatically captured). The default return type is
(zero-based) indexes of the captured parts of the string, given as
- <c>{Offset,Length}</c> pairs (the <c>index</c> <c>Type</c> of
+ <c>{Offset,Length}</c> pairs (the <c>index</c> <c><anno>Type</anno></c> of
capturing).</p>
<p>As an example of the default behavior, the following call:</p>
@@ -422,8 +388,8 @@ This option makes it possible to include comments inside complicated patterns. N
<p>The capture tuple is built up as follows:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><c>ValueSpec</c></tag>
- <item><p>Specifies which captured (sub)patterns are to be returned. The ValueSpec can either be an atom describing a predefined set of return values, or a list containing either the indexes or the names of specific subpatterns to return.</p>
+ <tag><c><anno>ValueSpec</anno></c></tag>
+ <item><p>Specifies which captured (sub)patterns are to be returned. The <c><anno>ValueSpec</anno></c> can either be an atom describing a predefined set of return values, or a list containing either the indexes or the names of specific subpatterns to return.</p>
<p>The predefined sets of subpatterns are:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>all</c></tag>
@@ -437,7 +403,7 @@ This option makes it possible to include comments inside complicated patterns. N
</taglist>
<p>The value list is a list of indexes for the subpatterns to return, where index 0 is for all of the pattern, and 1 is for the first explicit capturing subpattern in the regular expression, and so forth. When using named captured subpatterns (see below) in the regular expression, one can use <c>atom()</c>s or <c>string()</c>s to specify the subpatterns to be returned. For example, consider the regular expression:</p>
<code> ".*(abcd).*"</code>
- <p>matched against the string ""ABCabcdABC", capturing only the "abcd" part (the first explicit subpattern):</p>
+ <p>matched against the string "ABCabcdABC", capturing only the "abcd" part (the first explicit subpattern):</p>
<code> re:run("ABCabcdABC",".*(abcd).*",[{capture,[1]}]).</code>
<p>The call will yield the following result:</p>
<code> {match,[{3,4}]}</code>
@@ -460,8 +426,8 @@ This option makes it possible to include comments inside complicated patterns. N
or list respectively.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>Type</c></tag>
- <item><p>Optionally specifies how captured substrings are to be returned. If omitted, the default of <c>index</c> is used. The <c>Type</c> can be one of the following:</p>
+ <tag><c><anno>Type</anno></c></tag>
+ <item><p>Optionally specifies how captured substrings are to be returned. If omitted, the default of <c>index</c> is used. The <c><anno>Type</anno></c> can be one of the following:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>index</c></tag>
<item>Return captured substrings as pairs of byte indexes into the subject string and length of the matching string in the subject (as if the subject string was flattened with <c>iolist_to_binary/1</c> or <c>unicode:characters_to_binary/2</c> prior to matching). Note that the <c>unicode</c> option results in <em>byte-oriented</em> indexes in a (possibly virtual) <em>UTF-8 encoded</em> binary. A byte index tuple <c>{0,2}</c> might therefore represent one or two characters when <c>unicode</c> is in effect. This might seem counter-intuitive, but has been deemed the most effective and useful way to way to do it. To return lists instead might result in simpler code if that is desired. This return type is the default.</item>
@@ -478,7 +444,7 @@ This option makes it possible to include comments inside complicated patterns. N
<code> "ABCabcdABC"</code>
<p>the subpattern at index 2 won't match, as "abdd" is not present in the string, but the complete pattern matches (due to the alternative <c>a(..d)</c>. The subpattern at index 2 is therefore unassigned and the default return value will be:</p>
<code> {match,[{0,10},{3,4},{-1,0},{4,3}]}</code>
- <p>Setting the capture <c>Type</c> to <c>binary</c> would give the following:</p>
+ <p>Setting the capture <c><anno>Type</anno></c> to <c>binary</c> would give the following:</p>
<code> {match,[&lt;&lt;"ABCabcdABC"&gt;&gt;,&lt;&lt;"abcd"&gt;&gt;,&lt;&lt;&gt;&gt;,&lt;&lt;"bcd"&gt;&gt;]}</code>
<p>where the empty binary (<c>&lt;&lt;&gt;&gt;</c>) represents the unassigned subpattern. In the <c>binary</c> case, some information about the matching is therefore lost, the <c>&lt;&lt;&gt;&gt;</c> might just as well be an empty string captured.</p>
<p>If differentiation between empty matches and non existing subpatterns is necessary, use the <c>type</c> <c>index</c>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml
index 48867ffe72..549c871aed 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -255,18 +255,12 @@ sub_string("Hello World", 4, 8).
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>to_float(String) -> {Float,Rest} | {error,Reason} </name>
+ <name name="to_float" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Returns a float whose text representation is the integers (ASCII values) in String.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>String = string()</v>
- <v>Float = float()</v>
- <v>Rest = string()</v>
- <v>Reason = no_float | not_a_list</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Argument <c>String</c> is expected to start with a valid text
+ <p>Argument <c><anno>String</anno></c> is expected to start with a valid text
represented float (the digits being ASCII values). Remaining characters
- in the string after the float are returned in <c>Rest</c>.</p>
+ in the string after the float are returned in <c><anno>Rest</anno></c>.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">
> {F1,Fs} = string:to_float("1.0-1.0e-1"),
@@ -280,18 +274,12 @@ sub_string("Hello World", 4, 8).
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>to_integer(String) -> {Int,Rest} | {error,Reason} </name>
+ <name name="to_integer" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Returns an integer whose text representation is the integers (ASCII values) in String.</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>String = string()</v>
- <v>Int = integer()</v>
- <v>Rest = string()</v>
- <v>Reason = no_integer | not_a_list</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Argument <c>String</c> is expected to start with a valid text
+ <p>Argument <c><anno>String</anno></c> is expected to start with a valid text
represented integer (the digits being ASCII values). Remaining characters
- in the string after the integer are returned in <c>Rest</c>.</p>
+ in the string after the integer are returned in <c><anno>Rest</anno></c>.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">
> {I1,Is} = string:to_integer("33+22"),
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode.xml
index 1001ebbae4..1f6cbaccd7 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>2011</year>
+ <year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -130,34 +130,24 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>characters_to_list(Data, InEncoding) -> Result</name>
+ <name name="characters_to_list" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Convert a collection of characters to list of Unicode characters</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 = 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>
<p>This function converts a possibly deep list of integers and
binaries into a list of integers representing unicode
characters. The binaries in the input may have characters
encoded as latin1 (0 - 255, one character per byte), in which
- case the <c>InEncoding</c> parameter should be given as
+ case the <c><anno>InEncoding</anno></c> parameter should be given as
<c>latin1</c>, or have characters encoded as one of the
- UTF-encodings, which is given as the <c>InEncoding</c>
- parameter. Only when the <c>InEncoding</c> is one of the UTF
+ UTF-encodings, which is given as the <c><anno>InEncoding</anno></c>
+ parameter. Only when the <c><anno>InEncoding</anno></c> is one of the UTF
encodings, integers in the list are allowed to be grater than
255.</p>
- <p>If <c>InEncoding</c> is <c>latin1</c>, the <c>Data</c> parameter
+ <p>If <c><anno>InEncoding</anno></c> is <c>latin1</c>, the <c><anno>Data</anno></c> parameter
corresponds to the <c>iodata()</c> type, but for <c>unicode</c>,
- the <c>Data</c> parameter can contain integers greater than 255
+ the <c><anno>Data</anno></c> parameter can contain integers greater than 255
(unicode characters beyond the iso-latin-1 range), which would
make it invalid as <c>iodata()</c>.</p>
@@ -188,16 +178,16 @@
depth as the original data. The error occurs when traversing the
list and whatever's left to decode is simply returned as is.</p>
- <p>However, if the input <c>Data</c> is a pure binary, the third
+ <p>However, if the input <c><anno>Data</anno></c> is a pure binary, the third
part of the error tuple is guaranteed to be a binary as
well.</p>
<p>Errors occur for the following reasons:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
- <item>Integers out of range - If <c>InEncoding</c> is
+ <item>Integers out of range - If <c><anno>InEncoding</anno></c> is
<c>latin1</c>, an error occurs whenever an integer greater
- than 255 is found in the lists. If <c>InEncoding</c> is
+ than 255 is found in the lists. If <c><anno>InEncoding</anno></c> is
of a Unicode type, an error occurs whenever an integer
<list type="bulleted">
<item>greater than <c>16#10FFFF</c>
@@ -208,7 +198,7 @@
is found.
</item>
- <item>UTF encoding incorrect - If <c>InEncoding</c> is
+ <item>UTF encoding incorrect - If <c><anno>InEncoding</anno></c> is
one of the UTF types, the bytes in any binaries have to be valid
in that encoding. Errors can occur for various
reasons, including &quot;pure&quot; decoding errors
@@ -220,7 +210,7 @@
number should have been encoded in fewer bytes. The
case of a truncated UTF is handled specially, see the
paragraph about incomplete binaries below. If
- <c>InEncoding</c> is <c>latin1</c>, binaries are always valid
+ <c><anno>InEncoding</anno></c> is <c>latin1</c>, binaries are always valid
as long as they contain whole bytes,
as each byte falls into the valid iso-latin-1 range.</item>
@@ -238,7 +228,7 @@
the first part of a (so far) valid UTF character.</p>
<p>If one UTF characters is split over two consecutive
- binaries in the <c>Data</c>, the conversion succeeds. This means
+ binaries in the <c><anno>Data</anno></c>, the conversion succeeds. This means
that a character can be decoded from a range of binaries as long
as the whole range is given as input without errors
occurring. Example:</p>
@@ -274,21 +264,11 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>characters_to_binary(Data,InEncoding) -> Result</name>
+ <name name="characters_to_binary" arity="2"/>
<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>
+ <p>Same as characters_to_binary(<anno>Data</anno>, <anno>InEncoding</anno>, unicode).</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml
index a7e010a05f..bbcd49a934 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<header>
<copyright>
<year>1999</year>
- <year>2011</year>
+ <year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
<item>Basically the same as UTF-32, but without some Unicode semantics, defined by IEEE and has little use as a separate encoding standard. For all normal (and possibly abnormal) usages, UTF-32 and UCS-4 are interchangeable.</item>
</taglist>
<p>Certain ranges of characters are left unused and certain ranges are even deemed invalid. The most notable invalid range is 16#D800 - 16#DFFF, as the UTF-16 encoding does not allow for encoding of these numbers. It can be speculated that the UTF-16 encoding standard was, from the beginning, expected to be able to hold all Unicode characters in one 16-bit entity, but then had to be extended, leaving a hole in the Unicode range to cope with backward compatibility.</p>
-<p>Additionally, the codepoint 16#FEFF is used for byte order marks (BOM's) and use of that character is not encouraged in other contexts than that. It actually is valid though, as the character "ZWNBS" (Zero Width Non Breaking Space). BOM's are used to identify encodings and byte order for programs where such parameters are not known in advance. Byte order marks are more seldom used than one could expect, put their use is becoming more widely spread as they provide the means for programs to make educated guesses about the Unicode format of a certain file.</p>
+<p>Additionally, the codepoint 16#FEFF is used for byte order marks (BOM's) and use of that character is not encouraged in other contexts than that. It actually is valid though, as the character "ZWNBS" (Zero Width Non Breaking Space). BOM's are used to identify encodings and byte order for programs where such parameters are not known in advance. Byte order marks are more seldom used than one could expect, but their use is becoming more widely spread as they provide the means for programs to make educated guesses about the Unicode format of a certain file.</p>
</section>
<section>
<title>Standard Unicode representation in Erlang</title>
@@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ Eshell V5.7 (abort with ^G)
</section>
</section>
<section>
+<title>Unicode in environment variables and parameters</title>
+<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 expected to be in Unicode.</p>
+<p>If Unicode file names are enabled, the calls to <seealso marker="kernel:os#getenv/0"><c>os:getenv/0</c></seealso>, <seealso marker="kernel:os#getenv/1"><c>os:getenv/1</c></seealso> and <seealso marker="kernel:os#putenv/2"><c>os:putenv/2</c></seealso> will handle Unicode strings. On Unix-like platforms, the built-in functions will translate environment variables in UTF-8 to/from Unicode strings, possibly with codepoints > 255. On Windows the Unicode versions of the environment system API will be used, also allowing for codepoints > 255.</p>
+<p>On Unix-like operating systems, parameters are expected to be UTF-8 without translation if Unicode file names are enabled.</p>
+</section>
+<section>
<title>Unicode-aware modules</title>
<p>Most of the modules in Erlang/OTP are of course Unicode-unaware in the sense that they have no notion of Unicode and really shouldn't have. Typically they handle non-textual or byte-oriented data (like <c>gen_tcp</c> etc).</p>
<p>Modules that actually handle textual data (like <c>io_lib</c>, <c>string</c> etc) are sometimes subject to conversion or extension to be able to handle Unicode characters.</p>