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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/beam_lib.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml38
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/proplists.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml2
16 files changed, 44 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/beam_lib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/beam_lib.xml
index 031d79d0e2..26d0724aaf 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/beam_lib.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/beam_lib.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2000</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>2000</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml
index fab7c832d5..337028568a 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2003</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>2003</year><year>2017</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 d1ec176f81..342be80f98 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -1495,17 +1495,37 @@ is_integer(X), is_integer(Y), X + Y < 4711]]></code>
<fsummary>Match and replace objects atomically in an ETS table</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Matches the objects in the table <c><anno>Tab</anno></c> using a
- <seealso marker="#match_spec">match specification</seealso>. If
- an object is matched, the existing object is replaced with
- the match specification result, which <em>must</em> retain
- the original key or the operation will fail with <c>badarg</c>.</p>
+ <seealso marker="#match_spec">match specification</seealso>. For each
+ matched object, the existing object is replaced with
+ the match specification result.</p>
+ <p>The match-and-replace operation for each individual object is guaranteed to be
+ <seealso marker="#concurrency">atomic and isolated</seealso>. The
+ <c>select_replace</c> table iteration as a whole, like all other select functions,
+ does not give such guarantees.</p>
+ <p>The match specifiction must be guaranteed to <em>retain the key</em>
+ of any matched object. If not, <c>select_replace</c> will fail with <c>badarg</c>
+ without updating any objects.</p>
<p>For the moment, due to performance and semantic constraints,
tables of type <c>bag</c> are not yet supported.</p>
<p>The function returns the total number of replaced objects.</p>
- <note>
- <p>The match/replacement operation atomicity scope is limited
- to each individual object.</p>
- </note>
+ <p><em>Example</em></p>
+ <p>For all 2-tuples with a list in second position, add atom <c>'marker'</c> first in the list:</p>
+ <pre>
+1> <input>T = ets:new(x,[]), ets:insert(T, {key, [1, 2, 3]}).</input>
+true
+2> <input>MS = ets:fun2ms(fun({K, L}) when is_list(L) -> {K, [marker | L]} end).</input>
+[{{'$1','$2'},[{is_list,'$2'}],[{{'$1',[marker|'$2']}}]}]
+3> <input>ets:select_replace(T, MS).</input>
+1
+4> <input>ets:tab2list(T).</input>
+[{key,[marker,1,2,3]}]
+ </pre>
+ <p>A generic single object compare-and-swap operation:</p>
+ <pre>
+[Old] = ets:lookup(T, Key),
+New = update_object(Old),
+Success = (1 =:= ets:select_replace(T, [{Old, [], [{const, New}]}])),
+ </pre>
</desc>
</func>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
index ad73fc254a..80c4acffdb 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2003</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>2003</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
index 0ccca37a9d..14fd5ef787 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml
index 5576f50bc0..012737c390 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml
index e1d95e0046..7d137fc772 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
index 428d8a6e70..a8a252cb35 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>2016</year>
+ <year>2004</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml
index 7939a0ef61..cb152d1935 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proplists.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proplists.xml
index 990d47b313..f9a54bf804 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proplists.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proplists.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2002</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>2002</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml
index 4dc5d68151..4934bed365 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2000</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>2000</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml
index dc83c40a9a..343904a49a 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>2016</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml
index a42cfdd567..6d5065ca02 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml
index 78840aaaf3..f24e42bcee 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode.xml
index 382b253ba1..e86f45431f 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>2016</year>
+ <year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml
index 6af2fa9fa3..26dc46719e 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>2016</year>
+ <year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
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