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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml44
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml35
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/orddict.xml8
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml22
5 files changed, 90 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml
index a915e567a5..3c92de59b9 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ gen_server:abcast -----> Module:handle_cast/2
which may be infinity.</p>
<p>This problem does not exist if all nodes are Erlang nodes.</p>
</warning>
- <p>To avoid that late answers (after the timeout) pollutes
+ <p>To prevent late answers (after the timeout) from polluting
the caller's message queue, a middleman process is used to
do the actual calls. Late answers will then be discarded
when they arrive to a terminated process.</p>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml
index f766c843be..59c26d9896 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
Returns a tuple <c>{ok, Value}</c> where <c><anno>Value</anno></c> is the value associated with <c><anno>Key</anno></c>,
or <c>error</c> if no value is associated with <c><anno>Key</anno></c> in <c><anno>Map</anno></c>.
</p>
+ <p>
+ The call will fail with a <c>{badmap,Map}</c> exception if <c><anno>Map</anno></c> is not a map.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">
> Map = #{"hi" => 42},
@@ -95,8 +98,10 @@
<p>
Returns the value <c><anno>Value</anno></c> associated with <c><anno>Key</anno></c> if
<c><anno>Map</anno></c> contains <c><anno>Key</anno></c>.
- If no value is associated with <c><anno>Key</anno></c> then the call will
- fail with an exception.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The call will fail with a <c>{badmap,Map}</c> exception if <c><anno>Map</anno></c> is not a map,
+ or with a <c>{badkey,Key}</c> exception if no value is associated with <c><anno>Key</anno></c>.
</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">
@@ -116,6 +121,10 @@
<c><anno>Map</anno></c> contains <c><anno>Key</anno></c>.
If no value is associated with <c><anno>Key</anno></c> then returns <c><anno>Default</anno></c>.
</p>
+ <p>
+ The call will fail with a <c>{badmap,Map}</c> exception if <c><anno>Map</anno></c> is not a map.
+
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">
> Map = #{ key1 => val1, key2 => val2 }.
@@ -134,7 +143,9 @@ val1
<p>
Returns <c>true</c> if map <c><anno>Map</anno></c> contains <c><anno>Key</anno></c> and returns
<c>false</c> if it does not contain the <c><anno>Key</anno></c>.
- The function will fail with an exception if <c><anno>Map</anno></c> is not a Map.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The call will fail with a <c>{badmap,Map}</c> exception if <c><anno>Map</anno></c> is not a map.
</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">
@@ -154,6 +165,9 @@ false</code>
<p>
Returns a complete list of keys, in arbitrary order, which resides within <c><anno>Map</anno></c>.
</p>
+ <p>
+ The call will fail with a <c>{badmap,Map}</c> exception if <c><anno>Map</anno></c> is not a map.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">
> Map = #{42 => value_three,1337 => "value two","a" => 1},
@@ -189,6 +203,10 @@ false</code>
Merges two maps into a single map <c><anno>Map3</anno></c>. If two keys exists in both maps the
value in <c><anno>Map1</anno></c> will be superseded by the value in <c><anno>Map2</anno></c>.
</p>
+ <p>
+ The call will fail with a <c>{badmap,Map}</c> exception if <c><anno>Map1</anno></c> or
+ <c><anno>Map2</anno></c> is not a map.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">
> Map1 = #{a => "value_one", b => "value_two"},
@@ -222,6 +240,10 @@ false</code>
replaced by value <c><anno>Value</anno></c>. The function returns a new map <c><anno>Map2</anno></c> containing the new association and
the old associations in <c><anno>Map1</anno></c>.
</p>
+ <p>
+ The call will fail with a <c>{badmap,Map}</c> exception if <c><anno>Map1</anno></c> is not a map.
+ </p>
+
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">
> Map = #{"a" => 1}.
@@ -241,6 +263,9 @@ false</code>
The function removes the <c><anno>Key</anno></c>, if it exists, and its associated value from
<c><anno>Map1</anno></c> and returns a new map <c><anno>Map2</anno></c> without key <c><anno>Key</anno></c>.
</p>
+ <p>
+ The call will fail with a <c>{badmap,Map}</c> exception if <c><anno>Map1</anno></c> is not a map.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">
> Map = #{"a" => 1}.
@@ -276,6 +301,9 @@ false</code>
The fuction returns a list of pairs representing the key-value associations of <c><anno>Map</anno></c>,
where the pairs, <c>[{K1,V1}, ..., {Kn,Vn}]</c>, are returned in arbitrary order.
</p>
+ <p>
+ The call will fail with a <c>{badmap,Map}</c> exception if <c><anno>Map</anno></c> is not a map.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">
> Map = #{42 => value_three,1337 => "value two","a" => 1},
@@ -291,8 +319,11 @@ false</code>
<p>
If <c><anno>Key</anno></c> exists in <c><anno>Map1</anno></c> the old associated value is
replaced by value <c><anno>Value</anno></c>. The function returns a new map <c><anno>Map2</anno></c> containing
- the new associated value. If <c><anno>Key</anno></c> does not exist in <c><anno>Map1</anno></c> an exception is
- generated.
+ the new associated value.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The call will fail with a <c>{badmap,Map}</c> exception if <c><anno>Map1</anno></c> is not a map,
+ or with a <c>{badkey,Key}</c> exception if no value is associated with <c><anno>Key</anno></c>.
</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">
@@ -310,6 +341,9 @@ false</code>
<p>
Returns a complete list of values, in arbitrary order, contained in map <c>M</c>.
</p>
+ <p>
+ The call will fail with a <c>{badmap,Map}</c> exception if <c><anno>Map</anno></c> is not a map.
+ </p>
<p>Example:</p>
<code type="none">
> Map = #{42 => value_three,1337 => "value two","a" => 1},
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
index 8582bfc9f9..301a5ee2e8 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,41 @@
</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to the STDLIB application.</p>
+<section><title>STDLIB 2.4</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Behaviour of character types \d, \w and \s has always
+ been to not match characters with value above 255, not
+ 128, i.e. they are limited to ISO-Latin-1 and not ASCII</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-12521</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ c:m/1 now displays the module's MD5 sum.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-12500</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Make ets:i/1 handle binary input from IO server.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-12550</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>STDLIB 2.3</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/orddict.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/orddict.xml
index 6d1702bc59..ec1e43f29c 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/orddict.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/orddict.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2000</year><year>2013</year>
+ <year>2000</year><year>2015</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@
<c><anno>Orddict</anno></c> together with an extra argument <c>Acc</c>
(short for accumulator). <c><anno>Fun</anno></c> must return a new
accumulator which is passed to the next call. <c><anno>Acc0</anno></c> is
- returned if the list is empty. The evaluation order is
- undefined.</p>
+ returned if the list is empty.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
@@ -150,8 +149,7 @@
<fsummary>Map a function over a dictionary</fsummary>
<desc>
<p><c>map</c> calls <c><anno>Fun</anno></c> on successive keys and values
- of <c><anno>Orddict1</anno></c> to return a new value for each key.
- The evaluation order is undefined.</p>
+ of <c><anno>Orddict1</anno></c> to return a new value for each key.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml
index c5b8dce4b7..4a31648f8f 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>2014</year>
+ <year>2000</year><year>2015</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
</func>
<func>
<name name="is_set" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Test for an <c>Set</c></fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Test for a <c>Set</c></fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns <c>true</c> if <c><anno>Set</anno></c> is a set of
elements, otherwise <c>false</c>.</p>
@@ -80,21 +80,22 @@
</func>
<func>
<name name="to_list" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Convert an <c>Set</c>into a list</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Convert a <c>Set</c>into a list</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the elements of <c><anno>Set</anno></c> as a list.</p>
+ <p>Returns the elements of <c><anno>Set</anno></c> as a list.
+ The order of the returned elements is undefined.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="from_list" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Convert a list into an <c>Set</c></fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Convert a list into a <c>Set</c></fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Returns an set of the elements in <c><anno>List</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>Returns a set of the elements in <c><anno>List</anno></c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="is_element" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Test for membership of an <c>Set</c></fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Test for membership of a <c>Set</c></fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns <c>true</c> if <c><anno>Element</anno></c> is an element of
<c><anno>Set</anno></c>, otherwise <c>false</c>.</p>
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@
</func>
<func>
<name name="add_element" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Add an element to an <c>Set</c></fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Add an element to a <c>Set</c></fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a new set formed from <c><anno>Set1</anno></c> with
<c><anno>Element</anno></c> inserted.</p>
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@
</func>
<func>
<name name="del_element" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Remove an element from an <c>Set</c></fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Remove an element from a <c>Set</c></fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns <c><anno>Set1</anno></c>, but with <c><anno>Element</anno></c> removed.</p>
</desc>
@@ -175,7 +176,8 @@
<fsummary>Fold over set elements</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Fold <c><anno>Function</anno></c> over every element in <c><anno>Set</anno></c>
- returning the final value of the accumulator.</p>
+ returning the final value of the accumulator.
+ The evaluation order is undefined.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>