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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src')
71 files changed, 2559 insertions, 495 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile index 196c86748f..26602764a6 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # # %CopyrightBegin% # -# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2015. All Rights Reserved. +# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved. # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ XML_REF3_FILES = \ gen_event.xml \ gen_fsm.xml \ gen_server.xml \ + gen_statem.xml \ io.xml \ io_lib.xml \ lib.xml \ diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/array.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/array.xml index 28b4435938..bff98245bf 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/array.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/array.xml @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2007</year><year>2014</year> + <year>2007</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ the default value cannot be confused with the values of set entries.</p> </fsummary> <desc><marker id="from_list-1"/> -<p>Equivalent to <seealso marker="#from_list-2">from_list(<anno>List</anno>, undefined)</seealso>.</p> +<p>Equivalent to <seealso marker="#from_list-2">from_list(<c><anno>List</anno></c>, undefined)</seealso>.</p> </desc></func> <func> <name name="from_list" arity="2"/> @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ the default value cannot be confused with the values of set entries.</p> </fsummary> <desc><marker id="from_orddict-1"/> -<p>Equivalent to <seealso marker="#from_orddict-2">from_orddict(<anno>Orddict</anno>, undefined)</seealso>.</p> +<p>Equivalent to <seealso marker="#from_orddict-2">from_orddict(<c><anno>Orddict</anno></c>, undefined)</seealso>.</p> </desc></func> <func> <name name="from_orddict" arity="2"/> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/assert_hrl.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/assert_hrl.xml index b85be514d8..ef4f928e57 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/assert_hrl.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/assert_hrl.xml @@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ erlc -DNOASSERT=true *.erl</code> </description> <section> - </section> - - <section> <title>Macros</title> <taglist> <tag><c>assert(BoolExpr)</c></tag> @@ -94,12 +91,12 @@ erlc -DNOASSERT=true *.erl</code> <tag><c>assertMatch(GuardedPattern, Expr)</c></tag> <item><p>Tests that <c>Expr</c> completes normally yielding a value - that matches <c>GuardedPattern</c>. For example: + that matches <c>GuardedPattern</c>. For example:</p> <code type="none"> - ?assertMatch({bork, _}, f())</code></p> - <p>Note that a guard <c>when ...</c> can be included: + ?assertMatch({bork, _}, f())</code> + <p>Note that a guard <c>when ...</c> can be included:</p> <code type="none"> - ?assertMatch({bork, X} when X > 0, f())</code></p> + ?assertMatch({bork, X} when X > 0, f())</code> </item> <tag><c>assertNotMatch(GuardedPattern, Expr)</c></tag> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/base64.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/base64.xml index 276d28e174..7b82d7dd3d 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/base64.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/base64.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2007</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2007</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/beam_lib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/beam_lib.xml index c556180b8b..7c89c8b43e 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>2013</year> + <year>2000</year><year>2015</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ using <seealso marker="#strip/1">strip/1</seealso>, <seealso marker="#strip_files/1">strip_files/1</seealso> and/or <seealso marker="#strip_release/1">strip_release/1</seealso>.</p> + </section> <section> <title>Reconstructing source code</title> <p>Here is an example of how to reconstruct source code from @@ -152,7 +153,6 @@ keys.</p> </note> </section> - </section> <datatypes> <datatype> @@ -224,6 +224,13 @@ <funcs> <func> + <name name="all_chunks" arity="1"/> + <fsummary>Read all chunks from a BEAM file or binary</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Reads chunk data for all chunks.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name name="chunks" arity="2"/> <fsummary>Read selected chunks from a BEAM file or binary</fsummary> <desc> @@ -251,6 +258,13 @@ </desc> </func> <func> + <name name="build_module" arity="1"/> + <fsummary>Creates a BEAM module from a list of chunks</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Builds a BEAM module (as a binary) from a list of chunks.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name name="version" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Read the BEAM file's module version</fsummary> <desc> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/binary.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/binary.xml index 063f3048e0..933157fc34 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/binary.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/binary.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>2009</year> - <year>2014</year> + <year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -299,8 +299,8 @@ </func> <func> <name name="match" arity="3"/> - <type name="part"/> <fsummary>Searches for the first match of a pattern in a binary</fsummary> + <type name="part"/> <desc> <p>Searches for the first occurrence of <c><anno>Pattern</anno></c> in <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> and @@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ </func> <func> <name name="matches" arity="3"/> - <type name="part"/> <fsummary>Searches for all matches of a pattern in a binary</fsummary> + <type name="part"/> <desc> <p>Works like <c>match/2</c>, but the <c><anno>Subject</anno></c> is searched until @@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ <code> 1> binary:matches(<<"abcde">>, - [<<"bcde">>,<<"bc">>>,<<"de">>],[]). + [<<"bcde">>,<<"bc">>,<<"de">>],[]). [{1,4}] </code> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/book.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/book.xml index 043f6cc19b..84ce3f0788 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/book.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/book.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <book xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <header titlestyle="normal"> <copyright> - <year>1997</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1997</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml index a0f18bd899..9b4a9489c0 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -121,12 +121,12 @@ compile:file(<anno>File</anno>, <anno>Options</anno> ++ [report_errors, report_w </func> <func> <name>lc(Files) -> ok</name> + <fsummary>Compile a list of files</fsummary> <type> <v>Files = [File]</v> <v>File = <seealso marker="file#type-filename">file:filename() </seealso></v> </type> - <fsummary>Compile a list of files</fsummary> <desc> <p>Compiles a list of files by calling <c>compile:file(File, [report_errors, report_warnings])</c> for each <c>File</c> in <c>Files</c>.</p> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.xml index a8d933dc83..38bf55679e 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ <func> <name name="date_to_gregorian_days" arity="1"/> <name name="date_to_gregorian_days" arity="3"/> + <fsummary>Compute the number of days from year 0 up to the given date</fsummary> <type variable="Date" name_i="1"/> <type variable="Year"/> <type variable="Month"/> <type variable="Day"/> - <fsummary>Compute the number of days from year 0 up to the given date</fsummary> <desc> <p>This function computes the number of gregorian days starting with year 0 and ending at the given date.</p> @@ -347,11 +347,11 @@ <func> <name name="valid_date" arity="1"/> <name name="valid_date" arity="3"/> + <fsummary>Check if a date is valid</fsummary> <type variable="Date" name_i="1"/> <type variable="Year"/> <type variable="Month"/> <type variable="Day"/> - <fsummary>Check if a date is valid</fsummary> <desc> <p>This function checks if a date is a valid.</p> </desc> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dets.xml index 14237b6f90..177c2ba508 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dets.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dets.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -316,20 +316,20 @@ bytes.</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>{filename, <seealso marker="file#type-name">file:name()</seealso>}</c>, + <p><c>{filename, </c><seealso marker="file#type-name">file:name()</seealso><c>}</c>, the name of the file where objects are stored.</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>{keypos, <seealso marker="#type-keypos">keypos()</seealso>} - </c>, the position of the key.</p> + <p><c>{keypos, </c><seealso marker="#type-keypos">keypos()</seealso> + <c>}</c>, the position of the key.</p> </item> <item> <p><c>{size, integer() >= 0}</c>, the number of objects stored in the table.</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>{type, <seealso marker="#type-type">type()</seealso>}</c>, - the type of the table.</p> + <p><c>{type, </c><seealso marker="#type-type">type()</seealso> + <c>}</c>, the type of the table.</p> </item> </list> </desc> @@ -345,12 +345,12 @@ allowed:</p> <list type="bulleted"> <item> - <p><c>{access, <seealso marker="#type-access">access()</seealso>} - </c>, the access mode.</p> + <p><c>{access, </c><seealso marker="#type-access">access()</seealso> + <c>}</c>, the access mode.</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>{auto_save, <seealso marker="#type-auto_save"> - auto_save()</seealso>}</c>, the auto save interval.</p> + <p><c>{auto_save, </c><seealso marker="#type-auto_save"> + auto_save()</seealso><c>}</c>, the auto save interval.</p> </item> <item> <p><c>{bchunk_format, binary()}</c>, an opaque binary @@ -399,15 +399,40 @@ kept in RAM.</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>{safe_fixed,</c> SafeFixed<c>}</c>. If the table - is fixed, SafeFixed is a tuple <c>{FixedAtTime, [{Pid,RefCount}]}</c>. <c>FixedAtTime</c> is the time when + <p><c>{safe_fixed_monotonic_time, SafeFixed}</c>. If the table + is fixed, <c>SafeFixed</c> is a tuple <c>{FixedAtTime, [{Pid,RefCount}]}</c>. + <c>FixedAtTime</c> is the time when the table was first fixed, and <c>Pid</c> is the pid of the process that fixes the table <c>RefCount</c> times. There may be any number of processes in the list. If the table is not fixed, SafeFixed is the atom <c>false</c>.</p> + <p><c>FixedAtTime</c> will correspond to the result + returned by + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#monotonic_time/0">erlang:monotonic_time/0</seealso> + at the time of fixation. The usage of <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> is + <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time warp + safe</seealso>.</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>{version, integer()</c>, the version of the format of + <p> + <c>{safe_fixed, SafeFixed}</c>. The same as + <c>{safe_fixed_monotonic_time, SafeFixed}</c> with the exception + of the format and value of <c>FixedAtTime</c>. + </p> + <p> + <c>FixedAtTime</c> will correspond to the result returned by + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#timestamp/0">erlang:timestamp/0</seealso> + at the time of fixation. Note that when the system is using + single or multi + <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Modes">time warp + modes</seealso> this might produce strange results. This + since the usage of <c>safe_fixed</c> is not + <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time warp + safe</seealso>. Time warp safe code need to use + <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> instead.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>{version, integer()}</c>, the version of the format of the table.</p> </item> </list> @@ -730,16 +755,16 @@ ok tuples where the following values are allowed:</p> <list type="bulleted"> <item> - <p><c>{access, <seealso marker="#type-access"> - access()</seealso>}</c>. It is possible to open + <p><c>{access, </c><seealso marker="#type-access"> + access()</seealso><c>}</c>. It is possible to open existing tables in read-only mode. A table which is opened in read-only mode is not subjected to the automatic file reparation algorithm if it is later opened after a crash. The default value is <c>read_write</c>.</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>{auto_save, <seealso marker="#type-auto_save"> - auto_save()</seealso>}</c>, the auto save + <p><c>{auto_save, </c><seealso marker="#type-auto_save"> + auto_save()</seealso><c>}</c>, the auto save interval. If the interval is an integer <c>Time</c>, the table is flushed to disk whenever it is not accessed for <c>Time</c> milliseconds. A table that has been flushed @@ -749,18 +774,18 @@ ok is 180000 (3 minutes).</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>{estimated_no_objects, <seealso marker="#type-no_slots"> - no_slots()</seealso>}</c>. Equivalent to the + <p><c>{estimated_no_objects, </c><seealso marker="#type-no_slots"> + no_slots()</seealso><c>}</c>. Equivalent to the <c>min_no_slots</c> option.</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>{file, <seealso marker="file#type-name"> - file:name()</seealso>}</c>, the name of the file to be + <p><c>{file, </c><seealso marker="file#type-name"> + file:name()</seealso><c>}</c>, the name of the file to be opened. The default value is the name of the table.</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>{max_no_slots, <seealso marker="#type-no_slots"> - no_slots()</seealso>}</c>, the maximum number + <p><c>{max_no_slots, </c><seealso marker="#type-no_slots"> + no_slots()</seealso><c>}</c>, the maximum number of slots that will be used. The default value as well as the maximal value is 32 M. Note that a higher value may increase the fragmentation of the table, and conversely, @@ -769,16 +794,16 @@ ok 9 tables.</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>{min_no_slots, <seealso marker="#type-no_slots"> - no_slots()</seealso>}</c>. Application + <p><c>{min_no_slots, </c><seealso marker="#type-no_slots"> + no_slots()</seealso><c>}</c>. Application performance can be enhanced with this flag by specifying, when the table is created, the estimated number of different keys that will be stored in the table. The default value as well as the minimum value is 256.</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>{keypos, <seealso marker="#type-keypos"> - keypos()</seealso>}</c>, the position of the + <p><c>{keypos, </c><seealso marker="#type-keypos"> + keypos()</seealso><c>}</c>, the position of the element of each object to be used as key. The default value is 1. The ability to explicitly state the key position is most convenient when we want to store Erlang @@ -815,12 +840,12 @@ ok already open.</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>{type, <seealso marker="#type-type">type()</seealso>}</c>, + <p><c>{type, </c><seealso marker="#type-type">type()</seealso><c>}</c>, the type of the table. The default value is <c>set</c>.</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>{version, <seealso marker="#type-version"> - version()</seealso>}</c>, the version of the format + <p><c>{version, </c><seealso marker="#type-version"> + version()</seealso><c>}</c>, the version of the format used for the table. The default value is <c>9</c>. Tables on the format used before OTP R8 can be created by giving the value <c>8</c>. A version 8 table can be converted to @@ -1036,8 +1061,8 @@ ok specification that matches all objects.</p> </item> <item> - <p><c>{select, <seealso marker="#type-match_spec"> - match_spec()}</seealso></c>. As for <c>select</c> + <p><c>{select, </c><seealso marker="#type-match_spec"> + match_spec()</seealso><c>}</c>. As for <c>select</c> the table is traversed by calling <c>dets:select/3</c> and <c>dets:select/1</c>. The difference is that the match specification is explicitly given. This is how to diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dict.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dict.xml index e10531caac..20bab99a9c 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dict.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/dict.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2014</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/digraph.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/digraph.xml index 49dc68e103..16dd789caf 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/digraph.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/digraph.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2014</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -103,13 +103,15 @@ <desc><p>A digraph as returned by <c>new/0,1</c>.</p></desc> </datatype> <datatype> - <name><marker id="type-edge">edge()</marker></name> + <name>edge()</name> + <desc><p><marker id="type-edge"/></p></desc> </datatype> <datatype> <name name="label"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name><marker id="type-vertex">vertex()</marker></name> + <name>vertex()</name> + <desc><p><marker id="type-vertex"/></p></desc> </datatype> </datatypes> <funcs> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/digraph_utils.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/digraph_utils.xml index 6a4db2e963..9bddee546f 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/digraph_utils.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/digraph_utils.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2000</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2000</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -122,8 +122,9 @@ <datatypes> <datatype> - <name><marker id="type-digraph">digraph()</marker></name> - <desc><p>A digraph as returned by <c>digraph:new/0,1</c>.</p></desc> + <name>digraph()</name> + <desc><p><marker id="type-digraph"/> + A digraph as returned by <c>digraph:new/0,1</c>.</p></desc> </datatype> </datatypes> <funcs> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/epp.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/epp.xml index fe2944bbf7..0802f0e47c 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>2014</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ by <c>compile</c> to preprocess macros and include files before the actual parsing takes place.</p> <p>The Erlang source file <marker - id="encoding"><em>encoding</em></marker> is selected by a + id="encoding"/><em>encoding</em> is selected by a comment in one of the first two lines of the source file. The first string that matches the regular expression <c>coding\s*[:=]\s*([-a-zA-Z0-9])+</c> selects the encoding. If diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_anno.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_anno.xml index be0ffe6f4d..ddc8b8c765 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_anno.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_anno.xml @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ <p>This module implements an abstract type that is used by the Erlang Compiler and its helper modules for holding data such as column, line number, and text. The data type is a collection of - <marker id="annotations"><em>annotations</em></marker> as + <marker id="annotations"/><em>annotations</em> as described in the following.</p> <p>The Erlang Token Scanner returns tokens with a subset of the following annotations, depending on the options:</p> @@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ <datatypes> <datatype> - <name><marker id="type-anno">anno()</marker></name> - <desc><p>A collection of annotations.</p> + <name>anno()</name> + <desc><p><marker id="type-anno"/>A collection of annotations.</p> </desc> </datatype> <datatype> @@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ <funcs> <func> <name name="column" arity="1"/> - <type name="column"></type> <fsummary>Return the column</fsummary> + <type name="column"></type> <desc> <p>Returns the column of the annotations <anno>Anno</anno>. </p> @@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ </func> <func> <name name="end_location" arity="1"/> - <type name="location"></type> <fsummary>Return the end location of the text</fsummary> + <type name="location"></type> <desc> <p>Returns the end location of the text of the annotations <anno>Anno</anno>. If there is no text, @@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ </func> <func> <name name="file" arity="1"/> - <type name="filename"></type> <fsummary>Return the filename</fsummary> + <type name="filename"></type> <desc> <p>Returns the filename of the annotations <anno>Anno</anno>. If there is no filename, <c>undefined</c> is returned. @@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ </func> <func> <name name="generated" arity="1"/> - <type name="generated"></type> <fsummary>Return the generated Boolean</fsummary> + <type name="generated"></type> <desc> <p>Returns <c>true</c> if the annotations <anno>Anno</anno> has been marked as generated. The default is to return @@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ </func> <func> <name name="line" arity="1"/> - <type name="line"></type> <fsummary>Return the line</fsummary> + <type name="line"></type> <desc> <p>Returns the line of the annotations <anno>Anno</anno>. </p> @@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ </func> <func> <name name="location" arity="1"/> - <type name="location"></type> <fsummary>Return the location</fsummary> + <type name="location"></type> <desc> <p>Returns the location of the annotations <anno>Anno</anno>. </p> @@ -217,16 +217,16 @@ </func> <func> <name name="new" arity="1"/> - <type name="location"></type> <fsummary>Create a new collection of annotations</fsummary> + <type name="location"></type> <desc> <p>Creates a new collection of annotations given a location.</p> </desc> </func> <func> <name name="set_file" arity="2"/> - <type name="filename"></type> <fsummary>Modify the filename</fsummary> + <type name="filename"></type> <desc> <p>Modifies the filename of the annotations <anno>Anno</anno>. </p> @@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ </func> <func> <name name="set_generated" arity="2"/> - <type name="generated"></type> <fsummary>Modify the generated marker</fsummary> + <type name="generated"></type> <desc> <p>Modifies the generated marker of the annotations <anno>Anno</anno>. @@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ </func> <func> <name name="set_line" arity="2"/> - <type name="line"></type> <fsummary>Modify the line</fsummary> + <type name="line"></type> <desc> <p>Modifies the line of the annotations <anno>Anno</anno>. </p> @@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ </func> <func> <name name="set_location" arity="2"/> - <type name="location"></type> <fsummary>Modify the location</fsummary> + <type name="location"></type> <desc> <p>Modifies the location of the annotations <anno>Anno</anno>. </p> @@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ </func> <func> <name name="set_record" arity="2"/> - <type name="record"></type> <fsummary>Modify the record marker</fsummary> + <type name="record"></type> <desc> <p>Modifies the record marker of the annotations <anno>Anno</anno>. </p> @@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ </func> <func> <name name="set_text" arity="2"/> - <type name="text"></type> <fsummary>Modify the text</fsummary> + <type name="text"></type> <desc> <p>Modifies the text of the annotations <anno>Anno</anno>. </p> @@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ </func> <func> <name name="text" arity="1"/> - <type name="text"></type> <fsummary>Return the text</fsummary> + <type name="text"></type> <desc> <p>Returns the text of the annotations <anno>Anno</anno>. If there is no text, <c>undefined</c> is returned. diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_eval.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_eval.xml index ba988e7ca2..d60b04b510 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_eval.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_eval.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_expand_records.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_expand_records.xml index 497b371434..93e464c733 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_expand_records.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_expand_records.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>2005</year> - <year>2013</year> + <year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_id_trans.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_id_trans.xml index 30eb213493..153bd4148e 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_id_trans.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_id_trans.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>1996</year> - <year>2013</year> + <year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_internal.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_internal.xml index e1ee50b424..940f8c5b40 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_internal.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_internal.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>1996</year> - <year>2013</year> + <year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_lint.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_lint.xml index 318cb5ac19..3747b0f3c3 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_lint.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_lint.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_parse.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_parse.xml index fdd776b7f1..13be488c33 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_parse.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_parse.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2015</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -44,21 +44,33 @@ </description> <datatypes> <datatype> - <name name="abstract_clause"></name> - <desc><p>Parse tree for Erlang clause.</p> + <name>abstract_clause()</name> + <desc><p><marker id="type-abstract_clause"/> + Abstract form of an Erlang clause.</p> </desc> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="abstract_expr"></name> - <desc><p>Parse tree for Erlang expression.</p> + <name>abstract_expr()</name> + <desc><p><marker id="type-abstract_expr"/> + Abstract form of an Erlang expression.</p> </desc> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="abstract_form"></name> - <desc><p>Parse tree for Erlang form.</p> + <name>abstract_form()</name> + <desc><p><marker id="type-abstract_form"/> + Abstract form of an Erlang form.</p> </desc> </datatype> <datatype> + <name>abstract_type()</name> + <desc><p><marker id="type-abstract_type"/> + Abstract form of an Erlang type.</p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="erl_parse_tree"></name> + </datatype> + <datatype> <name name="error_description"></name> </datatype> <datatype> @@ -174,13 +186,13 @@ </func> <func> <name name="abstract" arity="2"/> - <type name="encoding_func"/> <fsummary>Convert an Erlang term into an abstract form</fsummary> + <type name="encoding_func"/> <desc> <p>Converts the Erlang data structure <c><anno>Data</anno></c> into an abstract form of type <c><anno>AbsTerm</anno></c>.</p> <p>The <c><anno>Line</anno></c> option is the line that will - be assigned to each node of the abstract form.</p> + be assigned to each node of <c><anno>AbsTerm</anno></c>.</p> <p>The <c><anno>Encoding</anno></c> option is used for selecting which integer lists will be considered as strings. The default is to use the encoding returned by @@ -196,47 +208,53 @@ <func> <name name="map_anno" arity="2"/> <fsummary> - Map a function over the annotations of an abstract form + Map a function over the annotations of a <c>erl_parse</c> tree </fsummary> <desc> - <p>Modifies the abstract form <anno>Abstr</anno> by applying - <anno>Fun</anno> on every collection of annotations of the - abstract form. The abstract form is traversed in a - depth-first, left-to-right, fashion. + <p>Modifies the <c>erl_parse</c> tree <c><anno>Abstr</anno></c> + by applying <c><anno>Fun</anno></c> on each collection of + annotations of the nodes of the <c>erl_parse</c> tree. The + <c>erl_parse</c> tree is traversed in a depth-first, + left-to-right, fashion. </p> </desc> </func> <func> <name name="fold_anno" arity="3"/> <fsummary> - Fold a function over the annotations of an abstract form + Fold a function over the annotations of a <c>erl_parse</c> tree </fsummary> <desc> - <p>Updates an accumulator by applying <anno>Fun</anno> on - every collection of annotations of the abstract form - <anno>Abstr</anno>. The first call to <anno>Fun</anno> has - <anno>AccIn</anno> as argument, and the returned accumulator - <anno>AccOut</anno> is passed to the next call, and so on. - The final value of the accumulator is returned. The abstract - form is traversed in a depth-first, left-to-right, fashion. + <p>Updates an accumulator by applying <c><anno>Fun</anno></c> on + each collection of annotations of the <c>erl_parse</c> tree + <c><anno>Abstr</anno></c>. The first call to + <c><anno>Fun</anno></c> has <c><anno>AccIn</anno></c> as + argument, and the returned accumulator + <c><anno>AccOut</anno></c> is passed to the next call, and + so on. The final value of the accumulator is returned. The + <c>erl_parse</c> tree is traversed in a depth-first, left-to-right, + fashion. </p> </desc> </func> <func> <name name="mapfold_anno" arity="3"/> <fsummary> - Map and fold a function over the annotations of an abstract form + Map and fold a function over the annotations of a + <c>erl_parse</c> tree </fsummary> <desc> - <p>Modifies the abstract form <anno>Abstr</anno> by applying - <anno>Fun</anno> on every collection of annotations of the - abstract form, while at the same time updating an - accumulator. The first call to <anno>Fun</anno> has - <anno>AccIn</anno> as second argument, and the returned - accumulator <anno>AccOut</anno> is passed to the next call, - and so on. The modified abstract form as well as the the - final value of the accumulator is returned. The abstract - form is traversed in a depth-first, left-to-right, fashion. + <p>Modifies the <c>erl_parse</c> tree <c><anno>Abstr</anno></c> + by applying <c><anno>Fun</anno></c> on each collection of + annotations of the nodes of the <c>erl_parse</c> tree, while + at the same time updating an accumulator. The first call to + <c><anno>Fun</anno></c> has <c><anno>AccIn</anno></c> as + second argument, and the returned accumulator + <c><anno>AccOut</anno></c> is passed to the next call, and + so on. The modified <c>erl_parse</c> tree as well as the the + final value of the accumulator are returned. The + <c>erl_parse</c> tree is traversed in a depth-first, + left-to-right, fashion. </p> </desc> </func> @@ -246,12 +264,15 @@ Create new annotations </fsummary> <desc> - <p>Creates an abstract form from a term which has the same - structure as an abstract form, but <seealso - marker="erl_anno#type-location">locations</seealso> where the - abstract form has annotations. For each location, <seealso - marker="erl_anno#new/1"><c>erl_anno:new/1</c></seealso> is - called, and the annotations replace the location. + <p>Assumes that <c><anno>Term</anno></c> is a term with the same + structure as a <c>erl_parse</c> tree, but with <seealso + marker="erl_anno#type-location">locations</seealso> where a + <c>erl_parse</c> tree has collections of annotations. + Returns a <c>erl_parse</c> tree where each location <c>L</c> + has been replaced by the value returned by <seealso + marker="erl_anno#new/1"><c>erl_anno:new(L)</c></seealso>. + The term <c><anno>Term</anno></c> is traversed in a + depth-first, left-to-right, fashion. </p> </desc> </func> @@ -261,12 +282,14 @@ Return annotations as terms </fsummary> <desc> - <p>Assumes that <anno>Term</anno> is a term with the same - structure as an abstract form, but with terms, T say, on - those places where an abstract form has annotations. Returns - an abstract form where every term T has been replaced by the - value returned by calling <c>erl_anno:from_term(T)</c>. The - term <anno>Term</anno> is traversed in a depth-first, + <p>Assumes that <c><anno>Term</anno></c> is a term with the same + structure as a <c>erl_parse</c> tree, but with terms, + <c>T</c> say, where a <c>erl_parse</c> tree has collections + of annotations. Returns a <c>erl_parse</c> tree where each + term <c>T</c> has been replaced by the value returned by + <seealso marker="erl_anno#from_term/1"> + <c>erl_anno:from_term(T)</c></seealso>. The term + <c><anno>Term</anno></c> is traversed in a depth-first, left-to-right, fashion. </p> </desc> @@ -277,10 +300,13 @@ Return the representation of annotations </fsummary> <desc> - <p>Returns a term where every collection of annotations Anno of - <anno>Abstr</anno> has been replaced by the term returned by - calling <c>erl_anno:to_term(Anno)</c>. The abstract form is - traversed in a depth-first, left-to-right, fashion. + <p>Returns a term where each collection of annotations + <c>Anno</c> of the nodes of the <c>erl_parse</c> tree + <c><anno>Abstr</anno></c> has been replaced by the term + returned by <seealso marker="erl_anno#to_term/1"> + <c>erl_anno:to_term(Anno)</c></seealso>. The + <c>erl_parse</c> tree is traversed in a depth-first, + left-to-right, fashion. </p> </desc> </func> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_pp.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_pp.xml index c9d9e2723d..e96fd576ec 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_pp.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_pp.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>1996</year> - <year>2013</year> + <year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ <datatype> <name name="hook_function"/> <desc> - <p>The optional argument <marker id="hook_function"> - <c>HookFunction</c></marker>, shown in the functions described below, + <p>The optional argument <marker id="hook_function"/> + <c>HookFunction</c>, shown in the functions described below, defines a function which is called when an unknown form occurs where there should be a valid expression.</p> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_scan.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_scan.xml index 18e988e286..ee0d6b6033 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_scan.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_scan.xml @@ -40,39 +40,15 @@ </description> <datatypes> <datatype> - <name name="attribute_info"></name> - </datatype> - <datatype> - <name name="attributes"></name> - </datatype> - <datatype> - <name name="attributes_data"></name> - </datatype> - <datatype> <name name="category"></name> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="column"></name> - </datatype> - <datatype> <name name="error_description"></name> </datatype> <datatype> <name name="error_info"></name> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="info_line"></name> - </datatype> - <datatype> - <name name="info_location"></name> - </datatype> - <datatype> - <name name="line"></name> - </datatype> - <datatype> - <name name="location"></name> - </datatype> - <datatype> <name name="option"></name> </datatype> <datatype> @@ -88,9 +64,6 @@ <name name="token"></name> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="token_info"></name> - </datatype> - <datatype> <name name="tokens"></name> </datatype> <datatype> @@ -122,25 +95,23 @@ <anno>StartLocation</anno>, [])</c>.</p> <p><c><anno>StartLocation</anno></c> indicates the initial location when scanning starts. If <c><anno>StartLocation</anno></c> is a line, - <c>attributes()</c> as well as <c><anno>EndLocation</anno></c> and + <c>Anno</c> as well as <c><anno>EndLocation</anno></c> and <c><anno>ErrorLocation</anno></c> will be lines. If <c><anno>StartLocation</anno></c> is a pair of a line and a column - <c>attributes()</c> takes the form of an opaque compound + <c>Anno</c> takes the form of an opaque compound data type, and <c><anno>EndLocation</anno></c> and <c><anno>ErrorLocation</anno></c> will be pairs of a line and a column. The <em>token - attributes</em> contain information about the column and the + annotations</em> contain information about the column and the line where the token begins, as well as the text of the token (if the <c>text</c> option is given), all of which can - be accessed by calling <seealso - marker="#token_info/1">token_info/1,2</seealso>, <seealso - marker="#attributes_info/1">attributes_info/1,2</seealso>, + be accessed by calling <seealso marker="#column/1">column/1</seealso>, <seealso marker="#line/1">line/1</seealso>, <seealso marker="#location/1">location/1</seealso>, and <seealso marker="#text/1">text/1</seealso>.</p> <p>A <em>token</em> is a tuple containing information about - syntactic category, the token attributes, and the actual + syntactic category, the token annotations, and the actual terminal symbol. For punctuation characters (e.g. <c>;</c>, <c>|</c>) and reserved words, the category and the symbol coincide, and the token is represented by a two-tuple. @@ -172,7 +143,7 @@ <item><p>Short for <c>[return_comments, return_white_spaces]</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c>text</c></tag> - <item><p>Include the token's text in the token attributes. The + <item><p>Include the token's text in the token annotation. The text is the part of the input corresponding to the token.</p> </item> </taglist> @@ -181,10 +152,10 @@ <func> <name name="tokens" arity="3"/> <name name="tokens" arity="4"/> + <fsummary>Re-entrant scanner</fsummary> <type name="char_spec"/> <type name="return_cont"/> <type_desc name="return_cont">An opaque continuation</type_desc> - <fsummary>Re-entrant scanner</fsummary> <desc> <p>This is the re-entrant scanner which scans characters until a <em>dot</em> ('.' followed by a white space) or @@ -306,150 +277,6 @@ </desc> </func> <func> - <name name="token_info" arity="1"/> - <fsummary>Return information about a token</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns a list containing information about the token - <c><anno>Token</anno></c>. The order of the - <c><anno>TokenInfoTuple</anno></c>s is not - defined. See <seealso - marker="#token_info/2">token_info/2</seealso> for - information about specific - <c><anno>TokenInfoTuple</anno></c>s.</p> - <p>Note that if <c>token_info(Token, TokenItem)</c> returns - <c>undefined</c> for some <c>TokenItem</c>, the - item is not included in <c><anno>TokenInfo</anno></c>.</p> - </desc> - </func> - <func> - <name name="token_info" arity="2" clause_i="1"/> - <name name="token_info" arity="2" clause_i="2"/> - <type name="token_item"/> - <type name="attribute_item"/> - <fsummary>Return information about a token</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns a list containing information about the token - <c><anno>Token</anno></c>. If one single - <c><anno>TokenItem</anno></c> is given the returned value is - the corresponding - <c>TokenInfoTuple</c>, or <c>undefined</c> if the - <c>TokenItem</c> has no value. If a list of - <c><anno>TokenItem</anno></c>s is given the result is a list of - <c><anno>TokenInfoTuple</anno></c>. The - <c><anno>TokenInfoTuple</anno></c>s will - appear with the corresponding <c><anno>TokenItem</anno></c>s in - the same order as the <c><anno>TokenItem</anno></c>s - appear in the list of <c>TokenItem</c>s. - <c><anno>TokenItem</anno></c>s with no value are not included - in the list of <c><anno>TokenInfoTuple</anno></c>.</p> - <p>The following <c><anno>TokenInfoTuple</anno></c>s with corresponding - <c><anno>TokenItem</anno></c>s are valid:</p> - <taglist> - <tag><c>{category, <seealso marker="#type-category"> - category()</seealso>}</c></tag> - <item><p>The category of the token.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{column, <seealso marker="#type-column"> - column()</seealso>}</c></tag> - <item><p>The column where the token begins.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{length, integer() > 0}</c></tag> - <item><p>The length of the token's text.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{line, <seealso marker="#type-line"> - line()</seealso>}</c></tag> - <item><p>The line where the token begins.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{location, <seealso marker="#type-location"> - location()</seealso>}</c></tag> - <item><p>The line and column where the token begins, or - just the line if the column unknown.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{symbol, <seealso marker="#type-symbol"> - symbol()</seealso>}</c></tag> - <item><p>The token's symbol.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{text, string()}</c></tag> - <item><p>The token's text.</p> - </item> - </taglist> - </desc> - </func> - <func> - <name name="attributes_info" arity="1"/> - <fsummary>Return information about token attributes</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns a list containing information about the token - attributes <c><anno>Attributes</anno></c>. The order of the - <c><anno>AttributeInfoTuple</anno></c>s is not defined. - See <seealso - marker="#attributes_info/2">attributes_info/2</seealso> for - information about specific - <c><anno>AttributeInfoTuple</anno></c>s.</p> - <p>Note that if <c>attributes_info(Token, AttributeItem)</c> - returns <c>undefined</c> for some <c>AttributeItem</c> in - the list above, the item is not included in - <c><anno>AttributesInfo</anno></c>.</p> - </desc> - </func> - <func> - <name name="attributes_info" arity="2" clause_i="1"/> - <name name="attributes_info" arity="2" clause_i="2"/> - <fsummary>Return information about a token attributes</fsummary> - <type name="attribute_item"/> - <desc> - <p>Returns a list containing information about the token - attributes <c><anno>Attributes</anno></c>. If one single - <c><anno>AttributeItem</anno></c> is given the returned value is the - corresponding <c><anno>AttributeInfoTuple</anno></c>, - or <c>undefined</c> if the <c><anno>AttributeItem</anno></c> - has no value. If a list of <c><anno>AttributeItem</anno></c> - is given the result is a list of - <c><anno>AttributeInfoTuple</anno></c>. - The <c><anno>AttributeInfoTuple</anno></c>s - will appear with the corresponding <c><anno>AttributeItem</anno></c>s - in the same order as the <c><anno>AttributeItem</anno></c>s - appear in the list of <c><anno>AttributeItem</anno></c>s. - <c><anno>AttributeItem</anno></c>s with no - value are not included in the list of - <c><anno>AttributeInfoTuple</anno></c>.</p> - <p>The following <c><anno>AttributeInfoTuple</anno></c>s with - corresponding <c><anno>AttributeItem</anno></c>s are valid:</p> - <taglist> - <tag><c>{column, <seealso marker="#type-column"> - column()</seealso>}</c></tag> - <item><p>The column where the token begins.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{length, integer() > 0}</c></tag> - <item><p>The length of the token's text.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{line, <seealso marker="#type-line"> - line()</seealso>}</c></tag> - <item><p>The line where the token begins.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{location, <seealso marker="#type-location"> - location()</seealso>}</c></tag> - <item><p>The line and column where the token begins, or - just the line if the column unknown.</p> - </item> - <tag><c>{text, string()}</c></tag> - <item><p>The token's text.</p> - </item> - </taglist> - </desc> - </func> - <func> - <name name="set_attribute" arity="3"/> - <fsummary>Set a token attribute value</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Sets the value of the <c>line</c> attribute of the token - attributes <c><anno>Attributes</anno></c>.</p> - <p>The <c><anno>SetAttributeFun</anno></c> is called with the value of - the <c>line</c> attribute, and is to return the new value of - the <c>line</c> attribute.</p> - </desc> - </func> - <func> <name name="format_error" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Format an error descriptor</fsummary> <desc> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml index 0fa5a55c5b..1f4a43f622 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>2013</year> + <year>2003</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ structure like a file descriptor, a sftp channel id or such. The different <c>Fun</c> clauses operates on that very term. </p> - <p>The fun clauses parameter lists are: + <p>The fun clauses parameter lists are:</p> <taglist> <tag><c>(write, {UserPrivate,DataToWrite})</c></tag> <item>Write the term <c>DataToWrite</c> using <c>UserPrivate</c></item> @@ -457,7 +457,6 @@ <tag><c></c></tag> <item></item> </taglist> - </p> <p>A complete <c>Fun</c> parameter for reading and writing on files using the <seealso marker="kernel:file">file module</seealso> could be: </p> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml index ab1a5900b9..2d69c201bc 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>2014</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -132,9 +132,10 @@ <name name="access"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name><marker id="type-continuation">continuation()</marker></name> + <name>continuation()</name> <desc> - <p>Opaque continuation used by <seealso marker="#select/1"> + <p><marker id="type-continuation"/> + Opaque continuation used by <seealso marker="#select/1"> <c>select/1,3</c></seealso>, <seealso marker="#select_reverse/1"> <c>select_reverse/1,3</c></seealso>, <seealso marker="#match/1"> @@ -448,13 +449,13 @@ Error: fun containing local Erlang function calls <item><c>{owner, pid()}</c> <br></br> The pid of the owner of the table.</item> - <item><c>{protection, <seealso marker="#type-access">access()</seealso>}</c> <br></br> + <item><c>{protection, </c><seealso marker="#type-access">access()</seealso><c>}</c> <br></br> The table access rights.</item> <item><c>{size, integer() >= 0</c> <br></br> The number of objects inserted in the table.</item> - <item><c>{type, <seealso marker="#type-type">type()</seealso>}</c> <br></br> + <item><c>{type, </c><seealso marker="#type-type">type()</seealso><c>}</c> <br></br> The table type.</item> <item><c>{read_concurrency, boolean()}</c> <br></br> @@ -487,14 +488,39 @@ Error: fun containing local Erlang function calls <item><c>Item=fixed, Value=boolean()</c> <br></br> Indicates if the table is fixed by any process or not.</item> - <item> - <p><c>Item=safe_fixed, Value={FirstFixed,Info}|false</c> <br></br> + <item><marker id="info_2_safe_fixed_monotonic_time"/> + <p><c>Item=safe_fixed|safe_fixed_monotonic_time, Value={FixationTime,Info}|false</c> <br></br> </p> - <p>If the table has been fixed using <c>safe_fixtable/2</c>, - the call returns a tuple where <c>FirstFixed</c> is the + <p>If the table has been fixed using + <seealso marker="#safe_fixtable/2"><c>safe_fixtable/2</c></seealso>, + the call returns a tuple where <c>FixationTime</c> is the time when the table was first fixed by a process, which may or may not be one of the processes it is fixed by right now.</p> + <p>The format and value of <c>FixationTime</c> depends on + <c>Item</c>:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>safe_fixed</c></tag> + <item><p><c>FixationTime</c> will correspond to the result + returned by + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#timestamp/0">erlang:timestamp/0</seealso> + at the time of fixation. Note that when the system is using + single or multi + <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Modes">time warp + modes</seealso> this might produce strange results. This + since the usage of <c>safe_fixed</c> is not + <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time warp + safe</seealso>. Time warp safe code need to use + <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> instead.</p></item> + + <tag><c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c></tag> + <item><p><c>FixationTime</c> will correspond to the result + returned by + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#monotonic_time/0">erlang:monotonic_time/0</seealso> + at the time of fixation. The usage of <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> is + <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#Time_Warp_Safe_Code">time warp + safe</seealso>.</p></item> + </taglist> <p><c>Info</c> is a possibly empty lists of tuples <c>{Pid,RefCount}</c>, one tuple for every process the table is fixed by right now. <c>RefCount</c> is the value @@ -610,7 +636,7 @@ ets:is_compiled_ms(Broken).</code> <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, + to <c>first/1</c>. If the table is empty, <c>'$end_of_table'</c> is returned.</p> <p>Use <c>prev/2</c> to find preceding keys in the table.</p> </desc> @@ -916,7 +942,7 @@ ets:select(Table,MatchSpec),</code> </item> <item> <p><c>{keypos,<anno>Pos</anno>}</c> - Specfies which element in the stored tuples should be + Specifies which element in the stored tuples should be used as key. By default, it is the first element, i.e. <c><anno>Pos</anno>=1</c>. However, this is not always appropriate. In particular, we do not want the first element to be the @@ -1134,9 +1160,11 @@ clean_all_with_value(Tab,X,Key) -> table but never releases it, the memory used by the deleted objects will never be freed. The performance of operations on the table will also degrade significantly.</p> - <p>Use <c>info/2</c> to retrieve information about which - processes have fixed which tables. A system with a lot of - processes fixing tables may need a monitor which sends alarms + <p>Use + <seealso marker="#info_2_safe_fixed_monotonic_time"><c>info(Tab, + safe_fixed_monotonic_time)</c></seealso> to retrieve information + about which processes have fixed which tables. A system with a lot + of processes fixing tables may need a monitor which sends alarms when tables have been fixed for too long.</p> <p>Note that for tables of the <c>ordered_set</c> type, <c>safe_fixtable/2</c> is not necessary as calls to @@ -1593,6 +1621,8 @@ true</pre> if the match_spec does not match the object <c><anno>Tuple</anno></c>.</p> <p>This is a useful debugging and test tool, especially when writing complicated <c>ets:select/2</c> calls.</p> + <p>See also: <seealso marker="erts:erlang#match_spec_test/3"> + erlang:match_spec_test/3</seealso>.</p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -1626,6 +1656,7 @@ true</pre> <name name="update_counter" arity="4" clause_i="2"/> <name name="update_counter" arity="3" clause_i="3"/> <name name="update_counter" arity="4" clause_i="3"/> + <fsummary>Update a counter object in an ETS table.</fsummary> <type variable="Tab"/> <type variable="Key"/> <type variable="UpdateOp" name_i="1"/> @@ -1633,7 +1664,6 @@ true</pre> <type variable="Threshold" name_i="1"/> <type variable="SetValue" name_i="1"/> <type variable="Default"/> - <fsummary>Update a counter object in an ETS table.</fsummary> <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 @@ -1700,11 +1730,11 @@ true</pre> <func> <name name="update_element" arity="3" clause_i="1"/> <name name="update_element" arity="3" clause_i="2"/> + <fsummary>Updates the <c>Pos</c>:th element of the object with a given key in an ETS table.</fsummary> <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> <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, diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/file_sorter.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/file_sorter.xml index 30e09c17b0..bc24f02a99 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/file_sorter.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/file_sorter.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2001</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2001</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -223,82 +223,82 @@ output(L) -> <datatypes> <datatype> - <name name="file_name"/><br/> + <name name="file_name"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="file_names"/><br/> + <name name="file_names"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="i_command"/><br/> + <name name="i_command"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="i_reply"/><br/> + <name name="i_reply"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="infun"/><br/> + <name name="infun"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="input"/><br/> + <name name="input"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="input_reply"/><br/> + <name name="input_reply"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="o_command"/><br/> + <name name="o_command"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="o_reply"/><br/> + <name name="o_reply"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="object"/><br/> + <name name="object"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="outfun"/><br/> + <name name="outfun"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="output"/><br/> + <name name="output"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="output_reply"/><br/> + <name name="output_reply"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="value"/><br/> + <name name="value"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="options"/><br/> + <name name="options"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="option"/><br/> + <name name="option"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="format"/><br/> + <name name="format"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="format_fun"/><br/> + <name name="format_fun"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="header_length"/><br/> + <name name="header_length"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="key_pos"/><br/> + <name name="key_pos"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="no_files"/><br/> + <name name="no_files"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="order"/><br/> + <name name="order"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="order_fun"/><br/> + <name name="order_fun"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="size"/><br/> + <name name="size"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="tmp_directory"/><br/> + <name name="tmp_directory"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="reason"/><br/> + <name name="reason"/> </datatype> </datatypes> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml index 2cf9490f4b..3ad159a66d 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>2013</year> + <year>2003</year><year>2016</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 77e262dbe6..f284a7596c 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>2013</year> + <year>1997</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -47,7 +47,12 @@ <p>The module supports raw file names in the way that if a binary is present, or the file name cannot be interpreted according to the return value of <seealso marker="kernel:file#native_name_encoding/0">file:native_name_encoding/0</seealso>, a raw file name will also be returned. For example filename:join/1 provided with a path component being a binary (and also not being possible to interpret under the current native file name encoding) will result in a raw file name being returned (the join operation will have been performed of course). For more information about raw file names, see the <seealso marker="kernel:file">file</seealso> module.</p> </description> - + <datatypes> + <datatype> + <name name="basedir_type"/> + </datatype> + </datatypes> + <funcs> <func> <name name="absname" arity="1"/> @@ -102,6 +107,155 @@ </desc> </func> <func> + <name name="basedir" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Equivalent to <c>basedir(<anno>Type</anno>,<anno>Application</anno>,#{})</c>.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p> + Equivalent to <seealso marker="#basedir-3"> + basedir(<anno>Type</anno>, <anno>Application</anno>, #{})</seealso>. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> + <name name="basedir" arity="3"/> + <fsummary></fsummary> + <desc><marker id="basedir-3"/> + <p> + Returns a suitable path, or paths, for a given type. + If <c>os</c> is not set in <c><anno>Opts</anno></c> the function will default to + the native option, i.e. <c>'linux'</c>, <c>'darwin'</c> or <c>'windows'</c>, as understood + by <c>os:type/0</c>. Anything not recognized as <c>'darwin'</c> or <c>'windows'</c> is + interpreted as <c>'linux'</c>.</p> + <p> + The options <c>'author'</c> and <c>'version'</c> are only used with <c>'windows'</c> option mode. + </p> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item><c>user_cache</c> + <p>The path location is intended for transient data files on a local machine.</p> + <p> + On Linux: + Respects the os environment variable <c>XDG_CACHE_HOME</c>. + </p> + <pre> +1> <input>filename:basedir(user_cache, "my_application", #{os=>linux}).</input> +"/home/otptest/.cache/my_application"</pre> + On Darwin: <pre> +1> <input>filename:basedir(user_cache, "my_application", #{os=>darwin}).</input> +"/home/otptest/Library/Caches/my_application"</pre> + On Windows: <pre> +1> <input>filename:basedir(user_cache, "My App").</input> +"c:/Users/otptest/AppData/Local/My App/Cache" +2> <input>filename:basedir(user_cache, "My App").</input> +"c:/Users/otptest/AppData/Local/My App/Cache" +3> <input>filename:basedir(user_cache, "My App", #{author=>"Erlang"}).</input> +"c:/Users/otptest/AppData/Local/Erlang/My App/Cache" +4> <input>filename:basedir(user_cache, "My App", #{version=>"1.2"}).</input> +"c:/Users/otptest/AppData/Local/My App/1.2/Cache" +5> <input>filename:basedir(user_cache, "My App", #{author=>"Erlang",version=>"1.2"}).</input> +"c:/Users/otptest/AppData/Local/Erlang/My App/1.2/Cache"</pre> + </item> + <item><c>user_config</c> + <p> + The path location is intended for persistent configuration files. + </p> + <p> + On Linux: + Respects the os environment variable <c>XDG_CONFIG_HOME</c>. + </p> + <pre> +2> <input>filename:basedir(user_config, "my_application", #{os=>linux}).</input> +"/home/otptest/.config/my_application"</pre> + On Darwin:<pre> +2> <input>filename:basedir(user_config, "my_application", #{os=>darwin}).</input> +"/home/otptest/Library/Application Support/my_application"</pre> + On Windows:<pre> +1> <input>filename:basedir(user_config, "My App").</input> +"c:/Users/otptest/AppData/Roaming/My App" +2> <input>filename:basedir(user_config, "My App", #{author=>"Erlang", version=>"1.2"}).</input> +"c:/Users/otptest/AppData/Roaming/Erlang/My App/1.2"</pre> + </item> + <item><c>user_data</c> + <p> + The path location is intended for persistent data files. + </p> + <p> + On Linux: + Respects the os environment variable <c>XDG_DATA_HOME</c>. + </p> + <pre> +3> <input>filename:basedir(user_data, "my_application", #{os=>linux}).</input> +"/home/otptest/.local/my_application"</pre> + On Darwin:<pre> +3> <input>filename:basedir(user_data, "my_application", #{os=>darwin}).</input> +"/home/otptest/Library/Application Support/my_application"</pre> + On Windows:<pre> +8> <input>filename:basedir(user_data, "My App").</input> +"c:/Users/otptest/AppData/Local/My App" +9> <input>filename:basedir(user_data, "My App",#{author=>"Erlang",version=>"1.2"}).</input> +"c:/Users/otptest/AppData/Local/Erlang/My App/1.2"</pre> + </item> + <item><c>user_log</c> + <p>The path location is intended for transient log files on a local machine.</p> + <p> + On Linux: + Respects the os environment variable <c>XDG_CACHE_HOME</c>.</p> + <pre> +4> <input>filename:basedir(user_log, "my_application", #{os=>linux}).</input> +"/home/otptest/.cache/my_application/log"</pre> + On Darwin:<pre> +4> <input>filename:basedir(user_log, "my_application", #{os=>darwin}).</input> +"/home/otptest/Library/Caches/my_application"</pre> + On Windows:<pre> +12> <input>filename:basedir(user_log, "My App").</input> +"c:/Users/otptest/AppData/Local/My App/Logs" +13> <input>filename:basedir(user_log, "My App",#{author=>"Erlang",version=>"1.2"}).</input> +"c:/Users/otptest/AppData/Local/Erlang/My App/1.2/Logs"</pre> + </item> + <item><c>site_config</c><p> + On Linux: + Respects the os environment variable <c>XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</c>.</p> +<pre> +5> <input>filename:basedir(site_data, "my_application", #{os=>linux}).</input> +["/usr/local/share/my_application", + "/usr/share/my_application"] +6> <input>os:getenv("XDG_CONFIG_DIRS").</input> +"/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/usr/share/upstart/xdg:/etc/xdg" +7> <input>filename:basedir(site_config, "my_application", #{os=>linux}).</input> +["/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu/my_application", + "/usr/share/upstart/xdg/my_application", + "/etc/xdg/my_application"] +8> <input>os:unsetenv("XDG_CONFIG_DIRS").</input> +true +9> <input>filename:basedir(site_config, "my_application", #{os=>linux}).</input> +["/etc/xdg/my_application"]</pre> + On Darwin:<pre> +5> <input>filename:basedir(site_config, "my_application", #{os=>darwin}).</input> +["/Library/Application Support/my_application"]</pre> + </item> + <item><c>site_data</c><p> + On Linux: + Respects the os environment variable <c>XDG_DATA_DIRS</c>.</p> + <pre> +10> <input>os:getenv("XDG_DATA_DIRS").</input> +"/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/" +11> <input>filename:basedir(site_data, "my_application", #{os=>linux}).</input> +["/usr/share/ubuntu/my_application", + "/usr/share/gnome/my_application", + "/usr/local/share/my_application", + "/usr/share/my_application"] +12> <input>os:unsetenv("XDG_DATA_DIRS").</input> +true +13> <input>filename:basedir(site_data, "my_application", #{os=>linux}).</input> +["/usr/local/share/my_application", + "/usr/share/my_application"]</pre> + On Darwin:<pre> +5> <input>filename:basedir(site_data, "my_application", #{os=>darwin}).</input> +["/Library/Application Support/my_application"]</pre> + </item> + </list> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name name="basename" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Return the last component of a filename</fsummary> <desc> @@ -214,7 +368,7 @@ <desc> <p>Converts <c><anno>Path</anno></c> to a form accepted by the command shell and native applications on the current platform. On Windows, - forward slashes is converted to backward slashes. On all + forward slashes are converted to backward slashes. On all platforms, the name is normalized as done by <c>join/1</c>.</p> <pre> 19> <input>filename:nativename("/usr/local/bin/").</input> % Unix diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml index 1efac1535a..b2c482d3ed 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>2014</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2 the purposes described below.</p> </note> <p>This function is called by a gen_event process when:</p> - <list typed="bulleted"> + <list type="bulleted"> <item>One of <seealso marker="sys#get_status/1">sys:get_status/1,2</seealso> is invoked to get the gen_event status. <c>Opt</c> is set @@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2 customises the details of the current state of the event handler. Any term is allowed for <c>Status</c>. The gen_event module uses <c>Status</c> as follows:</p> - <list typed="bulleted"> + <list type="bulleted"> <item>When <c>sys:get_status/1,2</c> is called, gen_event ensures that its return value contains <c>Status</c> in place of the event handler's actual state term.</item> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_fsm.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_fsm.xml index 5f7b5a3437..835e252704 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_fsm.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_fsm.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2014</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -31,12 +31,23 @@ <module>gen_fsm</module> <modulesummary>Generic Finite State Machine Behaviour</modulesummary> <description> + <note> + <p> + There is a new behaviour + <seealso marker="gen_statem"><c>gen_statem</c></seealso> + that is intended to replace <c>gen_fsm</c> for new code. + It has the same features and add some really useful. + This module will not be removed for the foreseeable future + to keep old state machine implementations running. + </p> + </note> <p>A behaviour module for implementing a finite state machine. A generic finite state machine process (gen_fsm) implemented using this module will have a standard set of interface functions and include functionality for tracing and error reporting. It will also fit into an OTP supervision tree. Refer to - <seealso marker="doc/design_principles:fsm">OTP Design Principles</seealso> for more information.</p> + <seealso marker="doc/design_principles:fsm">OTP Design Principles</seealso> for more information. + </p> <p>A gen_fsm assumes all specific parts to be located in a callback module exporting a pre-defined set of functions. The relationship between the behaviour functions and the callback functions can be @@ -339,11 +350,12 @@ gen_fsm:sync_send_all_state_event -----> Module:handle_sync_event/4 </desc> </func> <func> - <name>reply(Caller, Reply) -> true</name> + <name>reply(Caller, Reply) -> Result</name> <fsummary>Send a reply to a caller.</fsummary> <type> <v>Caller - see below</v> <v>Reply = term()</v> + <v>Result = term()</v> </type> <desc> <p>This function can be used by a gen_fsm to explicitly send a @@ -358,6 +370,8 @@ gen_fsm:sync_send_all_state_event -----> Module:handle_sync_event/4 which will be given back to the client as the return value of <c>sync_send_event/2,3</c> or <c>sync_send_all_state_event/2,3</c>.</p> + <p>The return value <c>Result</c> is not further defined, and + should always be ignored.</p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -802,7 +816,7 @@ gen_fsm:sync_send_all_state_event -----> Module:handle_sync_event/4 module state data.</p> </note> <p>This function is called by a gen_fsm process when:</p> - <list typed="bulleted"> + <list type="bulleted"> <item>One of <seealso marker="sys#get_status/1">sys:get_status/1,2</seealso> is invoked to get the gen_fsm status. <c>Opt</c> is set to @@ -845,6 +859,7 @@ gen_fsm:sync_send_all_state_event -----> Module:handle_sync_event/4 <title>SEE ALSO</title> <p><seealso marker="gen_event">gen_event(3)</seealso>, <seealso marker="gen_server">gen_server(3)</seealso>, + <seealso marker="gen_statem">gen_statem(3)</seealso>, <seealso marker="supervisor">supervisor(3)</seealso>, <seealso marker="proc_lib">proc_lib(3)</seealso>, <seealso marker="sys">sys(3)</seealso></p> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml index c31e869db8..10dc978afc 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>2014</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ gen_server:abcast -----> Module:handle_cast/2 module state.</p> </note> <p>This function is called by a gen_server process when:</p> - <list typed="bulleted"> + <list type="bulleted"> <item>One of <seealso marker="sys#get_status/1">sys:get_status/1,2</seealso> is invoked to get the gen_server status. <c>Opt</c> is set @@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ gen_server:abcast -----> Module:handle_cast/2 <title>SEE ALSO</title> <p><seealso marker="gen_event">gen_event(3)</seealso>, <seealso marker="gen_fsm">gen_fsm(3)</seealso>, + <seealso marker="gen_statem">gen_statem(3)</seealso>, <seealso marker="supervisor">supervisor(3)</seealso>, <seealso marker="proc_lib">proc_lib(3)</seealso>, <seealso marker="sys">sys(3)</seealso></p> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ec7f267c64 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml @@ -0,0 +1,1724 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> +<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd"> + +<erlref> + <header> + <copyright> + <year>2016</year> + <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> + </copyright> + <legalnotice> + Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); + you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. + You may obtain a copy of the License at + + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + limitations under the License. + + </legalnotice> + + <title>gen_statem</title> + <prepared></prepared> + <docno></docno> + <date></date> + <rev></rev> + </header> + <module>gen_statem</module> + <modulesummary>Generic State Machine Behaviour</modulesummary> + <description> + <p> + A behaviour module for implementing a state machine. Two + <seealso marker="#type-callback_mode"><em>callback modes</em></seealso> + are supported. One for finite state machines + (<seealso marker="gen_fsm"><c>gen_fsm</c></seealso> like) + that requires the state to be an atom and uses that state as + the name of the current callback function, + and one without restriction on the state data type + that uses one callback function for all states. + </p> + <p> + This is a new behaviour in OTP-19.0. + It has been thoroughly reviewed, is stable enough + to be used by at least two heavy OTP applications, and is here to stay. + But depending on user feedback, we do not expect + but might find it necessary to make minor + not backwards compatible changes into OTP-20.0, + so its state can be designated as "not quite experimental"... + </p> + <p> + The <c>gen_statem</c> behaviour is intended to replace + <seealso marker="gen_fsm"><c>gen_fsm</c></seealso> for new code. + It has the same features and add some really useful: + </p> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item>State code is gathered</item> + <item>The state can be any term</item> + <item>Events can be postponed</item> + <item>Events can be self generated</item> + <item>A reply can be sent from a later state</item> + <item>There can be multiple sys traceable replies</item> + </list> + <p> + The callback model(s) for <c>gen_statem</c> differs from + the one for <seealso marker="gen_fsm"><c>gen_fsm</c></seealso>, + but it is still fairly easy to rewrite + from <c>gen_fsm</c> to <c>gen_statem</c>. + </p> + <p> + A generic state machine process (<c>gen_statem</c>) implemented + using this module will have a standard set of interface functions + and include functionality for tracing and error reporting. + It will also fit into an OTP supervision tree. Refer to + <seealso marker="doc/design_principles:statem"> + OTP Design Principles + </seealso> + for more information. + </p> + <p> + A <c>gen_statem</c> assumes all specific parts to be located in a + callback module exporting a pre-defined set of functions. + The relationship between the behaviour functions and the callback + functions can be illustrated as follows:</p> + <pre> +gen_statem module Callback module +----------------- --------------- +gen_statem:start +gen_statem:start_link -----> Module:init/1 + +gen_statem:stop -----> Module:terminate/3 + +gen_statem:call +gen_statem:cast +erlang:send +erlang:'!' -----> Module:StateName/3 + Module:handle_event/4 + +- -----> Module:terminate/3 + +- -----> Module:code_change/4</pre> + <p> + Events are of different + <seealso marker="#type-event_type">types</seealso> + so the callback functions can know the origin of an event + and how to respond. + </p> + <p> + If a callback function fails or returns a bad value, + the <c>gen_statem</c> will terminate. An exception of class + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#throw/1"><c>throw</c></seealso>, + however, is not regarded as an error but as a valid return. + </p> + <marker id="state_function" /> + <p> + The "<em>state function</em>" for a specific + <seealso marker="#type-state">state</seealso> + in a <c>gen_statem</c> is the callback function that is called + for all events in this state, and is selected depending on which + <seealso marker="#type-callback_mode"><em>callback mode</em></seealso> + that the implementation specifies when the the server starts. + </p> + <p> + When the + <seealso marker="#type-callback_mode"><em>callback mode</em></seealso> + is <c>state_functions</c>, the state has to be an atom and + is used as the state function name. See + <seealso marker="#Module:StateName/3"> + <c>Module:StateName/3</c> + </seealso>. + This gathers all code for a specific state + in one function and hence dispatches on state first. + Note that in this mode the fact that there is + a mandatory callback function + <seealso marker="#Module:terminate/3"> + <c>Module:terminate/3</c> + </seealso> makes the state name <c>terminate</c> unusable. + </p> + <p> + When the + <seealso marker="#type-callback_mode"><em>callback mode</em></seealso> + is <c>handle_event_function</c> the state can be any term + and the state function name is + <seealso marker="#Module:handle_event/4"> + <c>Module:handle_event/4</c> + </seealso>. + This makes it easy to dispatch on state or on event as you desire. + Be careful about which events you handle in which + states so you do not accidentally postpone one event + forever creating an infinite busy loop. + </p> + <p> + The <c>gen_statem</c> enqueues incoming events in order of arrival + and presents these to the + <seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso> + in that order. The state function can postpone an event + so it is not retried in the current state. + After a state change the queue restarts with the postponed events. + </p> + <p> + The <c>gen_statem</c> event queue model is sufficient + to emulate the normal process message queue with selective receive. + Postponing an event corresponds to not matching it + in a receive statement and changing states corresponds + to entering a new receive statement. + </p> + <p> + The <seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso> + can insert events using the + <seealso marker="#type-action"> + <c>action()</c> <c>next_event</c> + </seealso> + and such an event is inserted as the next to present + to the state function. That is: as if it is + the oldest incoming event. There is a dedicated + <seealso marker="#type-event_type"> + <c>event_type()</c> + </seealso> + <c>internal</c> that can be used for such events making them impossible + to mistake for external events. + </p> + <p> + Inserting an event replaces the trick of calling your own + state handling functions that you often would have to + resort to in for example <seealso marker="gen_fsm"><c>gen_fsm</c></seealso> + to force processing an inserted event before others. + A warning, though: if you in <c>gen_statem</c> for example + postpone an event in one state and then call some other state function of yours, + you have not changed states and hence the postponed event will not be retried, + which is logical but might be confusing. + </p> + <p> + See the type + <seealso marker="#type-transition_option"> + <c>transition_option()</c> + </seealso> + for the details of a state transition. + </p> + <p> + A <c>gen_statem</c> handles system messages as documented in + <seealso marker="sys"><c>sys</c></seealso>. + The <c>sys</c>module can be used for debugging a <c>gen_statem</c>. + </p> + <p> + Note that a <c>gen_statem</c> does not trap exit signals + automatically, this must be explicitly initiated in + the callback module (by calling + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#process_flag/2"> + <c>process_flag(trap_exit, true)</c></seealso>. + </p> + <p> + Unless otherwise stated, all functions in this module fail if + the specified <c>gen_statem</c> does not exist or + if bad arguments are given. + </p> + <p> + The <c>gen_statem</c> process can go into hibernation; see + <seealso marker="proc_lib#hibernate/3"> + <c>proc_lib:hibernate/3</c>. + </seealso> + It is done when a + <seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso> or + <seealso marker="#Module:init/1"><c>Module:init/1</c></seealso> + specifies <c>hibernate</c> in the returned + <seealso marker="#type-action"><c>Actions</c></seealso> + list. This feature might be useful to reclaim process heap memory + while the server is expected to be idle for a long time. + However, use this feature with care + since hibernation can be too costly + to use after every event; see + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#hibernate/3"> + <c>erlang:hibernate/3</c>. + </seealso> + </p> + </description> + + <section> + <title>EXAMPLE</title> + <p> + This example shows a simple pushbutton model + for a toggling pushbutton implemented with + <seealso marker="#type-callback_mode"><em>callback mode</em></seealso> + <c>state_functions</c>. + You can push the button and it replies if it went on or off, + and you can ask for a count of how many times it has been + pushed to on. + </p> + <p>This is the complete callback module file <c>pushbutton.erl</c>:</p> + <code type="erl"> +-module(pushbutton). +-behaviour(gen_statem). + +-export([start/0,push/0,get_count/0,stop/0]). +-export([terminate/3,code_change/4,init/1]). +-export([on/3,off/3]). + +name() -> pushbutton_statem. % The registered server name +callback_mode() -> state_functions. + +%% API. This example uses a registered name name() +%% and does not link to the caller. +start() -> + gen_statem:start({local,name()}, ?MODULE, [], []). +push() -> + gen_statem:call(name(), push). +get_count() -> + gen_statem:call(name(), get_count). +stop() -> + gen_statem:stop(name()). + +%% Mandatory callback functions +terminate(_Reason, _State, _Data) -> + void. +code_change(_Vsn, State, Data, _Extra) -> + {callback_mode(),State,Data}. +init([]) -> + %% Set the callback mode and initial state + data. + %% Data is used only as a counter. + State = off, Data = 0, + {callback_mode(),State,Data}. + + +%%% State functions + +off({call,From}, push, Data) -> + %% Go to 'on', increment count and reply + %% that the resulting status is 'on' + {next_state,on,Data+1,[{reply,From,on}]}; +off(EventType, EventContent, Data) -> + handle_event(EventType, EventContent, Data). + +on({call,From}, push, Data) -> + %% Go to 'off' and reply that the resulting status is 'off' + {next_state,off,Data,[{reply,From,off}]}; +on(EventType, EventContent, Data) -> + handle_event(EventType, EventContent, Data). + +%% Handle events common to all states +handle_event({call,From}, get_count, Data) -> + %% Reply with the current count + {keep_state,Data,[{reply,From,Data}]}; +handle_event(_, _, Data) -> + %% Ignore all other events + {keep_state,Data}. + </code> + <p>And this is a shell session when running it:</p> + <pre> +1> pushbutton:start(). +{ok,<0.36.0>} +2> pushbutton:get_count(). +0 +3> pushbutton:push(). +on +4> pushbutton:get_count(). +1 +5> pushbutton:push(). +off +6> pushbutton:get_count(). +1 +7> pushbutton:stop(). +ok +8> pushbutton:push(). +** exception exit: {noproc,{gen_statem,call,[pushbutton_statem,push,infinity]}} + in function gen:do_for_proc/2 (gen.erl, line 261) + in call from gen_statem:call/3 (gen_statem.erl, line 386) + </pre> + + <p> + And just to compare styles here is the same example using + <seealso marker="#type-callback_mode"><em>callback mode</em></seealso> + <c>state_functions</c>, or rather here is code to replace + from the <c>init/1</c> function of the <c>pushbutton.erl</c> + example file above: + </p> + <code type="erl"> +init([]) -> + %% Set the callback mode and initial state + data. + %% Data is used only as a counter. + State = off, Data = 0, + {handle_event_function,State,Data}. + + +%%% Event handling + +handle_event({call,From}, push, off, Data) -> + %% Go to 'on', increment count and reply + %% that the resulting status is 'on' + {next_state,on,Data+1,[{reply,From,on}]}; +handle_event({call,From}, push, on, Data) -> + %% Go to 'off' and reply that the resulting status is 'off' + {next_state,off,Data,[{reply,From,off}]}; +%% +%% Event handling common to all states +handle_event({call,From}, get_count, State, Data) -> + %% Reply with the current count + {next_state,State,Data,[{reply,From,Data}]}; +handle_event(_, _, State, Data) -> + %% Ignore all other events + {next_state,State,Data}. + </code> + </section> + + <datatypes> + <datatype> + <name name="server_name" /> + <desc> + <p> + Name specification to use when starting + a <c>gen_statem</c> server. See + <seealso marker="#start_link/3"> + <c>start_link/3</c> + </seealso> + and + <seealso marker="#type-server_ref"> + <c>server_ref()</c> + </seealso> below. + </p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="server_ref" /> + <desc> + <p> + Server specification to use when addressing + a <c>gen_statem</c> server. + See <seealso marker="#call/2"><c>call/2</c></seealso> and + <seealso marker="#type-server_name"> + <c>server_name()</c> + </seealso> + above. + </p> + <p>It can be:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>pid()</c><br /> + <c>LocalName</c></tag> + <item>The <c>gen_statem</c> is locally registered.</item> + <tag><c>Name, Node</c></tag> + <item> + The <c>gen_statem</c> is locally registered + on another node. + </item> + <tag><c>GlobalName</c></tag> + <item> + The <c>gen_statem</c> is globally registered + in <seealso marker="kernel:global"><c>global</c></seealso>. + </item> + <tag><c>RegMod, ViaName</c></tag> + <item> + The <c>gen_statem</c> is registered through + an alternative process registry. + The registry callback module <c>RegMod</c> + should export the functions + <c>register_name/2</c>, <c>unregister_name/1</c>, + <c>whereis_name/1</c> and <c>send/2</c>, + which should behave like the corresponding functions + in <seealso marker="kernel:global"><c>global</c></seealso>. + Thus, <c>{via,global,GlobalName}</c> is the same as + <c>{global,GlobalName}</c>. + </item> + </taglist> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="debug_opt" /> + <desc> + <p> + Debug option that can be used when starting + a <c>gen_statem</c> server through for example + <seealso marker="#enter_loop/5"><c>enter_loop/5</c></seealso>. + </p> + <p> + For every entry in <c><anno>Dbgs</anno></c> + the corresponding function in + <seealso marker="sys"><c>sys</c></seealso> will be called. + </p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="start_opt" /> + <desc> + <p> + Options that can be used when starting + a <c>gen_statem</c> server through for example + <seealso marker="#start_link/3"><c>start_link/3</c></seealso>. + </p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="start_ret" /> + <desc> + <p> + Return value from the start functions for_example + <seealso marker="#start_link/3"><c>start_link/3</c></seealso>. + </p> + </desc> + </datatype> + + <datatype> + <name name="from" /> + <desc> + <p> + Destination to use when replying through for example the + <seealso marker="#type-action"> + <c>action()</c> + </seealso> + <c>{reply,From,Reply}</c> + to a process that has called the <c>gen_statem</c> server using + <seealso marker="#call/2"><c>call/2</c></seealso>. + </p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="state" /> + <desc> + <p> + After a state change (<c>NextState =/= State</c>) + all postponed events are retried. + </p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="state_name" /> + <desc> + <p> + If the + <seealso marker="#type-callback_mode"><em>callback mode</em></seealso> + is <c>state_functions</c>, + the state has to be of this type. + </p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="data" /> + <desc> + <p> + A term in which the state machine implementation + should store any server data it needs. The difference between + this and the <seealso marker="#type-state"><c>state()</c></seealso> + itself is that a change in this data does not cause + postponed events to be retried. Hence if a change + in this data would change the set of events that + are handled than that data item should be made + a part of the state. + </p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="event_type" /> + <desc> + <p> + External events are of 3 different type: + <c>{call,<anno>From</anno>}</c>, <c>cast</c> or <c>info</c>. + <seealso marker="#call/2">Calls</seealso> + (synchronous) and + <seealso marker="#cast/2">casts</seealso> + originate from the corresponding API functions. + For calls the event contain whom to reply to. + Type <c>info</c> originates from regular process messages sent + to the <c>gen_statem</c>. It is also possible for the state machine + implementation to generate events of types + <c>timeout</c> and <c>internal</c> to itself. + </p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="callback_mode" /> + <desc> + <p> + The <em>callback mode</em> is selected when starting the + <c>gen_statem</c> using the return value from + <seealso marker="#Module:init/1"><c>Module:init/1</c></seealso> + or when calling + <seealso marker="#enter_loop/5"><c>enter_loop/5-7</c></seealso>, + and with the return value from + <seealso marker="#Module:code_change/4"> + <c>Module:code_change/4</c>. + </seealso> + </p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>state_functions</c></tag> + <item> + The state has to be of type + <seealso marker="#type-state_name"><c>state_name()</c></seealso> + and one callback function per state that is + <seealso marker="#Module:StateName/3"> + <c>Module:StateName/3</c> + </seealso> + is used. + </item> + <tag><c>handle_event_function</c></tag> + <item> + The state can be any term and the callback function + <seealso marker="#Module:handle_event/4"> + <c>Module:handle_event/4</c> + </seealso> + is used for all states. + </item> + </taglist> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="transition_option" /> + <desc> + <p> + Transition options may be set by + <seealso marker="#type-action">actions</seealso> + and they modify some details below in how + the state transition is done: + </p> + <list type="ordered"> + <item> + All + <seealso marker="#type-action">actions</seealso> + are processed in order of appearance. + </item> + <item> + If + <seealso marker="#type-postpone"> + <c>postpone()</c> + </seealso> + is <c>true</c> + the current event is postponed. + </item> + <item> + If the state changes the queue of incoming events + is reset to start with the oldest postponed. + </item> + <item> + All events stored with + <seealso marker="#type-action"> + <c>action()</c> + </seealso> + <c>next_event</c> + are inserted in the queue to be processed before + all other events. + </item> + <item> + If an + <seealso marker="#type-event_timeout"> + <c>event_timeout()</c> + </seealso> + is set through + <seealso marker="#type-action"> + <c>action()</c> + </seealso> + <c>timeout</c> + an event timer may be started or a timeout zero event + may be enqueued. + </item> + <item> + The (possibly new) + <seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso> + is called with the oldest enqueued event if there is any, + otherwise the <c>gen_statem</c> goes into <c>receive</c> + or hibernation + (if + <seealso marker="#type-hibernate"> + <c>hibernate()</c> + </seealso> + is <c>true</c>) + to wait for the next message. In hibernation the next + non-system event awakens the <c>gen_statem</c>, or rather + the next incoming message awakens the <c>gen_statem</c> + but if it is a system event + it goes right back into hibernation. + </item> + </list> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="postpone" /> + <desc> + <p> + If <c>true</c> postpone the current event and retry + it when the state changes + (<c>NextState =/= State</c>). + </p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="hibernate" /> + <desc> + <p> + If <c>true</c> hibernate the <c>gen_statem</c> + by calling + <seealso marker="proc_lib#hibernate/3"> + <c>proc_lib:hibernate/3</c> + </seealso> + before going into <c>receive</c> + to wait for a new external event. + If there are enqueued events, + to prevent receiving any new event; a + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#garbage_collect/0"> + <c>garbage_collect/0</c> + </seealso> is done instead to simulate + that the <c>gen_statem</c> entered hibernation + and immediately got awakened by the oldest enqueued event. + </p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="event_timeout" /> + <desc> + <p> + Generate an event of + <seealso marker="#type-event_type"><c>event_type()</c></seealso> + <c>timeout</c> + after this time (in milliseconds) unless some other + event arrives in which case this timeout is cancelled. + Note that a retried or inserted event + counts just like a new in this respect. + </p> + <p> + If the value is <c>infinity</c> no timer is started since + it will never trigger anyway. + </p> + <p> + If the value is <c>0</c> the timeout event is immediately enqueued + unless there already are enqueued events since then the + timeout is immediately cancelled. + This is a feature ensuring that a timeout <c>0</c> event + will be processed before any not yet received external event. + </p> + <p> + Note that it is not possible nor needed to cancel this timeout + since it is cancelled automatically by any other event. + </p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="action" /> + <desc> + <p> + These state transition actions may be invoked by + returning them from the + <seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso>, + from <seealso marker="#Module:init/1"><c>Module:init/1</c></seealso> + or by giving them to + <seealso marker="#enter_loop/6"><c>enter_loop/6,7</c></seealso>. + </p> + <p> + Actions are executed in the containing list order. + </p> + <p> + Actions that set + <seealso marker="#type-transition_option"> + transition options + </seealso> + overrides any previous of the same type, + so the last in the containing list wins. + For example the last + <seealso marker="#type-event_timeout"> + <c>event_timeout()</c> + </seealso> + overrides any other <c>event_timeout()</c> in the list. + </p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>postpone</c></tag> + <item> + Set the + <seealso marker="#type-transition_option"> + <c>transition_option()</c> + </seealso> + <seealso marker="#type-postpone"> + <c>postpone()</c> + </seealso> + for this state transition. + This action is ignored when returned from + <seealso marker="#Module:init/1"><c>Module:init/1</c></seealso> + or given to + <seealso marker="#enter_loop/5"><c>enter_loop/5,6</c></seealso> + since there is no event to postpone in those cases. + </item> + <tag><c>hibernate</c></tag> + <item> + Set the + <seealso marker="#type-transition_option"> + <c>transition_option()</c> + </seealso> + <seealso marker="#type-hibernate"> + <c>hibernate()</c> + </seealso> + for this state transition. + </item> + <tag><c>Timeout</c></tag> + <item> + Short for <c>{timeout,Timeout,Timeout}</c> that is + the timeout message is the timeout time. + This form exists to make the + <seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso> + return value <c>{next_state,NextState,NewData,Timeout}</c> + allowed like for + <seealso marker="gen_fsm#Module:StateName/2"> + <c>gen_fsm Module:StateName/2</c>. + </seealso> + </item> + <tag><c>timeout</c></tag> + <item> + Set the + <seealso marker="#type-transition_option"> + <c>transition_option()</c> + </seealso> + <seealso marker="#type-event_timeout"> + <c>event_timeout()</c> + </seealso> + to <c><anno>Time</anno></c> with <c><anno>EventContent</anno></c>. + </item> + <tag><c>reply_action()</c></tag> + <item>Reply to a caller.</item> + <tag><c>next_event</c></tag> + <item> + Store the given <c><anno>EventType</anno></c> + and <c><anno>EventContent</anno></c> for insertion after all + actions have been executed. + </item> + <item> + <p> + The stored events are inserted in the queue as the next to process + before any already queued events. The order of these stored events + is preserved so the first <c>next_event</c> in the containing list + will become the first to process. + </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + An event of type + <seealso marker="#type-event_type"> + <c>internal</c> + </seealso> + should be used when you want to reliably distinguish + an event inserted this way from any external event. + </p> + </item> + </taglist> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="reply_action" /> + <desc> + <p> + Reply to a caller waiting for a reply in + <seealso marker="#call/2"><c>call/2</c></seealso>. + <c><anno>From</anno></c> must be the term from the + <seealso marker="#type-event_type"> + <c>{call,<anno>From</anno>}</c> + </seealso> + argument to the + <seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso>. + </p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="state_function_result" /> + <desc> + <taglist> + <tag><c>next_state</c></tag> + <item> + The <c>gen_statem</c> will do a state transition to + <c><anno>NextStateName</anno></c> + (which may be the same as the current state), + set <c><anno>NewData</anno></c> + and execute all <c><anno>Actions</anno></c> + </item> + </taglist> + <p> + All these terms are tuples or atoms and this property + will hold in any future version of <c>gen_statem</c>, + just in case you need such a promise. + </p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="handle_event_result" /> + <desc> + <taglist> + <tag><c>next_state</c></tag> + <item> + The <c>gen_statem</c> will do a state transition to + <c><anno>NextState</anno></c> + (which may be the same as the current state), + set <c><anno>NewData</anno></c> + and execute all <c><anno>Actions</anno></c> + </item> + </taglist> + <p> + All these terms are tuples or atoms and this property + will hold in any future version of <c>gen_statem</c>, + just in case you need such a promise. + </p> + </desc> + </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="common_state_callback_result" /> + <desc> + <taglist> + <tag><c>stop</c></tag> + <item> + Terminate the <c>gen_statem</c> by calling + <seealso marker="#Module:terminate/3"> + <c>Module:terminate/3</c> + </seealso> + with <c>Reason</c> and + <c><anno>NewData</anno></c>, if given. + </item> + <tag><c>stop_and_reply</c></tag> + <item> + Send all <c><anno>Replies</anno></c> + then terminate the <c>gen_statem</c> by calling + <seealso marker="#Module:terminate/3"> + <c>Module:terminate/3</c> + </seealso> + with <c>Reason</c> and + <c><anno>NewData</anno></c>, if given. + </item> + <tag><c>keep_state</c></tag> + <item> + The <c>gen_statem</c> will keep the current state, or + do a state transition to the current state if you like, + set <c><anno>NewData</anno></c> + and execute all <c><anno>Actions</anno></c>. + This is the same as + <c>{next_state,CurrentState,<anno>NewData</anno>,<anno>Actions</anno>}</c>. + </item> + <tag><c>keep_state_and_data</c></tag> + <item> + The <c>gen_statem</c> will keep the current state or + do a state transition to the current state if you like, + keep the current server data, + and execute all <c><anno>Actions</anno></c>. + This is the same as + <c>{next_state,CurrentState,CurrentData,<anno>Actions</anno>}</c>. + </item> + </taglist> + <p> + All these terms are tuples or atoms and this property + will hold in any future version of <c>gen_statem</c>, + just in case you need such a promise. + </p> + </desc> + </datatype> + </datatypes> + + <funcs> + + <func> + <name name="start_link" arity="3" /> + <name name="start_link" arity="4" /> + <fsummary>Create a linked <c>gen_statem</c> process</fsummary> + <desc> + <p> + Creates a <c>gen_statem</c> process according + to OTP design principles + (using + <seealso marker="proc_lib"><c>proc_lib</c></seealso> + primitives) + that is linked to the calling process. + This is essential when the <c>gen_statem</c> shall be part of + a supervision tree so it gets linked to its supervisor. + </p> + <p> + The <c>gen_statem</c> process calls + <seealso marker="#Module:init/1"><c>Module:init/1</c></seealso> + to initialize the server. To ensure a synchronized start-up + procedure, <c>start_link/3,4</c> does not return until + <seealso marker="#Module:init/1"><c>Module:init/1</c></seealso> + has returned. + </p> + <p> + <c><anno>ServerName</anno></c> specifies the + <seealso marker="#type-server_name"> + <c>server_name()</c> + </seealso> + to register for the <c>gen_statem</c>. + If the <c>gen_statem</c> is started with <c>start_link/3</c> + no <c><anno>ServerName</anno></c> is provided and + the <c>gen_statem</c> is not registered. + </p> + <p><c><anno>Module</anno></c> is the name of the callback module.</p> + <p> + <c><anno>Args</anno></c> is an arbitrary term which is passed as + the argument to + <seealso marker="#Module:init/1"><c>Module:init/1</c></seealso>. + </p> + <p> + If the option <c>{timeout,Time}</c> is present in + <c><anno>Opts</anno></c>, the <c>gen_statem</c> + is allowed to spend <c>Time</c> milliseconds initializing + or it will be terminated and the start function will return + <seealso marker="#type-start_ret"><c>{error,timeout}</c></seealso>. + </p> + <p> + If the option + <seealso marker="#type-debug_opt"><c>{debug,Dbgs}</c></seealso> + is present in <c><anno>Opts</anno></c>, debugging through + <seealso marker="sys"><c>sys</c></seealso> is activated. + </p> + <p> + If the option <c>{spawn_opt,SpawnOpts}</c> is present in + <c><anno>Opts</anno></c>, <c>SpawnOpts</c> will be passed + as option list to + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#spawn_opt/2"><c>spawn_opt/2</c></seealso> + which is used to spawn the <c>gen_statem</c> process. + </p> + <note> + <p> + Using the spawn option <c>monitor</c> is currently not + allowed, but will cause this function to fail with reason + <c>badarg</c>. + </p> + </note> + <p> + If the <c>gen_statem</c> is successfully created + and initialized this function returns + <seealso marker="#type-start_ret"> + <c>{ok,Pid}</c>, + </seealso> + where <c>Pid</c> is the <c>pid()</c> + of the <c>gen_statem</c>. + If there already exists a process with the specified + <c><anno>ServerName</anno></c> this function returns + <seealso marker="#type-start_ret"><c>{error,{already_started,Pid}}</c></seealso>, + where <c>Pid</c> is the <c>pid()</c> of that process. + </p> + <p> + If <c>Module:init/1</c> fails with <c>Reason</c>, + this function returns + <seealso marker="#type-start_ret"><c>{error,Reason}</c></seealso>. + If <c>Module:init/1</c> returns + <seealso marker="#type-start_ret"> + <c>{stop,Reason}</c> + </seealso> + or + <seealso marker="#type-start_ret"><c>ignore</c></seealso>, + the process is terminated and this function + returns + <seealso marker="#type-start_ret"> + <c>{error,Reason}</c> + </seealso> + or + <seealso marker="#type-start_ret"><c>ignore</c></seealso>, + respectively. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + + + <func> + <name name="start" arity="3" /> + <name name="start" arity="4" /> + <fsummary>Create a stand-alone <c>gen_statem</c> process</fsummary> + <desc> + <p> + Creates a stand-alone <c>gen_statem</c> process according to + OTP design principles (using + <seealso marker="proc_lib"><c>proc_lib</c></seealso> + primitives). + Since it does not get linked to the calling process + this start function can not be used by a supervisor + to start a child. + </p> + <p> + See <seealso marker="#start_link/3"><c>start_link/3,4</c></seealso> + for a description of arguments and return values. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="stop" arity="1" /> + <fsummary>Synchronously stop a generic server</fsummary> + <desc> + <p> + The same as + <seealso marker="#stop/3"> + <c>stop(<anno>ServerRef</anno>, normal, infinity)</c>. + </seealso> + </p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> + <name name="stop" arity="3" /> + <fsummary>Synchronously stop a generic server</fsummary> + <desc> + <p> + Orders the <c>gen_statem</c> + <seealso marker="#type-server_ref"> + <c><anno>ServerRef</anno></c> + </seealso> + to exit with the given <c><anno>Reason</anno></c> + and waits for it to terminate. + The <c>gen_statem</c> will call + <seealso marker="#Module:terminate/3"> + <c>Module:terminate/3</c> + </seealso> + before exiting. + </p> + <p> + This function returns <c>ok</c> if the server terminates + with the expected reason. Any other reason than <c>normal</c>, + <c>shutdown</c>, or <c>{shutdown,Term}</c> will cause an + error report to be issued through + <seealso marker="kernel:error_logger#format/2"> + <c>error_logger:format/2</c>. + </seealso> + The default <c><anno>Reason</anno></c> is <c>normal</c>. + </p> + <p> + <c><anno>Timeout</anno></c> is an integer greater than zero + which specifies how many milliseconds to wait for the server to + terminate, or the atom <c>infinity</c> to wait indefinitely. + The default value is <c>infinity</c>. + If the server has not terminated within the specified time, + a <c>timeout</c> exception is raised. + </p> + <p> + If the process does not exist, a <c>noproc</c> exception + is raised. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="call" arity="2" /> + <name name="call" arity="3" /> + <fsummary>Make a synchronous call to a <c>gen_statem</c></fsummary> + <desc> + <p> + Makes a synchronous call to the <c>gen_statem</c> + <seealso marker="#type-server_ref"> + <c><anno>ServerRef</anno></c> + </seealso> + by sending a request + and waiting until its reply arrives. + The <c>gen_statem</c> will call the + <seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso> with + <seealso marker="#type-event_type"><c>event_type()</c></seealso> + <c>{call,From}</c> and event content + <c><anno>Request</anno></c>. + </p> + <p> + A <c><anno>Reply</anno></c> is generated when a + <seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso> + returns with + <c>{reply,From,<anno>Reply</anno>}</c> as one + <seealso marker="#type-action"><c>action()</c></seealso>, + and that <c><anno>Reply</anno></c> becomes the return value + of this function. + </p> + <p> + <c><anno>Timeout</anno></c> is an integer greater than zero + which specifies how many milliseconds to wait for a reply, + or the atom <c>infinity</c> to wait indefinitely, + which is the default. If no reply is received within + the specified time, the function call fails. + </p> + <note> + <p> + To avoid getting a late reply in the caller's + inbox this function spawns a proxy process that + does the call. A late reply gets delivered to the + dead proxy process hence gets discarded. This is + less efficient than using + <c><anno>Timeout</anno> =:= infinity</c>. + </p> + </note> + <p> + The call may fail for example if the <c>gen_statem</c> dies + before or during this function call. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="cast" arity="2" /> + <fsummary>Send an asynchronous event to a <c>gen_statem</c></fsummary> + <desc> + <p> + Sends an asynchronous event to the <c>gen_statem</c> + <seealso marker="#type-server_ref"> + <c><anno>ServerRef</anno></c> + </seealso> + and returns <c>ok</c> immediately, + ignoring if the destination node or <c>gen_statem</c> + does not exist. + The <c>gen_statem</c> will call the + <seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso> with + <seealso marker="#type-event_type"><c>event_type()</c></seealso> + <c>cast</c> and event content + <c><anno>Msg</anno></c>. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="reply" arity="1" /> + <name name="reply" arity="2" /> + <fsummary>Reply to a caller</fsummary> + <desc> + <p> + This function can be used by a <c>gen_statem</c> + to explicitly send a reply to a process that waits in + <seealso marker="#call/2"><c>call/2</c></seealso> + when the reply cannot be defined in + the return value of a + <seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso>. + </p> + <p> + <c><anno>From</anno></c> must be the term from the + <seealso marker="#type-event_type"> + <c>{call,<anno>From</anno>}</c> + </seealso> + argument to the + <seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso>. + <c><anno>From</anno></c> and <c><anno>Reply</anno></c> + can also be specified using a + <seealso marker="#type-reply_action"> + <c>reply_action()</c> + </seealso> + and multiple replies with a list of them. + </p> + <note> + <p> + A reply sent with this function will not be visible + in <seealso marker="sys"><c>sys</c></seealso> debug output. + </p> + </note> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name name="enter_loop" arity="5" /> + <fsummary>Enter the <c>gen_statem</c> receive loop</fsummary> + <desc> + <p> + The same as + <seealso marker="#enter_loop/7"><c>enter_loop/7</c></seealso> + except that no + <seealso marker="#type-server_name"> + <c>server_name()</c> + </seealso> + must have been registered. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> + <name name="enter_loop" arity="6" /> + <fsummary>Enter the <c>gen_statem</c> receive loop</fsummary> + <desc> + <p> + If <c><anno>Server_or_Actions</anno></c> is a <c>list()</c> + the same as + <seealso marker="#enter_loop/7"><c>enter_loop/7</c></seealso> + except that no + <seealso marker="#type-server_name"> + <c>server_name()</c> + </seealso> + must have been registered and + <c>Actions = <anno>Server_or_Actions</anno></c>. + </p> + <p> + Otherwise the same as + <seealso marker="#enter_loop/7"><c>enter_loop/7</c></seealso> + with + <c>Server = <anno>Server_or_Actions</anno></c> and + <c>Actions = []</c>. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> + <name name="enter_loop" arity="7" /> + <fsummary>Enter the <c>gen_statem</c> receive loop</fsummary> + <desc> + <p> + Makes an the calling process become a <c>gen_statem</c>. + Does not return, instead the calling process will enter + the <c>gen_statem</c> receive loop and become + a <c>gen_statem</c> server. + The process <em>must</em> have been started + using one of the start functions in + <seealso marker="proc_lib"><c>proc_lib</c></seealso>. + The user is responsible for any initialization of the process, + including registering a name for it. + </p> + <p> + This function is useful when a more complex initialization + procedure is needed than + the <c>gen_statem</c> behaviour provides. + </p> + <p> + <c><anno>Module</anno></c>, <c><anno>Opts</anno></c> and + <c><anno>Server</anno></c> have the same meanings + as when calling + <seealso marker="#start_link/3"> + <c>gen_statem:start[_link]/3,4</c>. + </seealso> + However, the + <seealso marker="#type-server_name"> + <c>server_name()</c> + </seealso> + name must have been registered accordingly + <em>before</em> this function is called.</p> + <p> + <c><anno>CallbackMode</anno></c>, <c><anno>State</anno></c>, + <c><anno>Data</anno></c> and <c><anno>Actions</anno></c> + have the same meanings as in the return value of + <seealso marker="#Module:init/1"><c>Module:init/1</c></seealso>. + Also, the callback module <c><anno>Module</anno></c> + does not need to export an <c>init/1</c> function. + </p> + <p> + Failure: If the calling process was not started by a + <seealso marker="proc_lib"><c>proc_lib</c></seealso> + start function, or if it is not registered + according to + <seealso marker="#type-server_name"><c>server_name()</c></seealso>. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + + </funcs> + + + + <section> + <title>CALLBACK FUNCTIONS</title> + <p> + The following functions should be exported from a + <c>gen_statem</c> callback module. + </p> + </section> + <funcs> + + <func> + <name>Module:init(Args) -> Result</name> + <fsummary>Initialize process and internal state</fsummary> + <type> + <v>Args = term()</v> + <v>Result = {CallbackMode,State,Data}</v> + <v> | {CallbackMode,State,Data,Actions}</v> + <v> | {stop,Reason} | ignore</v> + <v> + CallbackMode = + <seealso marker="#type-callback_mode">callback_mode()</seealso> + </v> + <v>State = <seealso marker="#type-state">state()</seealso></v> + <v> + Data = <seealso marker="#type-data">data()</seealso> + </v> + <v> + Actions = + [<seealso marker="#type-action">action()</seealso>] | + <seealso marker="#type-action">action()</seealso> + </v> + <v>Reason = term()</v> + </type> + <desc> + <marker id="Module:init-1" /> + <p> + Whenever a <c>gen_statem</c> is started using + <seealso marker="#start_link/3"><c>start_link/3,4</c></seealso> + or + <seealso marker="#start/3"><c>start/3,4</c></seealso>, + this function is called by the new process to initialize + the implementation state and server data. + </p> + <p> + <c>Args</c> is the <c>Args</c> argument provided to the start + function. + </p> + <p> + If the initialization is successful, the function should + return <c>{CallbackMode,State,Data}</c> or + <c>{CallbackMode,State,Data,Actions}</c>. + <c>CallbackMode</c> selects the + <seealso marker="#type-callback_mode"><em>callback mode</em></seealso>. + of the <c>gen_statem</c>. + <c>State</c> is the initial + <seealso marker="#type-state"><c>state()</c></seealso> + and <c>Data</c> the initial server + <seealso marker="#type-data"><c>data()</c></seealso>. + </p> + <p> + The <seealso marker="#type-action"><c>Actions</c></seealso> + are executed when entering the first + <seealso marker="#type-state">state</seealso> just as for a + <seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso>. + </p> + <p> + If something goes wrong during the initialization + the function should return <c>{stop,Reason}</c> + or <c>ignore</c>. See + <seealso marker="#start_link/3"><c>start_link/3,4</c></seealso>. + </p> + <p> + This function may use + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#throw/1"><c>throw/1</c></seealso> + to return <c>Result</c>. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name>Module:StateName(EventType, EventContent, Data) -> + StateFunctionResult + </name> + <name>Module:handle_event(EventType, EventContent, + State, Data) -> HandleEventResult + </name> + <fsummary>Handle an event</fsummary> + <type> + <v> + EventType = + <seealso marker="#type-event_type">event_type()</seealso> + </v> + <v>EventContent = term()</v> + <v> + State = + <seealso marker="#type-state">state()</seealso> + </v> + <v> + Data = NewData = + <seealso marker="#type-data">data()</seealso> + </v> + <v> + StateFunctionResult = + <seealso marker="#type-state_function_result"> + state_function_result() + </seealso> + </v> + <v> + HandleEventResult = + <seealso marker="#type-handle_event_result"> + handle_event_result() + </seealso> + </v> + </type> + <desc> + <p> + Whenever a <c>gen_statem</c> receives an event from + <seealso marker="#call/2"><c>call/2</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="#cast/2"><c>cast/2</c></seealso> or + as a normal process message one of these functions is called. If + <seealso marker="#type-callback_mode"><em>callback mode</em></seealso> + is <c>state_functions</c> then <c>Module:StateName/3</c> is called, + and if it is <c>handle_event_function</c> + then <c>Module:handle_event/4</c> is called. + </p> + <p> + If <c>EventType</c> is + <seealso marker="#type-event_type"><c>{call,From}</c></seealso> + the caller is waiting for a reply. The reply can be sent + from this or from any other + <seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso> + by returning with <c>{reply,From,Reply}</c> in + <seealso marker="#type-action"><c>Actions</c></seealso>, in + <seealso marker="#type-reply_action"><c>Replies</c></seealso> + or by calling + <seealso marker="#reply/2"><c>reply(From, Reply)</c></seealso>. + </p> + <p> + If this function returns with a next state that + does not match equal (<c>=/=</c>) to the current state + all postponed events will be retried in the next state. + </p> + <p> + The only difference between <c>StateFunctionResult</c> and + <c>HandleEventResult</c> is that for <c>StateFunctionResult</c> + the next state has to be an atom but for <c>HandleEventResult</c> + there is no restriction on the next state. + </p> + <p> + See <seealso marker="#type-action"><c>action()</c></seealso> + for options that can be set and actions that can be done + by <c>gen_statem</c> after returning from this function. + </p> + <p> + These functions may use + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#throw/1"><c>throw/1</c></seealso>, + to return the result. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name>Module:terminate(Reason, State, Data) -> Ignored</name> + <fsummary>Clean up before termination</fsummary> + <type> + <v>Reason = normal | shutdown | {shutdown,term()} | term()</v> + <v>State = <seealso marker="#type-state">state()</seealso></v> + <v>Data = <seealso marker="#type-data">data()</seealso></v> + <v>Ignored = term()</v> + </type> + <desc> + <p> + This function is called by a <c>gen_statem</c> + when it is about to terminate. It should be the opposite of + <seealso marker="#Module:init/1"><c>Module:init/1</c></seealso> + and do any necessary cleaning up. When it returns, + the <c>gen_statem</c> terminates with <c>Reason</c>. The return + value is ignored.</p> + <p> + <c>Reason</c> is a term denoting the stop reason and + <seealso marker="#type-state"><c>State</c></seealso> + is the internal state of the <c>gen_statem</c>. + </p> + <p> + <c>Reason</c> depends on why the <c>gen_statem</c> + is terminating. + If it is because another callback function has returned a + stop tuple <c>{stop,Reason}</c> in + <seealso marker="#type-action"><c>Actions</c></seealso>, + <c>Reason</c> will have the value specified in that tuple. + If it is due to a failure, <c>Reason</c> is the error reason. + </p> + <p> + If the <c>gen_statem</c> is part of a supervision tree and is + ordered by its supervisor to terminate, this function will be + called with <c>Reason = shutdown</c> if the following + conditions apply:</p> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + the <c>gen_statem</c> has been set + to trap exit signals, and + </item> + <item> + the shutdown strategy as defined in the supervisor's + child specification is an integer timeout value, not + <c>brutal_kill</c>. + </item> + </list> + <p> + Even if the <c>gen_statem</c> is <em>not</em> + part of a supervision tree, this function will be called + if it receives an <c>'EXIT'</c> message from its parent. + <c>Reason</c> will be the same as + in the <c>'EXIT'</c> message. + </p> + <p> + Otherwise, the <c>gen_statem</c> will be immediately terminated. + </p> + <p> + Note that for any other reason than <c>normal</c>, + <c>shutdown</c>, or <c>{shutdown,Term}</c> + the <c>gen_statem</c> is assumed to terminate due to an error + and an error report is issued using + <seealso marker="kernel:error_logger#format/2"> + <c>error_logger:format/2</c>. + </seealso> + </p> + <p> + This function may use + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#throw/1"><c>throw/1</c></seealso> + to return <c>Ignored</c>, which is ignored anyway. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name>Module:code_change(OldVsn, OldState, OldData, Extra) -> + Result + </name> + <fsummary>Update the internal state during upgrade/downgrade</fsummary> + <type> + <v>OldVsn = Vsn | {down,Vsn}</v> + <v> Vsn = term()</v> + <v>OldState = NewState = term()</v> + <v>Extra = term()</v> + <v>Result = {NewCallbackMode,NewState,NewData} | Reason</v> + <v> + NewCallbackMode = + <seealso marker="#type-callback_mode">callback_mode()</seealso> + </v> + <v> + OldState = NewState = + <seealso marker="#type-state">state()</seealso> + </v> + <v> + OldData = NewData = + <seealso marker="#type-data">data()</seealso> + </v> + <v>Reason = term()</v> + </type> + <desc> + <p> + This function is called by a <c>gen_statem</c> when it should + update its internal state during a release upgrade/downgrade, + that is when the instruction <c>{update,Module,Change,...}</c> + where <c>Change={advanced,Extra}</c> is given in the + <seealso marker="sasl:appup"><c>appup</c></seealso> + file. See + <seealso marker="doc/design_principles:release_handling#instr"> + OTP Design Principles + </seealso> + for more information. + </p> + <p> + In the case of an upgrade, <c>OldVsn</c> is <c>Vsn</c>, and + in the case of a downgrade, <c>OldVsn</c> is + <c>{down,Vsn}</c>. <c>Vsn</c> is defined by the <c>vsn</c> + attribute(s) of the old version of the callback module + <c>Module</c>. If no such attribute is defined, the version + is the checksum of the BEAM file. + </p> + <note> + <p> + If you would dare to change + <seealso marker="#type-callback_mode"> + <em>callback mode</em> + </seealso> + during release upgrade/downgrade, the upgrade is no problem + since the new code surely knows what <em>callback mode</em> + it needs, but for a downgrade this function will have to + know from the <c>Extra</c> argument that comes from the + <seealso marker="sasl:appup"><c>appup</c></seealso> + file what <em>callback mode</em> the old code did use. + It may also be possible to figure this out + from the <c>{down,Vsn}</c> argument since <c>Vsn</c> + in effect defines the old callback module version. + </p> + </note> + <p> + <c>OldState</c> and <c>OldData</c> is the internal state + of the <c>gen_statem</c>. + </p> + <p> + <c>Extra</c> is passed as-is from the <c>{advanced,Extra}</c> + part of the update instruction. + </p> + <p> + If successful, the function shall return the updated + internal state in an + <c>{NewCallbackMode,NewState,NewData}</c> tuple. + </p> + <p> + If the function returns <c>Reason</c>, the ongoing + upgrade will fail and roll back to the old release.</p> + <p> + This function may use + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#throw/1"><c>throw/1</c></seealso> + to return <c>Result</c> or <c>Reason</c>. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> + <name>Module:format_status(Opt, [PDict,State,Data]) -> + Status + </name> + <fsummary>Optional function for providing a term describing the + current <c>gen_statem</c> status</fsummary> + <type> + <v>Opt = normal | terminate</v> + <v>PDict = [{Key, Value}]</v> + <v> + State = + <seealso marker="#type-state">state()</seealso> + </v> + <v> + Data = + <seealso marker="#type-data">data()</seealso> + </v> + <v>Key = term()</v> + <v>Value = term()</v> + <v>Status = term()</v> + </type> + <desc> + <note> + <p> + This callback is optional, so a callback module need not + export it. The <c>gen_statem</c> module provides a default + implementation of this function that returns + <c>{State,Data}</c>. If this callback fails the default + function will return <c>{State,Info}</c> + where <c>Info</c> informs of the crash but no details, + to hide possibly sensitive data. + </p> + </note> + <p>This function is called by a <c>gen_statem</c> process when:</p> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + One of + <seealso marker="sys#get_status/1"> + <c>sys:get_status/1,2</c> + </seealso> + is invoked to get the <c>gen_statem</c> status. <c>Opt</c> is set + to the atom <c>normal</c> for this case. + </item> + <item> + The <c>gen_statem</c> terminates abnormally and logs an error. + <c>Opt</c> is set to the atom <c>terminate</c> for this case. + </item> + </list> + <p> + This function is useful for customising the form and + appearance of the <c>gen_statem</c> status for these cases. A + callback module wishing to customise the + <seealso marker="sys#get_status/1"> + <c>sys:get_status/1,2</c> + </seealso> + return value as well as how + its status appears in termination error logs exports an + instance of <c>format_status/2</c> that returns a term + describing the current status of the <c>gen_statem</c>. + </p> + <p> + <c>PDict</c> is the current value of the <c>gen_statem</c>'s + process dictionary. + </p> + <p> + <seealso marker="#type-state"><c>State</c></seealso> + is the internal state of the <c>gen_statem</c>. + </p> + <p> + <seealso marker="#type-data"><c>Data</c></seealso> + is the internal server data of the <c>gen_statem</c>. + </p> + <p> + The function should return <c>Status</c>, a term that + customises the details of the current state and status of + the <c>gen_statem</c>. There are no restrictions on the + form <c>Status</c> can take, but for the + <seealso marker="sys#get_status/1"> + <c>sys:get_status/1,2</c> + </seealso> + case (when <c>Opt</c> + is <c>normal</c>), the recommended form for + the <c>Status</c> value is <c>[{data, [{"State", + Term}]}]</c> where <c>Term</c> provides relevant details of + the <c>gen_statem</c> state. Following this recommendation isn't + required, but doing so will make the callback module status + consistent with the rest of the + <seealso marker="sys#get_status/1"> + <c>sys:get_status/1,2</c> + </seealso> + return value. + </p> + <p> + One use for this function is to return compact alternative + state representations to avoid having large state terms + printed in logfiles. Another is to hide sensitive data from + being written to the error log. + </p> + <p> + This function may use + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#throw/1"><c>throw/1</c></seealso> + to return <c>Status</c>. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + + </funcs> + + <section> + <title>SEE ALSO</title> + <p><seealso marker="gen_event"><c>gen_event(3)</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="gen_fsm"><c>gen_fsm(3)</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="gen_server"><c>gen_server(3)</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="supervisor"><c>supervisor(3)</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="proc_lib"><c>proc_lib(3)</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="sys"><c>sys(3)</c></seealso></p> + </section> +</erlref> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml index edf3c51b4c..9ae50ed90c 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ <func> <name name="get_chars" arity="2"/> <name name="get_chars" arity="3"/> - <type name="server_no_data"/> <fsummary>Read a specified number of characters</fsummary> + <type name="server_no_data"/> <desc> <p>Reads <c><anno>Count</anno></c> characters from standard input (<c><anno>IoDevice</anno></c>), prompting it with <c><anno>Prompt</anno></c>. It @@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ <func> <name name="get_line" arity="1"/> <name name="get_line" arity="2"/> - <type name="server_no_data"/> <fsummary>Read a line</fsummary> + <type name="server_no_data"/> <desc> <p>Reads a line from the standard input (<c><anno>IoDevice</anno></c>), prompting it with <c><anno>Prompt</anno></c>. It returns:</p> @@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ <func> <name name="read" arity="1"/> <name name="read" arity="2"/> - <type name="server_no_data"/> <fsummary>Read a term</fsummary> + <type name="server_no_data"/> <desc> <p>Reads a term <c><anno>Term</anno></c> from the standard input (<c><anno>IoDevice</anno></c>), prompting it with <c><anno>Prompt</anno></c>. It @@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ <func> <name name="read" arity="3"/> <name name="read" arity="4"/> - <type name="server_no_data"/> <fsummary>Read a term</fsummary> + <type name="server_no_data"/> <desc> <p>Reads a term <c><anno>Term</anno></c> from <c><anno>IoDevice</anno></c>, prompting it with <c><anno>Prompt</anno></c>. Reading starts at location @@ -698,8 +698,8 @@ ok <func> <name name="fread" arity="2"/> <name name="fread" arity="3"/> - <type name="server_no_data"/> <fsummary>Read formatted input</fsummary> + <type name="server_no_data"/> <desc> <p>Reads characters from the standard input (<c><anno>IoDevice</anno></c>), prompting it with <c><anno>Prompt</anno></c>. Interprets the characters in @@ -870,8 +870,8 @@ enter><input>:</input> <input>alan</input> <input>:</input> <input>joe</in <name name="scan_erl_exprs" arity="2"/> <name name="scan_erl_exprs" arity="3"/> <name name="scan_erl_exprs" arity="4"/> - <type name="server_no_data"/> <fsummary>Read and tokenize Erlang expressions</fsummary> + <type name="server_no_data"/> <desc> <p>Reads data from the standard input (<c>IoDevice</c>), prompting it with <c>Prompt</c>. Reading starts at location @@ -919,8 +919,8 @@ enter><input>1.0er.</input> <name name="scan_erl_form" arity="2"/> <name name="scan_erl_form" arity="3"/> <name name="scan_erl_form" arity="4"/> - <type name="server_no_data"/> <fsummary>Read and tokenize an Erlang form</fsummary> + <type name="server_no_data"/> <desc> <p>Reads data from the standard input (<c><anno>IoDevice</anno></c>), prompting it with <c><anno>Prompt</anno></c>. Starts reading @@ -939,9 +939,9 @@ enter><input>1.0er.</input> <name name="parse_erl_exprs" arity="2"/> <name name="parse_erl_exprs" arity="3"/> <name name="parse_erl_exprs" arity="4"/> + <fsummary>Read, tokenize and parse Erlang expressions</fsummary> <type name="parse_ret"/> <type name="server_no_data"/> - <fsummary>Read, tokenize and parse Erlang expressions</fsummary> <desc> <p>Reads data from the standard input (<c><anno>IoDevice</anno></c>), prompting it with @@ -990,9 +990,9 @@ enter><input>abc("hey".</input> <name name="parse_erl_form" arity="2"/> <name name="parse_erl_form" arity="3"/> <name name="parse_erl_form" arity="4"/> + <fsummary>Read, tokenize and parse an Erlang form</fsummary> <type name="parse_form_ret"/> <type name="server_no_data"/> - <fsummary>Read, tokenize and parse an Erlang form</fsummary> <desc> <p>Reads data from the standard input (<c><anno>IoDevice</anno></c>), prompting it with <c><anno>Prompt</anno></c>. Starts reading at diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_lib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_lib.xml index cd58090dcd..b22ec15a0c 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_lib.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_lib.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2014</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_protocol.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_protocol.xml index 170dab17ca..f2a669a49a 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_protocol.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_protocol.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>1999</year> - <year>2013</year> + <year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml index f4dddf646d..ac41987eaf 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lists.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lists.xml index 46edd9fe16..a8435efc6f 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lists.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lists.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ flatmap(Fun, List1) -> </func> <func> <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_desc variable="N">1..tuple_size(<anno>Tuple</anno>)</type_desc> <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>. @@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ flatmap(Fun, List1) -> </func> <func> <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_desc variable="N">1..tuple_size(<anno>Tuple</anno>)</type_desc> <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 @@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ flatmap(Fun, List1) -> </func> <func> <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_desc variable="N">1..tuple_size(<anno>Tuple</anno>)</type_desc> <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>. diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/log_mf_h.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/log_mf_h.xml index eccda516ba..65622e52f5 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/log_mf_h.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/log_mf_h.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>1996</year> - <year>2013</year> + <year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml index 48c1abc2f8..0f58f19421 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2013</year><year>2014</year> + <year>2013</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/math.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/math.xml index 31e838d741..38084638f6 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>2013</year> + <year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ <name name="log10" arity="1"/> <name name="pow" arity="2"/> <name name="sqrt" arity="1"/> + <fsummary>Diverse math functions</fsummary> <type variable="X" name_i="7"/> <type variable="Y" name_i="7"/> - <fsummary>Diverse math functions</fsummary> <desc> <p>A collection of math functions which return floats. Arguments are numbers. </p> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ms_transform.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ms_transform.xml index 22cb39c576..84712486ea 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ms_transform.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ms_transform.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2002</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2002</year><year>2016</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 514ac37d90..87f5335723 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>2013</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -31,6 +31,219 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the STDLIB application.</p> +<section><title>STDLIB 2.8</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix evaluation in matching of bound map key variables in + the interpreter.</p> + <p> + Prior to this patch, the following code would not + evaluate: <c>X = key,(fun(#{X := value}) -> true + end)(#{X => value})</c></p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13218</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Fix <c>erl_eval</c> not using non-local function + handler. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13228 Aux Id: ERL-32 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The Erlang Code Linter no longer crashes if there is + a <c>-deprecated()</c> attribute but no <c>-module()</c> + declaration. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13230 Aux Id: ERL-62 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The timestamp in the result returned by <c>dets:info(Tab, + safe_fixed)</c> was unintentionally broken as a result of + the time API rewrites in OTP 18.0. This has now been + fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13239 Aux Id: OTP-11997 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>A rare race condition in <c>beam_lib</c> when using + encrypted abstract format has been eliminated.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13278</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Improved maps:with/2 and maps:without/2 algorithms</p> + <p> + The new implementation speeds up the execution + significantly for all sizes of input.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13376</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Time warp safety improvements.</p> + <p> + Introduced the options <c>monotonic_timestamp</c>, and + <c>strict_monotonic_timestamp</c> to the trace, + sequential trace, and system profile functionality. This + since the already existing <c>timestamp</c> option is not + time warp safe.</p> + <p> + Introduced the option <c>safe_fixed_monotonic_time</c> to + <c>ets:info/2</c> and <c>dets:info/2</c>. This since the + already existing <c>safe_fixed</c> option is not time + warp safe.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13222 Aux Id: OTP-11997 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + In the shell Ctrl+W (delete word) will no longer consider + "." as being part of a word.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13281</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>STDLIB 2.7</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>The Erlang Pretty Printer uses <c>::</c> for function + type constraints.</p> <p>A bug concerning pretty printing + of annotated type union elements in map pair types has + been fixed.</p> <p>Some minor issues regarding the + documentation of types and specs have been corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13084</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The shell command <c>rp</c> prints strings as lists + of integers if pretty printing of lists is set to + <c>false</c>. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13145</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The shell would crash if a bit syntax expression with + conflicting types were given (e.g. if a field type was + given as '<c>integer-binary</c>'). (Thanks to Aleksei + Magusev for reporting this bug.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13157</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The <c>rand:export_seed/0</c> would never return + '<c>undefined</c>' even if no seed has previously been + created. Fixed to return '<c>undefined</c>' if there is + no seed in the process dictionary.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13162</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Add support for the Delete, Home and End keys in the + Erlang shell.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13032</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>beam_lib:all_chunks/1</c> and + <c>beam_lib:build_module/1</c> have been documented.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13063</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>STDLIB 2.6</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> In OTP 18.0, <c>qlc</c> does not handle syntax errors + well. This bug has been fixed. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12946</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Optimize zip:unzip/2 when uncompressing to memory.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12950</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The <c>stdlib</c> reference manual is updated to show + correct information about the return value of + <c>gen_fsm:reply/2</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12973</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>re:split2,3 and re:replace/3,4 now correctly handles + pre-compiled patterns that have been compiled using the + '<c>unicode</c>' option.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12977</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Export <c>shell:catch_exception/1</c> as documented.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12990</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>A mechanism for limiting the amount of text that the + built-in error logger events will produce has been + introduced. It is useful for limiting both the size of + log files and the CPU time used to produce them.</p> + <p>This mechanism is experimental in the sense that it + may be changed if it turns out that it does not solve the + problem it is supposed to solve. In that case, there may + be backward incompatible improvements to this + mechanism.</p> + <p>See the documentation for the config parameter + <c>error_logger_format_depth</c> in the Kernel + application for information about how to turn on this + feature.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12864</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>STDLIB 2.5</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> @@ -89,8 +302,9 @@ Correct <c>maps</c> module error exceptions </p> <p> Bad input to maps module function will now yield the - following exceptions: <list> <item>{badmap,NotMap} - or,</item> <item>badarg</item> </list></p> + following exceptions:</p> + <list> <item>{badmap, NotMap}, or </item> <item>badarg.</item> + </list> <p> Own Id: OTP-12657</p> </item> @@ -188,12 +402,11 @@ <p> <c>proc_lib:stop/1,3</c> is used by the following functions:</p> - <p> <list> <item><c>gen_server:stop/1,3</c> (new)</item> <item><c>gen_fsm:stop/1,3</c> (new)</item> <item><c>gen_event:stop/1,3</c> (modified to be synchronous)</item> <item><c>wx_object:stop/1,3</c> - (new)</item> </list></p> + (new)</item> </list> <p> Own Id: OTP-11173 Aux Id: seq12353 </p> </item> @@ -800,8 +1013,7 @@ also implemented by the generic behaviours <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_event</c> and <c>gen_fsm</c>.</p> <p> - The potential incompatibility refers to</p> - <p> + The potential incompatibility refers to:</p> <list> <item>The previous behaviour of intercepting the system message and passing a tuple of size 2 as the last argument to <c>sys:handle_system_msg/6</c> is no longer @@ -809,7 +1021,7 @@ <c>StateFun</c> in <c>sys:replace_state/2,3</c> fails is changed from being totally silent to possibly (if the callback module does not catch) throw an exception in the - client process.</item> </list></p> + client process.</item> </list> <p> (Thanks to James Fish and Steve Vinoski)</p> <p> @@ -971,22 +1183,28 @@ <p> EEP43: New data type - Maps</p> <p> - With Maps you may for instance: <taglist> <item><c>M0 = - #{ a => 1, b => 2}, % create - associations</c></item> <item><c>M1 = M0#{ a := 10 }, % - update values</c></item> <item><c>M2 = M1#{ "hi" => - "hello"}, % add new associations</c></item> <item><c>#{ - "hi" := V1, a := V2, b := V3} = M2. % match keys with - values</c></item> </taglist></p> + With Maps you may for instance:</p> + <taglist> + <tag/> <item><c>M0 = #{ a => 1, b => 2}, % create + associations</c></item> + <tag/><item><c>M1 = M0#{ a := 10 }, % update values</c></item> + <tag/><item><c>M2 = M1#{ "hi" => + "hello"}, % add new associations</c></item> + <tag/><item><c>#{ "hi" := V1, a := V2, b := V3} = M2. + % match keys with values</c></item> + </taglist> <p> For information on how to use Maps please see Map Expressions in the <seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:expressions#map_expressions"> Reference Manual</seealso>.</p> <p> The current implementation is without the following - features: <taglist> <item>No variable keys</item> - <item>No single value access</item> <item>No map - comprehensions</item> </taglist></p> + features:</p> + <taglist> + <tag/><item>No variable keys</item> + <tag/><item>No single value access</item> + <tag/><item>No map comprehensions</item> + </taglist> <p> Note that Maps is <em>experimental</em> during OTP 17.0.</p> <p> @@ -1737,13 +1955,15 @@ supervisor or for the problematic child.</p> <p> This introduces some incompatibilities in stdlib due to - new return values from supervisor: <list> + new return values from supervisor:</p> + <list> <item>restart_child/2 can now return {error,restarting}</item> <item>delete_child/2 can now return {error,restarting}</item> <item>which_children/1 returns a list of {Id,Child,Type,Mods}, where Child, in addition to the old pid() or 'undefined', now also can be - 'restarting'.</item> </list></p> + 'restarting'.</item> + </list> <p> *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> <p> @@ -1759,10 +1979,10 @@ Own Id: OTP-9782 Aux Id: seq11964 </p> </item> <item> - <p> Use universal time as base in error logger + <p> Use universal time as base in error logger</p> <p> Previous conversion used the deprecated - calendar:local_time_to_universal_time/1 </p></p> + calendar:local_time_to_universal_time/1 </p> <p> Own Id: OTP-9854</p> </item> @@ -2519,10 +2739,10 @@ Own Id: OTP-8989 Aux Id: seq11741 </p> </item> <item> - <p>Fix exception generation in the io module + <p>Fix exception generation in the io module</p> <p> Some functions did not generate correct badarg exception - on a badarg exception.</p></p> + on a badarg exception.</p> <p> Own Id: OTP-9045</p> </item> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes_history.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes_history.xml index 25641fdf3a..efcb5ac7df 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes_history.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes_history.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2006</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2006</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ordsets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ordsets.xml index 639e041d79..0d5d618b66 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ordsets.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ordsets.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/part.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/part.xml index f7074d3404..15b7bd4a1d 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/part.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/part.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>1996</year> - <year>2013</year> + <year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/part_notes.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/part_notes.xml index 6ceead1af5..461de749dd 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/part_notes.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/part_notes.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <part xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <header> <copyright> - <year>2004</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/part_notes_history.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/part_notes_history.xml index 36792b12e1..8fd048a41e 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/part_notes_history.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/part_notes_history.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>2006</year> - <year>2013</year> + <year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/pool.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/pool.xml index e9c574038c..d217d071da 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/pool.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/pool.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</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 86ade8840f..245580b1ba 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>2014</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ <p>This module is used to start processes adhering to the <seealso marker="doc/design_principles:des_princ">OTP Design Principles</seealso>. Specifically, the functions in this module are used by the OTP standard behaviors (<c>gen_server</c>, - <c>gen_fsm</c>, ...) when starting new processes. The functions - can also be used to start <em>special processes</em>, user - defined processes which comply to the OTP design principles. See + <c>gen_fsm</c>, <c>gen_statem</c>, ...) when starting new processes. + The functions can also be used to start <em>special processes</em>, + user defined processes which comply to the OTP design principles. See <seealso marker="doc/design_principles:spec_proc">Sys and Proc_Lib</seealso> in OTP Design Principles for an example.</p> <p>Some useful information is initialized when a process starts. The registered names, or the process identifiers, of the parent @@ -227,6 +227,17 @@ init(Parent) -> </desc> </func> <func> + <name name="format" arity="3"/> + <fsummary>Format a crash report.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>This function can be used by a user defined event handler to + format a crash report. When <anno>Depth</anno> is given as an + positive integer, it will be used in the format string to + limit the output as follows: <c>io_lib:format("~P", + [Term,<anno>Depth</anno>])</c>.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name name="initial_call" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Extract the initial call of a <c>proc_lib</c>spawned process.</fsummary> <desc> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proplists.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proplists.xml index de4fbd3a7f..832df9556a 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>2013</year> + <year>2002</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/qlc.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/qlc.xml index 8101b6458c..2966e94ec1 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/qlc.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/qlc.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2004</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/queue.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/queue.xml index c1665a1ed4..e1a96f5c65 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/queue.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/queue.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2014</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml index e7d4728ef7..50057259c6 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ strong. If a strong cryptographic random number generator is needed, use one of functions in the <seealso marker="crypto:crypto">crypto</seealso> - module, for example <c>crypto:rand_bytes/1</c>.</p></note> + module, for example <c>crypto:strong_rand_bytes/1</c>.</p></note> </description> <datatypes> <datatype> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml index 91a4012ce9..dea4e43c95 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ tuple of three integers.</p> <p>It should be noted that this random number generator is not cryptographically strong. If a strong cryptographic random number generator is needed for - example <c>crypto:rand_bytes/1</c> could be used instead.</p> + example <c>crypto:strong_rand_bytes/1</c> could be used instead.</p> <note><p>The new and improved <seealso marker="stdlib:rand">rand</seealso> module should be used instead of this module.</p></note> @@ -76,9 +76,15 @@ dictionary, and returns the old state.</p> <p>One easy way of obtaining a unique value to seed with is to:</p> <code type="none"> - random:seed(<seealso marker="erts:erlang#phash2/1">erlang:phash2</seealso>([<seealso marker="erts:erlang#node/0">node()</seealso>]), - <seealso marker="erts:erlang#monotonic_time/0">erlang:monotonic_time()</seealso>, - <seealso marker="erts:erlang#unique_integer/0">erlang:unique_integer()</seealso>)</code> +random:seed(erlang:phash2([node()]), + erlang:monotonic_time(), + erlang:unique_integer())</code> + <p>See <seealso marker="erts:erlang#phash2/1"> + erlang:phash2/1</seealso>, <seealso marker="erts:erlang#node/0"> + node/0</seealso>, <seealso marker="erts:erlang#monotonic_time/0"> + erlang:monotonic_time/0</seealso>, and + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#unique_integer/0"> + erlang:unique_integer/0</seealso>) for details.</p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -142,7 +148,7 @@ <p>The implementation changed in R15. Upgrading to R15 will break applications that expect a specific output for a given seed. The output is still deterministic number series, but different compared to releases - older than R15. The seed <c>{0,0,0}</c> will for example no longer + older than R15. The seed <c>{0,0,0}</c> will, for example, no longer produce a flawed series of only zeros.</p> </section> </erlref> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/re.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/re.xml index 46b382a6be..fda79d51d5 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>2013</year> + <year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ This option makes it possible to include comments inside complicated patterns. N </func> <func> <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_desc variable="CompileOpt">See <seealso marker="#compile_options">compile/2</seealso> above.</type_desc> <desc> <p>Executes a regexp matching, returning <c>match/{match, @@ -881,11 +881,11 @@ nomatch </desc> </func> </funcs> - - <marker id="regexp_syntax"></marker> + <section> <title>PERL LIKE REGULAR EXPRESSIONS SYNTAX</title> - <p>The following sections contain reference material for the + <p><marker id="regexp_syntax"></marker> + The following sections contain reference material for the regular expressions used by this module. The regular expression reference is based on the PCRE documentation, with changes in cases where the re module behaves differently to the PCRE library.</p> @@ -2070,7 +2070,7 @@ supported, and an error is given if they are encountered.</p> <p>By default, in UTF modes, characters with values greater than 255 do not match any of the POSIX character classes. However, if the PCRE_UCP option is passed -to <b>pcre_compile()</b>, some of the classes are changed so that Unicode +to <em>pcre_compile()</em>, some of the classes are changed so that Unicode character properties are used. This is achieved by replacing the POSIX classes by other sequences, as follows:</p> @@ -2078,10 +2078,10 @@ by other sequences, as follows:</p> <tag>[:alnum:]</tag> <item>becomes <em>\p{Xan}</em></item> <tag>[:alpha:]</tag> <item>becomes <em>\p{L}</em></item> <tag>[:blank:]</tag> <item>becomes <em>\h</em></item> - <tag>[:digit:</tag>] <item>becomes <em>\p{Nd}</em></item> + <tag>[:digit:]</tag> <item>becomes <em>\p{Nd}</em></item> <tag>[:lower:]</tag> <item>becomes <em>\p{Ll}</em></item> <tag>[:space:]</tag> <item>becomes <em>\p{Xps}</em></item> - <tag>[:upper:</tag>] <item>becomes <em>\p{Lu}</em></item> + <tag>[:upper:]</tag> <item>becomes <em>\p{Lu}</em></item> <tag>[:word:]</tag> <item>becomes <em>\p{Xwd}</em></item> </taglist> @@ -3059,7 +3059,7 @@ default newline convention is in force:</p> <quote><p> abc #comment \n still comment</p></quote> -<p>On encountering the # character, <b>pcre_compile()</b> skips along, looking for +<p>On encountering the # character, <em>pcre_compile()</em> skips along, looking for a newline in the pattern. The sequence \n is still literal at this stage, so it does not terminate the comment. Only an actual character with the code value 0x0a (the default newline) does so.</p> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ref_man.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ref_man.xml index 82ad78e675..404873ea32 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ref_man.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ref_man.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <application xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2015</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ <xi:include href="gen_event.xml"/> <xi:include href="gen_fsm.xml"/> <xi:include href="gen_server.xml"/> + <xi:include href="gen_statem.xml"/> <xi:include href="io.xml"/> <xi:include href="io_lib.xml"/> <xi:include href="lib.xml"/> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell.xml index 22a3321298..65c441203c 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell_default.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell_default.xml index 51cd3b62d3..4a90b7d7cc 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell_default.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell_default.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>1996</year> - <year>2013</year> + <year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml index 8c16cbf5b1..244822568b 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sofs.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sofs.xml index 5d7648d9a1..cf0855bc85 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sofs.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sofs.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2001</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2001</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -398,8 +398,9 @@ fun(S) -> sofs:partition(1, S) end </datatype> <datatype> <!-- Parameterized opaque types are NYI: --> - <name><marker id="type-tuple_of">tuple_of(T)</marker></name> - <desc><p>A tuple where the elements are of type <c>T</c>.</p></desc> + <name>tuple_of(T)</name> + <desc><p><marker id="type-tuple_of"/> + A tuple where the elements are of type <c>T</c>.</p></desc> </datatype> </datatypes> <funcs> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/specs.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/specs.xml index 0418bf7b22..45b207b13d 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/specs.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/specs.xml @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ <xi:include href="../specs/specs_gen_event.xml"/> <xi:include href="../specs/specs_gen_fsm.xml"/> <xi:include href="../specs/specs_gen_server.xml"/> + <xi:include href="../specs/specs_gen_statem.xml"/> <xi:include href="../specs/specs_io.xml"/> <xi:include href="../specs/specs_io_lib.xml"/> <xi:include href="../specs/specs_lib.xml"/> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/stdlib_app.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/stdlib_app.xml index 43bcad9098..5508be9c5d 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/stdlib_app.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/stdlib_app.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <appref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2005</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2005</year><year>2016</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 d64db6c7ee..a9ecb60244 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>2014</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</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 f08b752998..29e5a732d5 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>2014</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ <p>A behaviour module for implementing a supervisor, a process which supervises other processes called child processes. A child process can either be another supervisor or a worker process. - Worker processes are normally implemented using one of - the <c>gen_event</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c>, or <c>gen_server</c> + Worker processes are normally implemented using one of the + <c>gen_event</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c>, <c>gen_statem</c> or <c>gen_server</c> behaviours. A supervisor implemented using this module will have a standard set of interface functions and include functionality for tracing and error reporting. Supervisors are used to build a @@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ <p><c>modules</c> is used by the release handler during code replacement to determine which processes are using a certain module. As a rule of thumb, if the child process is a - <c>supervisor</c>, <c>gen_server</c>, or <c>gen_fsm</c>, + <c>supervisor</c>, <c>gen_server</c>, + <c>gen_fsm</c> or <c>gen_statem</c> this should be a list with one element <c>[Module]</c>, where <c>Module</c> is the callback module. If the child process is an event manager (<c>gen_event</c>) with a @@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ <desc> <p>Dynamically adds a child specification to the supervisor <c><anno>SupRef</anno></c> which starts the corresponding child process.</p> - <p><marker id="SupRef"><c><anno>SupRef</anno></c></marker> can be:</p> + <p><marker id="SupRef"/><c><anno>SupRef</anno></c> can be:</p> <list type="bulleted"> <item>the pid,</item> <item><c>Name</c>, if the supervisor is locally registered,</item> @@ -543,7 +544,10 @@ </item> <item> <p><c>active</c> - the count of all actively running child processes - managed by this supervisor.</p> + managed by this supervisor. In the case of <c>simple_one_for_one</c> + supervisors, no check is carried out to ensure that each child process + is still alive, though the result provided here is likely to be very + accurate unless the supervisor is heavily overloaded.</p> </item> <item> <p><c>supervisors</c> - the count of all children marked as @@ -633,6 +637,7 @@ <title>SEE ALSO</title> <p><seealso marker="gen_event">gen_event(3)</seealso>, <seealso marker="gen_fsm">gen_fsm(3)</seealso>, + <seealso marker="gen_statem">gen_statem(3)</seealso>, <seealso marker="gen_server">gen_server(3)</seealso>, <seealso marker="sys">sys(3)</seealso></p> </section> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor_bridge.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor_bridge.xml index d356b4b57e..e40c8bbd6f 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor_bridge.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor_bridge.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>1996</year> - <year>2013</year> + <year>2016</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 6ec515849e..2255395f46 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>2014</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -217,14 +217,18 @@ processes. For example, a <c>gen_server</c> process returns the callback module's state, a <c>gen_fsm</c> process returns information such as its current state name and state data, - and a <c>gen_event</c> process returns information about each of its + a <c>gen_statem</c> process returns information about + its current state and data, and a <c>gen_event</c> process + returns information about each of its registered handlers. Callback modules for <c>gen_server</c>, - <c>gen_fsm</c>, and <c>gen_event</c> can also customise the value + <c>gen_fsm</c>, <c>gen_statem</c> and <c>gen_event</c> + can also customise the value of <c><anno>Misc</anno></c> by exporting a <c>format_status/2</c> function that contributes module-specific information; - see <seealso marker="gen_server#Module:format_status/2">gen_server:format_status/2</seealso>, - <seealso marker="gen_fsm#Module:format_status/2">gen_fsm:format_status/2</seealso>, and - <seealso marker="gen_event#Module:format_status/2">gen_event:format_status/2</seealso> + see <seealso marker="gen_server#Module:format_status/2">gen_server format_status/2</seealso>, + <seealso marker="gen_fsm#Module:format_status/2">gen_fsm format_status/2</seealso>, + <seealso marker="gen_statem#Module:format_status/2">gen_statem format_status/2</seealso>, and + <seealso marker="gen_event#Module:format_status/2">gen_event format_status/2</seealso> for more details.</p> </desc> </func> @@ -238,13 +242,15 @@ <p>These functions are intended only to help with debugging. They are provided for convenience, allowing developers to avoid having to create their own state extraction functions and also avoid having to interactively extract state from the return values of - <c><seealso marker="#get_status-1">get_status/1</seealso></c> or - <c><seealso marker="#get_status-2">get_status/2</seealso></c> while debugging.</p> + <seealso marker="#get_status-1"><c>get_status/1</c></seealso> or + <seealso marker="#get_status-2"><c>get_status/2</c></seealso> while debugging.</p> </note> <p>The value of <c><anno>State</anno></c> varies for different types of processes. For a <c>gen_server</c> process, the returned <c><anno>State</anno></c> is simply the callback module's state. For a <c>gen_fsm</c> process, <c><anno>State</anno></c> is the tuple <c>{CurrentStateName, CurrentStateData}</c>. + For a <c>gen_statem</c> process <c><anno>State</anno></c> is + the tuple <c>{CurrentState,CurrentData}.</c> For a <c>gen_event</c> process, <c><anno>State</anno></c> a list of tuples, where each tuple corresponds to an event handler registered in the process and contains <c>{Module, Id, HandlerState}</c>, where <c>Module</c> is the event handler's module name, @@ -263,8 +269,9 @@ details of the exception.</p> <p>The <c>system_get_state/1</c> function is primarily useful for user-defined behaviours and modules that implement OTP <seealso marker="#special_process">special - processes</seealso>. The <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c>, and <c>gen_event</c> OTP - behaviour modules export this function, and so callback modules for those behaviours + processes</seealso>. The <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c>, + <c>gen_statem</c> and <c>gen_event</c> OTP + behaviour modules export this function, so callback modules for those behaviours need not supply their own.</p> <p>To obtain more information about a process, including its state, see <seealso marker="#get_status-1">get_status/1</seealso> and @@ -290,6 +297,8 @@ <c>gen_fsm</c> process, <c><anno>State</anno></c> is the tuple <c>{CurrentStateName, CurrentStateData}</c>, and <c><anno>NewState</anno></c> is a similar tuple that may contain a new state name, new state data, or both. + The same applies for a <c>gen_statem</c> process but + it names the tuple fields <c>{CurrentState,CurrentData}</c>. For a <c>gen_event</c> process, <c><anno>State</anno></c> is the tuple <c>{Module, Id, HandlerState}</c> where <c>Module</c> is the event handler's module name, <c>Id</c> is the handler's ID (which is the value <c>false</c> if it was registered without @@ -304,7 +313,8 @@ state, then regardless of process type, it may simply return its <c><anno>State</anno></c> argument.</p> <p>If a <c><anno>StateFun</anno></c> function crashes or throws an exception, then - for <c>gen_server</c> and <c>gen_fsm</c> processes, the original state of the process is + for <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c> or <c>gen_statem</c> processes, + the original state of the process is unchanged. For <c>gen_event</c> processes, a crashing or failing <c><anno>StateFun</anno></c> function means that only the state of the particular event handler it was working on when it failed or crashed is unchanged; it can still succeed in changing the states of other event @@ -329,7 +339,8 @@ <c>{callback_failed, StateFun, {Class, Reason}}</c>.</p> <p>The <c>system_replace_state/2</c> function is primarily useful for user-defined behaviours and modules that implement OTP <seealso marker="#special_process">special processes</seealso>. The - <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c>, and <c>gen_event</c> OTP behaviour modules export this function, + <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c>, <c>gen_statem</c> and + <c>gen_event</c> OTP behaviour modules export this function, and so callback modules for those behaviours need not supply their own.</p> </desc> </func> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml index e002f519b9..4f259d57a8 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ <name name="send_after" arity="3"/> <fsummary>Send <c>Message</c>to <c>Pid</c>after a specified <c>Time</c>.</fsummary> <desc> - <p> <taglist> <tag><c>send_after/3</c></tag> <item> @@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ <p>Same as <c>send_after(<anno>Time</anno>, self(), <anno>Message</anno>)</c>.</p> </item> </taglist> - </p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -109,7 +107,6 @@ <name name="exit_after" arity="3"/> <fsummary>Send an exit signal with <c>Reason</c>after a specified <c>Time</c>.</fsummary> <desc> - <p> <taglist> <tag><c>exit_after/3</c></tag> <item> @@ -130,7 +127,6 @@ <p>Same as <c>exit_after(<anno>Time</anno>, self(), kill)</c>. </p> </item> </taglist> - </p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -147,7 +143,6 @@ <name name="send_interval" arity="3"/> <fsummary>Send <c>Message</c>repeatedly at intervals of <c>Time</c>.</fsummary> <desc> - <p> <taglist> <tag><c>send_interval/3</c></tag> <item> @@ -161,7 +156,6 @@ <p>Same as <c>send_interval(<anno>Time</anno>, self(), <anno>Message</anno>)</c>.</p> </item> </taglist> - </p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -192,7 +186,6 @@ Function, Arguments)</c> or <c>apply(Fun, Arguments)</c></fsummary> <type_desc variable="Time">In microseconds</type_desc> <desc> - <p> <taglist> <tag><c>tc/3</c></tag> <item> @@ -213,7 +206,6 @@ </item> </taglist> - </p> </desc> </func> <func> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode.xml index 19ddf1cbd6..edc6830cb5 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>2013</year> + <year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ <c>latin1</c>, or have characters encoded as one of the 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 + encodings, integers in the list are allowed to be greater than 255.</p> <p>If <c><anno>InEncoding</anno></c> is <c>latin1</c>, the <c><anno>Data</anno></c> parameter diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml index c4cb193b07..b4c9385e33 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>2014</year> + <year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/win32reg.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/win32reg.xml index 2a5a4a462d..52a8942c59 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/win32reg.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/win32reg.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2000</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2000</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/zip.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/zip.xml index 4500995c34..09a6587583 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/zip.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/zip.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2006</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2006</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ </datatype> <datatype> <name name="filename"/> - <p>The name of a zip file.</p> + <desc><p>The name of a zip file.</p></desc> </datatype> <datatype><name name="extension"/></datatype> <datatype><name name="extension_spec"/></datatype> |