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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml26
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml72
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml54
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml37
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml167
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml106
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell.xml10
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml4
8 files changed, 376 insertions, 100 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml
index 55a77d1bc5..7666699183 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml
@@ -52,13 +52,27 @@
<func>
<name name="c" arity="1"/>
<name name="c" arity="2"/>
- <fsummary>Compile and load code in a file.</fsummary>
+ <name name="c" arity="3"/>
+ <fsummary>Compile and load a file or module.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Compiles and then purges and loads the code for a file.
- <c><anno>Options</anno></c> defaults to <c>[]</c>. Compilation is
- equivalent to:</p>
- <code type="none">
-compile:file(<anno>File</anno>, <anno>Options</anno> ++ [report_errors, report_warnings])</code>
+ <p>Compiles and then purges and loads the code for a module.
+ <c><anno>Module</anno></c> can be either a module name or a source
+ file path, with or without <c>.erl</c> extension.
+ <c><anno>Options</anno></c> defaults to <c>[]</c>.</p>
+ <p>If <c><anno>Module</anno></c> is an atom and is not the path of a
+ source file, then the code path is searched to locate the object
+ file for the module and extract its original compiler options and
+ source path. If the source file is not found in the original
+ location, <seealso
+ marker="filelib#find_source/1"><c>filelib:find_source/1</c></seealso>
+ is used to search for it relative to the directory of the object
+ file.</p>
+ <p>The source file is compiled with the the original
+ options appended to the given <c><anno>Options</anno></c>, the
+ output replacing the old object file if and only if compilation
+ succeeds. A function <c><anno>Filter</anno></c> can be specified
+ for removing elements from from the original compiler options
+ before the new options are added.</p>
<p>Notice that purging the code means that any processes
lingering in old code for the module are killed without
warning. For more information, see <c>code/3</c>.</p>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml
index 24e7b64b9e..f28d8b425b 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml
@@ -37,12 +37,13 @@
</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module archives and extract files to and from
- a tar file. This module supports the <c>ustar</c> format
- (IEEE Std 1003.1 and ISO/IEC&nbsp;9945-1). All modern <c>tar</c>
- programs (including GNU tar) can read this format. To ensure that
- that GNU tar produces a tar file that <c>erl_tar</c> can read,
- specify option <c>--format=ustar</c> to GNU tar.</p>
-
+ a tar file. This module supports reading most common tar formats,
+ namely v7, STAR, USTAR, and PAX, as well as some of GNU tar's extensions
+ to the USTAR format (sparse files most notably). It produces tar archives
+ in USTAR format, unless the files being archived require PAX format due to
+ restrictions in USTAR (such as unicode metadata, filename length, and more).
+ As such, <c>erl_tar</c> supports tar archives produced by most all modern
+ tar utilities, and produces tarballs which should be similarly portable.</p>
<p>By convention, the name of a tar file is to end in "<c>.tar</c>".
To abide to the convention, add "<c>.tar</c>" to the name.</p>
@@ -83,6 +84,8 @@
<p>If <seealso marker="kernel:file#native_name_encoding/0">
<c>file:native_name_encoding/0</c></seealso>
returns <c>latin1</c>, no translation of path names is done.</p>
+
+ <p>Unicode metadata stored in PAX headers is preserved</p>
</section>
<section>
@@ -104,21 +107,20 @@
<title>Limitations</title>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>
- <p>For maximum compatibility, it is safe to archive files with names
- up to 100 characters in length. Such tar files can generally be
- extracted by any <c>tar</c> program.</p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>For filenames exceeding 100 characters in length, the resulting tar
- file can only be correctly extracted by a POSIX-compatible <c>tar</c>
- program (such as Solaris <c>tar</c> or a modern GNU <c>tar</c>).</p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>Files with longer names than 256 bytes cannot be stored.</p>
+ <p>If you must remain compatible with the USTAR tar format, you must ensure file paths being
+ stored are less than 255 bytes in total, with a maximum filename component
+ length of 100 bytes. USTAR uses a header field (prefix) in addition to the name field, and
+ splits file paths longer than 100 bytes into two parts. This split is done on a directory boundary,
+ and is done in such a way to make the best use of the space available in those two fields, but in practice
+ this will often mean that you have less than 255 bytes for a path. <c>erl_tar</c> will
+ automatically upgrade the format to PAX to handle longer filenames, so this is only an issue if you
+ need to extract the archive with an older implementation of <c>erl_tar</c> or <c>tar</c> which does
+ not support PAX. In this case, the PAX headers will be extracted as regular files, and you will need to
+ apply them manually.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>The file name a symbolic link points is always limited
- to 100 characters.</p>
+ <p>Like the above, if you must remain USTAR compatible, you must also ensure than paths for
+ symbolic/hard links are no more than 100 bytes, otherwise PAX headers will be used.</p>
</item>
</list>
</section>
@@ -129,7 +131,9 @@
<fsummary>Add a file to an open tar file.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>TarDescriptor = term()</v>
- <v>Filename = filename()</v>
+ <v>FilenameOrBin = filename()|binary()</v>
+ <v>NameInArchive = filename()</v>
+ <v>Filename = filename()|{NameInArchive,FilenameOrBin}</v>
<v>Options = [Option]</v>
<v>Option = dereference|verbose|{chunks,ChunkSize}</v>
<v>ChunkSize = positive_integer()</v>
@@ -139,6 +143,9 @@
<desc>
<p>Adds a file to a tar file that has been opened for writing by
<seealso marker="#open/2"><c>open/1</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p><c>NameInArchive</c> is the name under which the file becomes
+ stored in the tar file. The file gets this name when it is
+ extracted from the tar file.</p>
<p>Options:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>dereference</c></tag>
@@ -183,9 +190,6 @@
<seealso marker="#open/2"><c>open/2</c></seealso>. This function
accepts the same options as
<seealso marker="#add/3"><c>add/3</c></seealso>.</p>
- <p><c>NameInArchive</c> is the name under which the file becomes
- stored in the tar file. The file gets this name when it is
- extracted from the tar file.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -206,8 +210,8 @@
<fsummary>Create a tar archive.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Name = filename()</v>
- <v>FileList = [Filename|{NameInArchive, binary()},{NameInArchive,
- Filename}]</v>
+ <v>FileList = [Filename|{NameInArchive, FilenameOrBin}]</v>
+ <v>FilenameOrBin = filename()|binary()</v>
<v>Filename = filename()</v>
<v>NameInArchive = filename()</v>
<v>RetValue = ok|{error,{Name,Reason}}</v>
@@ -225,8 +229,8 @@
<fsummary>Create a tar archive with options.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Name = filename()</v>
- <v>FileList = [Filename|{NameInArchive, binary()},{NameInArchive,
- Filename}]</v>
+ <v>FileList = [Filename|{NameInArchive, FilenameOrBin}]</v>
+ <v>FilenameOrBin = filename()|binary()</v>
<v>Filename = filename()</v>
<v>NameInArchive = filename()</v>
<v>OptionList = [Option]</v>
@@ -275,7 +279,8 @@
<name>extract(Name) -> RetValue</name>
<fsummary>Extract all files from a tar file.</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Name = filename()</v>
+ <v>Name = filename() | {binary,binary()} | {file,Fd}</v>
+ <v>Fd = file_descriptor()</v>
<v>RetValue = ok|{error,{Name,Reason}}</v>
<v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
@@ -294,8 +299,7 @@
<name>extract(Name, OptionList)</name>
<fsummary>Extract files from a tar file.</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Name = filename() | {binary,Binary} | {file,Fd}</v>
- <v>Binary = binary()</v>
+ <v>Name = filename() | {binary,binary()} | {file,Fd}</v>
<v>Fd = file_descriptor()</v>
<v>OptionList = [Option]</v>
<v>Option = {cwd,Cwd}|{files,FileList}|keep_old_files|verbose|memory</v>
@@ -521,7 +525,7 @@ erl_tar:close(TarDesc)</code>
<name>table(Name) -> RetValue</name>
<fsummary>Retrieve the name of all files in a tar file.</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Name = filename()</v>
+ <v>Name = filename()|{binary,binary()}|{file,file_descriptor()}</v>
<v>RetValue = {ok,[string()]}|{error,{Name,Reason}}</v>
<v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
@@ -535,7 +539,7 @@ erl_tar:close(TarDesc)</code>
<fsummary>Retrieve name and information of all files in a tar file.
</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Name = filename()</v>
+ <v>Name = filename()|{binary,binary()}|{file,file_descriptor()}</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Retrieves the names of all files in the tar file <c>Name</c>.</p>
@@ -546,7 +550,7 @@ erl_tar:close(TarDesc)</code>
<name>t(Name)</name>
<fsummary>Print the name of each file in a tar file.</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Name = filename()</v>
+ <v>Name = filename()|{binary,binary()}|{file,file_descriptor()}</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Prints the names of all files in the tar file <c>Name</c> to the
@@ -559,7 +563,7 @@ erl_tar:close(TarDesc)</code>
<fsummary>Print name and information for each file in a tar file.
</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Name = filename()</v>
+ <v>Name = filename()|{binary,binary()}|{file,file_descriptor()}</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Prints names and information about all files in the tar file
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
index 7c6380ce28..ad73fc254a 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@
<datatype>
<name name="filename_all"/>
</datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="find_file_rule"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
+ <name name="find_source_rule"/>
+ </datatype>
</datatypes>
<funcs>
@@ -226,7 +232,51 @@ filelib:wildcard("lib/**/*.{erl,hrl}")</code>
directory.</p>
</desc>
</func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="find_file" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="find_file" arity="3"/>
+ <fsummary>Find a file relative to a given directory.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Looks for a file of the given name by applying suffix rules to
+ the given directory path. For example, a rule <c>{"ebin", "src"}</c>
+ means that if the directory path ends with <c>"ebin"</c>, the
+ corresponding path ending in <c>"src"</c> should be searched.</p>
+ <p>If <c><anno>Rules</anno></c> is left out or is an empty list, the
+ default system rules are used. See also the Kernel application
+ parameter <seealso
+ marker="kernel:kernel_app#source_search_rules"><c>source_search_rules</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name name="find_source" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Find the source file for a given object file.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Equivalent to <c>find_source(Base, Dir)</c>, where <c>Dir</c> is
+ <c>filename:dirname(<anno>FilePath</anno>)</c> and <c>Base</c> is
+ <c>filename:basename(<anno>FilePath</anno>)</c>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name name="find_source" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="find_source" arity="3"/>
+ <fsummary>Find a source file relative to a given directory.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Applies file extension specific rules to find the source file for
+ a given object file relative to the object directory. For example,
+ for a file with the extension <c>.beam</c>, the default rule is to
+ look for a file with a corresponding extension <c>.erl</c> by
+ replacing the suffix <c>"ebin"</c> of the object directory path with
+ <c>"src"</c>.
+ The file search is done through <seealso
+ marker="#find_file/3"><c>find_file/3</c></seealso>. The directory of
+ the object file is always tried before any other directory specified
+ by the rules.</p>
+ <p>If <c><anno>Rules</anno></c> is left out or is an empty list, the
+ default system rules are used. See also the Kernel application
+ parameter <seealso
+ marker="kernel:kernel_app#source_search_rules"><c>source_search_rules</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
</funcs>
</erlref>
-
-
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
index 2a413835d0..0ccca37a9d 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
@@ -356,10 +356,12 @@ true
<p>Finds the source filename and compiler options for a module.
The result can be fed to <seealso marker="compiler:compile#file/2">
<c>compile:file/2</c></seealso> to compile the file again.</p>
- <warning><p>It is not recommended to use this function. If possible,
- use the <seealso marker="beam_lib"><c>beam_lib(3)</c></seealso>
- module to extract the abstract code format from the Beam file and
- compile that instead.</p></warning>
+ <warning>
+ <p>This function is deprecated. Use <seealso marker="filelib#find_source/1">
+ <c>filelib:find_source/1</c></seealso> instead for finding source files.</p>
+ <p>If possible, use the <seealso marker="beam_lib"><c>beam_lib(3)</c></seealso>
+ module to extract the compiler options and the abstract code
+ format from the Beam file and compile that instead.</p></warning>
<p>Argument <c><anno>Beam</anno></c>, which can be a string or an atom,
specifies either the module name or the path to the source
code, with or without extension <c>".erl"</c>. In either
@@ -511,6 +513,33 @@ true
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="safe_relative_path" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Sanitize a relative path to avoid directory traversal attacks.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Sanitizes the relative path by eliminating ".." and "."
+ components to protect against directory traversal attacks.
+ Either returns the sanitized path name, or the atom
+ <c>unsafe</c> if the path is unsafe.
+ The path is considered unsafe in the following circumstances:</p>
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item><p>The path is not relative.</p></item>
+ <item><p>A ".." component would climb up above the root of
+ the relative path.</p></item>
+ </list>
+ <p><em>Examples:</em></p>
+ <pre>
+1> <input>filename:safe_relative_path("dir/sub_dir/..").</input>
+"dir"
+2> <input>filename:safe_relative_path("dir/..").</input>
+[]
+3> <input>filename:safe_relative_path("dir/../..").</input>
+unsafe
+4> <input>filename:safe_relative_path("/abs/path").</input>
+unsafe</pre>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="split" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Split a filename into its path components.</fsummary>
<desc>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
index fd498ee82e..5eb13db1aa 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2016</year>
+ <year>2016-2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -587,8 +587,8 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
<name name="state_enter"/>
<desc>
<p>
- If the state machine should use <em>state enter calls</em>
- is selected when starting the <c>gen_statem</c>
+ Whether the state machine should use <em>state enter calls</em>
+ or not is selected when starting the <c>gen_statem</c>
and after code change using the return value from
<seealso marker="#Module:callback_mode/0"><c>Module:callback_mode/0</c></seealso>.
</p>
@@ -606,7 +606,16 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
See
<seealso marker="#Module:StateName/3"><c>Module:StateName/3</c></seealso>
and
- <seealso marker="#Module:handle_event/4"><c>Module:handle_event/4</c></seealso>.
+ <seealso marker="#Module:handle_event/4"><c>Module:handle_event/4</c></seealso>.
+ Such a call can be repeated by returning a
+ <seealso marker="#type-state_callback_result">
+ <c>repeat_state</c>
+ </seealso>
+ or
+ <seealso marker="#type-state_callback_result">
+ <c>repeat_state_and_data</c>
+ </seealso>
+ tuple from the state callback.
</p>
<p>
If
@@ -625,7 +634,8 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
right before entering the initial state even though this
formally is not a state change.
In this case <c>OldState</c> will be the same as <c>State</c>,
- which can not happen for a subsequent state change.
+ which can not happen for a subsequent state change,
+ but will happen when repeating the state enter call.
</p>
</desc>
</datatype>
@@ -640,7 +650,15 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
<list type="ordered">
<item>
<p>
- If the state changes or is the initial state, and
+ If the state changes, is the initial state,
+ <seealso marker="#type-state_callback_result">
+ <c>repeat_state</c>
+ </seealso>
+ or
+ <seealso marker="#type-state_callback_result">
+ <c>repeat_state_and_data</c>
+ </seealso>
+ is used, and also
<seealso marker="#type-state_enter"><em>state enter calls</em></seealso>
are used, the <c>gen_statem</c> calls
the new state callback with arguments
@@ -983,6 +1001,33 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
</desc>
</datatype>
<datatype>
+ <name name="init_result"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>
+ For a succesful initialization,
+ <c><anno>State</anno></c> is the initial
+ <seealso marker="#type-state"><c>state()</c></seealso>
+ and <c><anno>Data</anno></c> the initial server
+ <seealso marker="#type-data"><c>data()</c></seealso>
+ of the <c>gen_statem</c>.
+ </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 callback">state callback</seealso>,
+ except that the action <c>postpone</c> is forced to
+ <c>false</c> since there is no event to postpone.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ For an unsuccesful initialization,
+ <c>{stop,<anno>Reason</anno>}</c>
+ or <c>ignore</c> should be used; see
+ <seealso marker="#start_link/3"><c>start_link/3,4</c></seealso>.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
<name name="state_enter_result"/>
<desc>
<p>
@@ -1068,6 +1113,37 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
<c>{next_state,CurrentState,CurrentData,<anno>Actions</anno>}</c>.
</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>repeat_state</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The <c>gen_statem</c> keeps the current state, or
+ does a state transition to the current state if you like,
+ sets <c><anno>NewData</anno></c>,
+ and executes all <c><anno>Actions</anno></c>.
+ If the <c>gen_statem</c> runs with
+ <seealso marker="#type-state_enter"><em>state enter calls</em></seealso>,
+ the state enter call is repeated, see type
+ <seealso marker="#type-transition_option"><c>transition_option()</c></seealso>,
+ otherwise <c>repeat_state</c> is the same as
+ <c>keep_state</c>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>repeat_state_and_data</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The <c>gen_statem</c> keeps the current state and data, or
+ does a state transition to the current state if you like,
+ and executes all <c><anno>Actions</anno></c>.
+ This is the same as
+ <c>{repeat_state,CurrentData,<anno>Actions</anno>}</c>.
+ If the <c>gen_statem</c> runs with
+ <seealso marker="#type-state_enter"><em>state enter calls</em></seealso>,
+ the state enter call is repeated, see type
+ <seealso marker="#type-transition_option"><c>transition_option()</c></seealso>,
+ otherwise <c>repeat_state_and_data</c> is the same as
+ <c>keep_state_and_data</c>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
<tag><c>stop</c></tag>
<item>
<p>
@@ -1609,29 +1685,33 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
It is recommended to use an atom as <c>Reason</c> since
it will be wrapped in an <c>{error,Reason}</c> tuple.
</p>
+ <p>
+ Also note when upgrading a <c>gen_statem</c>,
+ this function and hence
+ the <c>Change={advanced,Extra}</c> parameter in the
+ <seealso marker="sasl:appup"><c>appup</c></seealso> file
+ is not only needed to update the internal state
+ or to act on the <c>Extra</c> argument.
+ It is also needed if an upgrade or downgrade should change
+ <seealso marker="#type-callback_mode"><em>callback mode</em></seealso>,
+ or else the callback mode after the code change
+ will not be honoured,
+ most probably causing a server crash.
+ </p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>Module:init(Args) -> Result</name>
+ <name>Module:init(Args) -> Result(StateType)</name>
<fsummary>
Optional function for initializing process and internal state.
</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Args = term()</v>
- <v>Result = {ok,State,Data}</v>
- <v>&nbsp;| {ok,State,Data,Actions}</v>
- <v>&nbsp;| {stop,Reason} | ignore</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>
+ Result(StateType) =
+ <seealso marker="#type-init_result">init_result(StateType)</seealso>
</v>
- <v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<marker id="Module:init-1"/>
@@ -1644,30 +1724,9 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
the implementation state and server data.
</p>
<p>
- <c>Args</c> is the <c>Args</c> argument provided to the start
+ <c>Args</c> is the <c>Args</c> argument provided to that start
function.
</p>
- <p>
- If the initialization is successful, the function is to
- return <c>{ok,State,Data}</c> or
- <c>{ok,State,Data,Actions}</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 callback">state callback</seealso>.
- </p>
- <p>
- If the initialization fails,
- the function is to return <c>{stop,Reason}</c>
- or <c>ignore</c>; see
- <seealso marker="#start_link/3"><c>start_link/3,4</c></seealso>.
- </p>
<note>
<p>
This callback is optional, so a callback module does not need
@@ -1873,22 +1932,33 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
<seealso marker="#type-enter_action">actions</seealso>
that may be returned:
<seealso marker="#type-postpone"><c>postpone()</c></seealso>
- and
+ is not allowed since a <em>state enter call</em> is not
+ an event so there is no event to postpone, and
<seealso marker="#type-action"><c>{next_event,_,_}</c></seealso>
- are not allowed.
+ is not allowed since using <em>state enter calls</em>
+ should not affect how events are consumed and produced.
You may also not change states from this call.
Should you return <c>{next_state,NextState, ...}</c>
with <c>NextState =/= State</c> the <c>gen_statem</c> crashes.
- You are advised to use <c>{keep_state,...}</c> or
- <c>keep_state_and_data</c>.
+ It is possible to use <c>{repeat_state, ...}</c>,
+ <c>{repeat_state_and_data,_}</c> or
+ <c>repeat_state_and_data</c> but all of them makes little
+ sense since you immediately will be called again with a new
+ <em>state enter call</em> making this just a weird way
+ of looping, and there are better ways to loop in Erlang.
+ You are advised to use <c>{keep_state,...}</c>,
+ <c>{keep_state_and_data,_}</c> or
+ <c>keep_state_and_data</c> since you can not change states
+ from a <em>state enter call</em> anyway.
</p>
<p>
Note the fact that you can use
<seealso marker="erts:erlang#throw/1"><c>throw</c></seealso>
to return the result, which can be useful.
For example to bail out with <c>throw(keep_state_and_data)</c>
- from deep within complex code that is in no position to
- return <c>{next_state,State,Data}</c>.
+ from deep within complex code that can not
+ return <c>{next_state,State,Data}</c> because
+ <c>State</c> or <c>Data</c> is no longer in scope.
</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -1903,6 +1973,11 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
<v>Ignored = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
+ <note>
+ <p>This callback is optional, so callback modules need not
+ export it. The <c>gen_statem</c> module provides a default
+ implementation without cleanup.</p>
+ </note>
<p>
This function is called by a <c>gen_statem</c>
when it is about to terminate. It is to be the opposite of
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
index 0143686bb2..428d8a6e70 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,110 @@
</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to the STDLIB application.</p>
+<section><title>STDLIB 3.3</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>An escript with only two lines would not work.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14098</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p> Characters (<c>$char</c>) can be used in constant
+ pattern expressions. They can also be used in types and
+ contracts. </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14103 Aux Id: ERL-313 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p> The signatures of <c>erl_parse:anno_to_term/1</c> and
+ <c>erl_parse:anno_from_term/1</c> are corrected. Using
+ these functions no longer results in false Dialyzer
+ warnings. </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14131</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Pretty-printing of maps is improved. </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14175 Aux Id: seq13277 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>If any of the following functions in the <c>zip</c>
+ module crashed, a file would be left open:
+ <c>extract()</c>, <c>unzip()</c>, <c>create()</c>, or
+ <c>zip()</c>. This has been corrected.</p>
+ <p>A <c>zip</c> file having a "Unix header" could not be
+ unpacked.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14189 Aux Id: ERL-348, ERL-349 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p> Improve the Erlang shell's tab-completion of long
+ names. </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14200 Aux Id: ERL-352 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The reference manual for <c>sys</c> had some faulty
+ information about the 'get_modules' message used by
+ processes where modules change dynamically during
+ runtime. The documentation is now corrected.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14248 Aux Id: ERL-367 </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Bug fixes, new features and improvements to gen_statem:</p>
+ <p>
+ A new type init_result/1 has replaced the old
+ init_result/0, so if you used that old type (that was
+ never documented) you have to change your code, which may
+ be regarded as a potential incompatibility.</p>
+ <p>
+ Changing callback modes after code change did not work
+ since the new callback mode was not recorded. This bug
+ has been fixed.</p>
+ <p>
+ The event types state_timeout and {call,From} could not
+ be generated with a {next_event,EventType,EventContent}
+ action since they did not pass the runtime type check.
+ This bug has now been corrected.</p>
+ <p>
+ State entry calls can now be repeated using (new) state
+ callback returns {repeat_state,...},
+ {repeat_state_and_data,_} and repeat_state_and_data.</p>
+ <p>
+ There have been lots of code cleanup in particular
+ regarding timer handling. For example is async
+ cancel_timer now used. Error handling has also been
+ cleaned up.</p>
+ <p>
+ To align with probable future changes to the rest of
+ gen_*, terminate/3 has now got a fallback and
+ code_change/4 is not mandatory.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14114</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p><c>filename:safe_relative_path/1</c> to sanitize a
+ relative path has been added.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14215</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>STDLIB 3.2</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
@@ -3163,7 +3267,7 @@
<p>
Two bugs in io:format for ~F.~Ps has been corrected. When
length(S) >= abs(F) > P, the precision P was incorrectly
- ignored. When F == P > lenght(S) the result was
+ ignored. When F == P > length(S) the result was
incorrectly left adjusted. Bug found by Ali Yakout who
also provided a fix.</p>
<p>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell.xml
index d6e8036d4e..f52bc39deb 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/shell.xml
@@ -165,12 +165,12 @@
<item>
<p>Evaluates <c>shell_default:help()</c>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>c(File)</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>c(Mod)</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Evaluates <c>shell_default:c(File)</c>. This compiles
- and loads code in <c>File</c> and purges old versions of
- code, if necessary. Assumes that the file and module names
- are the same.</p>
+ <p>Evaluates <c>shell_default:c(Mod)</c>. This compiles and
+ loads the module <c>Mod</c> and purges old versions of the
+ code, if necessary. <c>Mod</c> can be either a module name or a
+ a source file path, with or without <c>.erl</c> extension.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>catch_exception(Bool)</c></tag>
<item>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml
index 9091a46df9..45171f814d 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@
<p>If the modules used to implement the process change dynamically
during runtime, the process must understand one more message. An
example is the <seealso marker="gen_event"><c>gen_event</c></seealso>
- processes. The message is <c>{get_modules, From}</c>.
- The reply to this message is <c>From ! {modules, Modules}</c>, where
+ processes. The message is <c>{_Label, {From, Ref}, get_modules}</c>.
+ The reply to this message is <c>From ! {Ref, Modules}</c>, where
<c>Modules</c> is a list of the currently active modules in the
process.</p>
<p>This message is used by the release handler to find which