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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/assert_hrl.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.xml | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/digraph.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/gb_sets.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_lib.xml | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml | 103 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml | 440 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/ordsets.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml | 49 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/ref_man.xml | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/specs.xml | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml | 2 |
23 files changed, 542 insertions, 167 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile index 508a4fa2de..4541b4a463 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # # %CopyrightBegin% # -# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2017. All Rights Reserved. +# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2018. 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. @@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ XML_REF3_FILES = \ gen_statem.xml \ io.xml \ io_lib.xml \ - lib.xml \ lists.xml \ log_mf_h.xml \ maps.xml \ @@ -156,6 +155,7 @@ debug opt: clean clean_docs: rm -rf $(HTMLDIR)/* + rm -rf $(XMLDIR) rm -f $(MAN3DIR)/* rm -f $(MAN6DIR)/* rm -f $(TOP_PDF_FILE) $(TOP_PDF_FILE:%.pdf=%.fo) diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/assert_hrl.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/assert_hrl.xml index 33f29f38da..4dc7299609 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/assert_hrl.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/assert_hrl.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <fileref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2012</year><year>2017</year> + <year>2012</year><year>2018</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 697e1715e7..b6cb6f5aae 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>2016</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.xml index 8f2b6b747a..6b4fa7f98a 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.xml @@ -323,7 +323,9 @@ <type name="rfc3339_string"/> <type name="rfc3339_time_unit"/> <desc> - <p>Converts an RFC 3339 timestamp into system time.</p> + <p>Converts an RFC 3339 timestamp into system time. The data format + of RFC 3339 timestamps is described by + <url href="https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt">RFC 3339</url>.</p> <p>Valid option:</p> <taglist> <tag><c>{unit, Unit}</c></tag> @@ -378,7 +380,10 @@ <type name="rfc3339_string"/> <type name="rfc3339_time_unit"/> <desc> - <p>Converts a system time into RFC 3339 timestamp.</p> + <p>Converts a system time into an RFC 3339 timestamp. The data format + of RFC 3339 timestamps is described by + <url href="https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt">RFC 3339</url>. + The data format of offsets is also described by RFC 3339.</p> <p>Valid options:</p> <taglist> <tag><c>{offset, Offset}</c></tag> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/digraph.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/digraph.xml index db96beed6c..a5252b443b 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>2016</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml index 305376a425..f8c54fb79a 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>2017</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -49,14 +49,16 @@ associated with each key. A <c>bag</c> or <c>duplicate_bag</c> table can have many objects associated with each key.</p> + <marker id="max_ets_tables"></marker> <note> <p> The number of tables stored at one Erlang node <em>used</em> to be limited. This is no longer the case (except by memory usage). The previous default limit was about 1400 tables and could be increased by setting the environment variable - <c>ERL_MAX_ETS_TABLES</c> before starting the Erlang runtime - system. This hard limit has been removed, but it is currently + <c>ERL_MAX_ETS_TABLES</c> or the command line option + <seealso marker="erts:erl#+e"><c>+e</c></seealso> before starting the + Erlang runtime system. This hard limit has been removed, but it is currently useful to set the <c>ERL_MAX_ETS_TABLES</c> anyway. It should be set to an approximate of the maximum amount of tables used. This since an internal table for named tables is sized using this value. If diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gb_sets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gb_sets.xml index 2a3785dc27..03397b4503 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gb_sets.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gb_sets.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2001</year><year>2016</year> + <year>2001</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml index 012737c390..f793ec7fdf 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>2017</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2 </item> <item> <p>If the event handler is deleted later, the event manager - sends a message<c>{gen_event_EXIT,Handler,Reason}</c> to + sends a message <c>{gen_event_EXIT,Handler,Reason}</c> to the calling process. <c>Reason</c> is one of the following:</p> <list type="bulleted"> <item> @@ -458,8 +458,7 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2 with the expected reason. Any other reason than <c>normal</c>, <c>shutdown</c>, or <c>{shutdown,Term}</c> causes an error report to be issued using - <seealso marker="kernel:error_logger#format/2"> - <c>error_logger:format/2</c></seealso>. + <seealso marker="kernel:logger"><c>logger(3)</c></seealso>. The default <c>Reason</c> is <c>normal</c>.</p> <p><c>Timeout</c> is an integer greater than zero that specifies how many milliseconds to wait for the event manager to diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml index da74e793e6..106bda85f5 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>2017</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -486,8 +486,7 @@ gen_server:abcast -----> Module:handle_cast/2 with the expected reason. Any other reason than <c>normal</c>, <c>shutdown</c>, or <c>{shutdown,Term}</c> causes an error report to be issued using - <seealso marker="kernel:error_logger#format/2"> - <c>error_logger:format/2</c></seealso>. + <seealso marker="kernel:logger"><c>logger(3)</c></seealso>. The default <c>Reason</c> is <c>normal</c>.</p> <p><c>Timeout</c> is an integer greater than zero that specifies how many milliseconds to wait for the server to @@ -861,8 +860,7 @@ gen_server:abcast -----> Module:handle_cast/2 <c>shutdown</c>, or <c>{shutdown,Term}</c>, the <c>gen_server</c> process is assumed to terminate because of an error and an error report is issued using - <seealso marker="kernel:error_logger#format/2"> - <c>error_logger:format/2</c></seealso>.</p> + <seealso marker="kernel:logger"><c>logger(3)</c></seealso>.</p> </desc> </func> </funcs> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml index e918e83df7..a808d3af55 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml @@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) -> with the expected reason. Any other reason than <c>normal</c>, <c>shutdown</c>, or <c>{shutdown,Term}</c> causes an error report to be issued through - <seealso marker="kernel:error_logger#format/2"><c>error_logger:format/2</c></seealso>. + <seealso marker="kernel:logger"><c>logger(3)</c></seealso>. The default <c><anno>Reason</anno></c> is <c>normal</c>. </p> <p> @@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@ init(Args) -> erlang:error(not_implemented, [Args]).</pre> <c>shutdown</c>, or <c>{shutdown,Term}</c>, the <c>gen_statem</c> is assumed to terminate because of an error and an error report is issued using - <seealso marker="kernel:error_logger#format/2"><c>error_logger:format/2</c></seealso>. + <seealso marker="kernel:logger"><c>logger(3)</c></seealso>. </p> </desc> </func> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml index f1037ec76b..d4a2713840 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>2017</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -332,11 +332,22 @@ Here T = [{attributes,[[{id,age,1.5}, {tag,{'PRIVATE',3}}, {mode,implicit}] ok</pre> + + <p>As from Erlang/OTP 21.0, a field width of value + <c>0</c> can be used for specifying that a line is + infinitely long, which means that no line breaks + are inserted. For example:</p> + + <pre> +5> <input>io:fwrite("~0p~n", [lists:seq(1, 30)]).</input> +[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30] +ok</pre> + <p>When the modifier <c>l</c> is specified, no detection of printable character lists takes place, for example:</p> <pre> -5> <input>S = [{a,"a"}, {b, "b"}].</input> -6> <input>io:fwrite("~15p~n", [S]).</input> +6> <input>S = [{a,"a"}, {b, "b"}], + io:fwrite("~15p~n", [S]).</input> [{a,"a"}, {b,"b"}] ok diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_lib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_lib.xml index 4a2b425e8e..a3df2897ac 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_lib.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_lib.xml @@ -163,16 +163,20 @@ <p>Returns a character list that represents <c><anno>Data</anno></c> formatted in accordance with <c><anno>Format</anno></c> in the same way as - <seealso marker="#fwrite/2"><c>fwrite/2</c></seealso> and - <seealso marker="#format/2"><c>format/2</c></seealso>, - but takes an extra argument, a list of options.</p> - <p>Available options:</p> - <taglist> - <tag><c><anno>CharsLimit</anno></c></tag> - <item> - <p>A soft limit on the number of characters returned.</p> - </item> - </taglist> + <seealso marker="#fwrite/2"><c>fwrite/2</c></seealso> and + <seealso marker="#format/2"><c>format/2</c></seealso>, + but takes an extra argument, a list of options.</p> + <p>Valid option:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>{chars_limit, <anno>CharsLimit</anno>}</c></tag> + <item> + <p>A soft limit on the number of characters returned. + When the number of characters is reached, remaining + structures are replaced by "<c>...</c>". + <c><anno>CharsLimit</anno></c> defaults to -1, which + means no limit on the number of characters returned.</p> + </item> + </taglist> </desc> </func> @@ -390,11 +394,11 @@ everything below this level is replaced by "<c>...</c>". <c><anno>Depth</anno></c> defaults to -1, which means no limitation. Option <c><anno>CharsLimit</anno></c> puts a - soft limit on the number of characters returned. When the - number of characters is reached, remaining structures are - replaced by "<c>...</c>". <c><anno>CharsLimit</anno></c> - defaults to -1, which means no limit on the number of - characters returned.</p> + soft limit on the number of characters returned. When the + number of characters is reached, remaining structures are + replaced by "<c>...</c>". <c><anno>CharsLimit</anno></c> + defaults to -1, which means no limit on the number of + characters returned.</p> <p><em>Example:</em></p> <pre> 1> <input>lists:flatten(io_lib:write({1,[2],[3],[4,5],6,7,8,9})).</input> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 58dad7c9e0..0000000000 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,103 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> -<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd"> - -<erlref> - <header> - <copyright> - <year>1996</year><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>lib</title> - <prepared></prepared> - <docno></docno> - <date></date> - <rev></rev> - </header> - <module>lib</module> - <modulesummary>Useful library functions.</modulesummary> - <description> - <warning> - <p>This module is retained for backward compatibility. It can disappear - without warning in a future Erlang/OTP release.</p> - </warning> - </description> - - <funcs> - <func> - <name name="error_message" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Print error message.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Prints error message <c><anno>Args</anno></c> in accordance with - <c><anno>Format</anno></c>. Similar to - <seealso marker="io#format/1"><c>io:format/2</c></seealso>.</p> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="flush_receive" arity="0"/> - <fsummary>Flush messages.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Flushes the message buffer of the current process.</p> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="nonl" arity="1"/> - <fsummary>Remove last newline.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Removes the last newline character, if any, in - <c><anno>String1</anno></c>.</p> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="progname" arity="0"/> - <fsummary>Return name of Erlang start script.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns the name of the script that started the current - Erlang session.</p> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="send" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Send a message.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Makes it possible to send a message using the <c>apply/3</c> BIF.</p> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="sendw" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Send a message and wait for an answer.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>As <seealso marker="#send/2"><c>send/2</c></seealso>, - but waits for an answer. It is implemented as follows:</p> - <code type="none"> -sendw(To, Msg) -> - To ! {self(),Msg}, - receive - Reply -> Reply - end.</code> - <p>The returned message is not necessarily a reply to the sent - message.</p> - </desc> - </func> - </funcs> -</erlref> - diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml index 987d92989d..a225dea3b5 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>2016</year> + <year>2013</year><year>2018</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 e26c4aba74..712a474b0b 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>2017</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -31,6 +31,444 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the STDLIB application.</p> +<section><title>STDLIB 3.5.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> Fix a bug that could cause a crash when formatting a + list of non-characters using the control sequences + <c>p</c> or <c>P</c> and limiting the output with the + option <c>chars_limit</c>. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15159</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>STDLIB 3.5</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p><c>gen_statem</c> improvements.</p> <p> When using an + exception that is valid but not allowed in a state enter + call, the reason has been changed from + <c>{bad_action_from_state_function,Action}</c> to + <c>{bad_state_enter_action_from_state_function,Action}</c>. + </p><p> Timer parsing has been improved. Many erroneous + timeout tuples was not handled correctly. </p><p> The + documentation has been updated, in particular the User's + Guide and the pointer to it from the Reference Manual is + much more obvious. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14015</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The type specifications for <c>file:posix/0</c> and + <c>inet:posix/0</c> have been updated according to which + errors file and socket operations should be able to + return.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14019 Aux Id: ERL-550 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> File operations used to accept <seealso + marker="kernel:file#type-name_all">filenames</seealso> + containing null characters (integer value zero). This + caused the name to be truncated and in some cases + arguments to primitive operations to be mixed up. + Filenames containing null characters inside the filename + are now <em>rejected</em> and will cause primitive file + operations to fail. </p> <p> Also environment variable + operations used to accept <seealso + marker="kernel:os#type-env_var_name">names</seealso> and + <seealso + marker="kernel:os#type-env_var_value">values</seealso> of + environment variables containing null characters (integer + value zero). This caused operations to silently produce + erroneous results. Environment variable names and values + containing null characters inside the name or value are + now <em>rejected</em> and will cause environment variable + operations to fail. </p> <p>Primitive environment + variable operations also used to accept the <c>$=</c> + character in environment variable names causing various + problems. <c>$=</c> characters in environment variable + names are now also <em>rejected</em>. </p> <p>Also + <seealso + marker="kernel:os#cmd/1"><c>os:cmd/1</c></seealso> now + reject null characters inside its <seealso + marker="kernel:os#type-os_command">command</seealso>. + </p> <p><seealso + marker="erts:erlang#open_port/2"><c>erlang:open_port/2</c></seealso> + will also reject null characters inside the port name + from now on.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14543 Aux Id: ERL-370 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Make <c>io_lib:unscan_format/1</c> work with pad char + and default precision. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14958 Aux Id: PR-1735 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The control sequence modifiers <c>t</c> and <c>l</c> + can be used together in the same control sequence which + makes it possible to have Unicode atoms and no detection + of printable character lists at the same time. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14971 Aux Id: PR-1743 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Fix a bug in the Erlang code linter: the check of + guard expressions no longer returns <c>false</c> if the + map syntax is used. The bug affected the Erlang shell, + the Debugger, and other modules evaluating abstract code. + </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15035 Aux Id: ERL-613 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A sys debug fun of type {Fun,State} should not be + possible to install twice. This was, however, possible if + the current State was 'undefined', which was mistaken for + non-existing fun. This has been corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15049</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix <c>io:putchars/2</c> stacktrace rewriting at errors + to point to a valid function.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15101</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The <c>gen_server</c> has gotten a new callback + <c>handle_continue/2</c> for check pointing the state. + This is useful at least when implementing behaviours on + top of <c>gen_server</c> and for some start up scenarios.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13019 Aux Id: PR-1490 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The semantics of timeout parameter + <c>{clean_timeout,infinity}</c> to + <c>gen_statem:call/3</c> has been changed to use a proxy + process for the call. With this change + <c>clean_timeout</c> implicates a proxy process with no + exceptions. This may be a hard to observe + incompatibility: in the presence of network problems a + late reply could arrive in the caller's message queue + when catching errors. That will not happen after this + correction. </p><p> The semantics of timeout parameter + <c>infinity</c> has not been changed. </p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13073 Aux Id: PR-1595 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>A new logging API is added to Erlang/OTP, see the + <seealso + marker="kernel:logger"><c>logger(3)</c></seealso> manual + page, and section <seealso + marker="kernel:logger_chapter">Logging</seealso> in the + Kernel User's Guide.</p> + <p>Calls to <c>error_logger</c> are automatically + redirected to the new API, and legacy error logger event + handlers can still be used. It is, however, recommended + to use the Logger API directly when writing new code.</p> + <p>Notice the following potential incompatibilities:</p> + <list> <item><p>Kernel configuration parameters + <c>error_logger</c> still works, but is overruled if the + default handler's output destination is configured with + Kernel configuration parameter <c>logger</c>.</p> <p>In + general, parameters for configuring error logger are + overwritten by new parameters for configuring + Logger.</p></item> <item><p>The concept of SASL error + logging is deprecated, meaning that by default the SASL + application does not affect which log events are + logged.</p> <p>By default, supervisor reports and crash + reports are logged by the default Logger handler started + by Kernel, and end up at the same destination (terminal + or file) as other standard log event from Erlang/OTP.</p> + <p>Progress reports are not logged by default, but can be + enabled by setting the primary log level to info, for + example with the Kernel configuration parameter + <c>logger_level</c>.</p> <p>To obtain backwards + compatibility with the SASL error logging functionality + from earlier releases, set Kernel configuration parameter + <c>logger_sasl_compatible</c> to <c>true</c>. This + prevents the default Logger handler from logging any + supervisor-, crash-, or progress reports. Instead, SASL + adds a separate Logger handler during application start, + which takes care of these log events. The SASL + configuration parameters <c>sasl_error_logger</c> and + <c>sasl_errlog_type</c> specify the destination (terminal + or file) and severity level to log for these + events.</p></item></list> + <p> + Since Logger is new in Erlang/OTP 21.0, we do reserve the + right to introduce changes to the Logger API and + functionality in patches following this release. These + changes might or might not be backwards compatible with + the initial version.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13295</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Add functions + <c>calendar:system_time_to_local_time/2</c> and + <c>calendar:system_time_to_universal_time/2</c>. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13413</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Functions <c>rand:uniform_real/0</c> and + <c>rand:uniform_real_s/1</c> have been added. They + produce uniformly distributed numbers in the range <c>0.0 + =< X < 1.0</c> that are as close to random real + numbers as Normalized IEEE 754 Double Precision allows. + Because the random real number exactly <c>0.0</c> is + infinitely improbable they will never return exactly + <c>0.0</c>. </p><p> These properties are useful when you + need to call for example <c>math:log(X)</c> or <c>1 / + X</c> on a random value <c>X</c>, since that will never + fail with a number from these new functions. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13764 Aux Id: PR-1574 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Added maps:iterator/0 and maps:next/1 to be used for + iterating over the key-value associations in a map.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14012</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Changed the default behaviour of <c>.erlang</c> + loading: <c>.erlang</c> is no longer loaded from the + current directory. <c>c:erlangrc(PathList)</c> can be + used to search and load an <c>.erlang</c> file from user + specified directories.</p> <p><c>escript</c>, + <c>erlc</c>, <c>dialyzer</c> and <c>typer</c> no longer + load an <c>.erlang</c> at all.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14439</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Added new uri_string module to stdlib for handling URIs + (RFC 3986).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14496</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Update Unicode specification to version 10.0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14503</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>filelib:wildcard()</c> now allows characters with a + special meaning to be escaped using backslashes.</p> + <p>This is an incompatible change, but note that the use + of backslashes in wildcards would already work + differently on Windows and Unix. Existing calls to + <c>filelib:wildcard()</c> needs to be updated. On + Windows, directory separators must always be written as a + slash.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14577</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The supervisor now stores its child specifications in a + map instead of a list. This causes a significant + improvement when starting many children under a + non-simple_one_for_one supervisor.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14586</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The <c>base64</c> module is optimized. </p> <p> Note + that the functions <c>encode/1</c>, <c>decode/1</c>, and + <c>mime_decode/1</c> fail unless called with an argument + of the documented type. They used to accept any + <c>iodata()</c>. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14624 Aux Id: PR-1565 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Add function <c>lists:search/2</c>. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14675 Aux Id: PR-102 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + uri_string module extended with functions for handling + application/x-www-form-urlencoded query strings based on + the HTML5 specification.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14747</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Add functions + <c>calendar:rfc3339_to_system_time/1,2</c> and + <c>calendar:system_time_to_rfc3339/1,2</c>. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14764</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The stack traces returned by the functions of the + <c>erl_eval</c> module more accurately reflect where the + exception occurred. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14826 Aux Id: PR 1540 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Add options <c>atime</c>, <c>mtime</c>, <c>ctime</c>, + <c>uid</c>, and <c>gid</c> to the <c>erl_tar:add/3,4</c> + functions. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14834 Aux Id: PR 1608 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Added <c>ets:whereis/1</c> for retrieving the table + identifier of a named table.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14884</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Improved URI normalization functions in the uri_string + module.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14910</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The new functions <c>io_lib:fwrite/3</c> and + <c>io_lib:format/3</c> take a third argument, an option + list. The only option is <c>chars_limit</c>, which is + used for limiting the number of returned characters. The + limit is soft, which means that the number of returned + characters exceeds the limit with at most a smallish + amount. If the limit is set, the functions + <c>format/3</c> and <c>fwrite/3</c> try to distribute the + number of characters evenly over the control sequences + <c>pPswW</c>. Furthermore, the control sequences + <c>pPwP</c> try to distribute the number of characters + evenly over substructures. </p> <p> A modification of the + control sequences <c>pPwW</c> is that even if there is no + limit on the number of returned characters, all + associations of a map are printed to the same depth. The + aim is to give a more consistent output as the order of + map keys is not defined. As before, if the depth is less + than the number of associations of a map, the selection + of associations to print is arbitrary. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14983</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Add functions <c>ordsets:is_empty/1</c> and + <c>sets:is_empty/1</c>. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14996 Aux Id: ERL-557, PR-1703 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Improve performance of <c>string:uppercase/1</c>, + <c>string:lowercase/1</c> and <c>string:casefold/1</c> + when handling ASCII characters.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14998</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>External funs with literal values for module, name, + and arity (e.g. <c>erlang:abs/1</c>) are now treated as + literals. That means more efficient code that produces + less garbage on the heap.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15003</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + sys:statistics(Pid,get) did not report 'out' messages + from gen_server. This is now corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15047</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A sys debug function can now have the format + {Id,Fun,State} in addition to the old {Fun,State}. This + allows installing multiple instances of a debug fun.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15048</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The <c>lib</c> module is removed:</p> <list + type="bulleted"> <item><c>lib:error_message/2</c> is + removed.</item> <item><c>lib:flush_receive/0</c> is + removed.</item> <item><c>lib:nonl/1</c> is + removed.</item> <item><c>lib:progname/0</c> is replaced + by <c>ct:get_progname/0</c>.</item> + <item><c>lib:send/2</c> is removed.</item> + <item><c>lib:sendw/2</c> is removed.</item> </list> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15072 Aux Id: PR 1786, OTP-15114 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Function <c>ets:delete_all_objects/1</c> now yields the + scheduler thread for large tables that take significant + time to clear. This to improve real time characteristics + of other runnable processes.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15078</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> In control sequences of the functions + <c>io:fwrite/2,3</c> and <c>io_lib:fwrite/2,3</c> + containing <c>p</c> or <c>P</c>, a field width of value + <c>0</c> means that no line breaks are inserted. This is + in contrast to the old behaviour, where <c>0</c> used to + insert line breaks after every subterm. To insert line + breaks after every subterm, a field width of value + <c>1</c> can be used. </p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15103 Aux Id: ERL-607 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>STDLIB 3.4.5</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ordsets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ordsets.xml index 2d891d7a5a..11f98c8fb7 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>2016</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2018</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 cb152d1935..b85fab67d5 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>2017</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -59,18 +59,17 @@ <p>When a process that is started using <c>proc_lib</c> terminates abnormally (that is, with another exit reason than <c>normal</c>, <c>shutdown</c>, or <c>{shutdown,Term}</c>), a <em>crash report</em> - is generated, which is written to terminal by the default SASL - event handler. That is, the crash report is normally only visible - if the SASL application is started; see - <seealso marker="sasl:sasl_app"><c>sasl(6)</c></seealso> and section + is generated, which is written to terminal by the default logger + handler setup by Kernel. For more information about how crash reports + were logged prior to Erlang/OTP 21.0, see <seealso marker="sasl:error_logging">SASL Error Logging</seealso> in the SASL User's Guide.</p> <p>Unlike in "plain Erlang", <c>proc_lib</c> processes will not generate <em>error reports</em>, which are written to the terminal by the - emulator and do not require SASL to be started. All exceptions are + emulator. All exceptions are converted to <em>exits</em> which are ignored by the default - <c>error_logger</c> handler.</p> + <c>logger</c> handler.</p> <p>The crash report contains the previously stored information, such as ancestors and initial function, the termination reason, and @@ -115,12 +114,22 @@ <name name="format" arity="2"/> <fsummary>Format a crash report.</fsummary> <desc> - <p>This function can be used by a user-defined event handler to + <note> + <p>This function is deprecated in the sense that + the <c>error_logger</c> is no longer the preferred + interface for logging in Erlang/OTP. A + new <seealso marker="kernel:logger_chapter">logging + API</seealso> was added in Erlang/OTP 21.0, but + legacy <c>error_logger</c> handlers can still be used. New + Logger handlers do not need to use this function, since + the formatting callback (<c>report_cb</c>) is included as + metadata in the log event.</p> + </note> + <p>This function can be used by a user-defined legacy + <c>error_logger</c> event handler to format a crash report. The crash report is sent using - <seealso marker="kernel:error_logger#error_report/2"> - <c>error_logger:error_report(crash_report, - <anno>CrashReport</anno>)</c></seealso>. - That is, the event to be handled is of the format + <seealso marker="kernel:logger"> + <c>logger(3)</c></seealso>, and the event to be handled is of the format <c>{error_report, GL, {Pid, crash_report, <anno>CrashReport</anno>}}</c>, where <c>GL</c> is the group leader pid of process @@ -132,7 +141,19 @@ <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 + <note> + <p>This function is deprecated in the sense that + the <c>error_logger</c> is no longer the preferred + interface for logging in Erlang/OTP. A + new <seealso marker="kernel:logger_chapter">logging + API</seealso> was added in Erlang/OTP 21.0, but + legacy <c>error_logger</c> handlers can still be used. New + Logger handlers do not need to used this function, since + the formatting callback (<c>report_cb</c>) is included as + metadata in the log event.</p> + </note> + <p>This function can be used by a user-defined legacy + <c>error_logger</c> event handler to format a crash report. When <anno>Depth</anno> is specified as a positive integer, it is used in the format string to limit the output as follows: <c>io_lib:format("~P", @@ -395,6 +416,8 @@ init(Parent) -> <title>See Also</title> <p><seealso marker="kernel:error_logger"> <c>error_logger(3)</c></seealso></p> + <p><seealso marker="kernel:logger"> + <c>logger(3)</c></seealso></p> </section> </erlref> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ref_man.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ref_man.xml index 68bfddbc71..8d61833d1f 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>2016</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ <xi:include href="gen_statem.xml"/> <xi:include href="io.xml"/> <xi:include href="io_lib.xml"/> - <xi:include href="lib.xml"/> <xi:include href="lists.xml"/> <xi:include href="log_mf_h.xml"/> <xi:include href="maps.xml"/> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml index 1ed96ddc3f..8db3e1e623 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sets.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2000</year><year>2017</year> + <year>2000</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/specs.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/specs.xml index d559adf9b6..fd2d625685 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/specs.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/specs.xml @@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ <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"/> <xi:include href="../specs/specs_lists.xml"/> <xi:include href="../specs/specs_log_mf_h.xml"/> <xi:include href="../specs/specs_maps.xml"/> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml index c7772d63a3..3348464eba 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>2017</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ ÖÄÅ</pre> <note><p> The functions are kept for backward compatibility, but are not recommended. - They will be deprecated in Erlang/OTP 21. + They will be deprecated in a future release. </p> <p>Any undocumented functions in <c>string</c> are not to be used.</p> </note> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml index 59e5bb6cb5..9fe816e33a 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>2017</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml index 53107ade2c..e913e33589 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>2016</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> |