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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/file_sorter.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/zip.xml | 8 |
7 files changed, 41 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.xml index e32a639b81..d8193a9ec2 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.xml @@ -270,7 +270,8 @@ <fsummary>Convert now to local date and time</fsummary> <desc> <p>This function returns local date and time converted from - the return value from <c>erlang:now()</c>.</p> + the return value from + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#timestamp/0"><c>erlang:timestamp/0</c></seealso>.</p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -279,7 +280,8 @@ <fsummary>Convert now to date and time</fsummary> <desc> <p>This function returns Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) - converted from the return value from <c>erlang:now()</c>.</p> + converted from the return value from + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#timestamp/0"><c>erlang:timestamp/0</c></seealso>.</p> </desc> </func> <func> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml index 902a921fbf..6b9524ef63 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml @@ -1618,14 +1618,18 @@ true</pre> </func> <func> <name name="update_counter" arity="3" clause_i="1"/> + <name name="update_counter" arity="4" clause_i="1"/> <name name="update_counter" arity="3" clause_i="2"/> + <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"/> <type variable="Tab"/> <type variable="Key"/> <type variable="UpdateOp" name_i="1"/> <type variable="Pos" name_i="1"/> <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 @@ -1667,12 +1671,22 @@ true</pre> <seealso marker="#lookup/2">lookup/2</seealso> and <seealso marker="#new/2">new/2</seealso> for details on the difference).</p> + <p>If a default object <c><anno>Default</anno></c> is given, it is used + as the object to be updated if the key is missing from the table. The + value in place of the key is ignored and replaced by the proper key + value. The return value is as if the default object had not been used, + that is a single updated element or a list of them.</p> <p>The function will fail with reason <c>badarg</c> if:</p> <list type="bulleted"> <item>the table is not of type <c>set</c> or <c>ordered_set</c>,</item> - <item>no object with the right key exists,</item> + <item>no object with the right key exists and no default object were + supplied,</item> <item>the object has the wrong arity,</item> + <item>the default object arity is smaller than + <c><![CDATA[<keypos>]]></c></item> + <item>any field from the default object being updated is not an + integer</item> <item>the element to update is not an integer,</item> <item>the element to update is also the key, or,</item> <item>any of <c><anno>Pos</anno></c>, <c><anno>Incr</anno></c>, <c><anno>Threshold</anno></c> or diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/file_sorter.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/file_sorter.xml index 16572df3c5..c069333c29 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/file_sorter.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/file_sorter.xml @@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ <c>file:get_cwd()</c> is used instead. The names of temporary files are derived from the Erlang nodename (<c>node()</c>), the process identifier of the current Erlang - emulator (<c>os:getpid()</c>), and a timestamp - (<c>erlang:now()</c>); a typical name would be - <c>fs_mynode@myhost_1763_1043_337000_266005.17</c>, where + emulator (<c>os:getpid()</c>), and a unique integer + (<c>erlang:unique_integer([positive])</c>); a typical name would be + <c>fs_mynode@myhost_1763_4711.17</c>, where <c>17</c> is a sequence number. Existing files will be overwritten. Temporary files are deleted unless some uncaught EXIT signal occurs. diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml index f27a974242..9a0ff85038 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ <name name="init_ack" arity="2"/> <fsummary>Used by a process when it has started.</fsummary> <desc> - <p>This function must used by a process that has been started by + <p>This function must be used by a process that has been started by a <seealso marker="#start/3">start[_link]/3,4,5</seealso> function. It tells <c><anno>Parent</anno></c> that the process has initialized itself, has started, or has failed to initialize diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml index e001058e19..2cc621ffc3 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/random.xml @@ -70,12 +70,11 @@ <desc> <p>Seeds random number generation with integer values in the process dictionary, and returns the old state.</p> - <p>One way of obtaining a seed is to use the BIF <c>now/0</c>:</p> + <p>One easy way of obtaining a unique value to seed with is to:</p> <code type="none"> - ... - {A1,A2,A3} = now(), - random:seed(A1, A2, A3), - ...</code> + 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> </desc> </func> <func> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml index eca9a72d36..791a29689e 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml @@ -217,12 +217,14 @@ </func> <func> <name name="now_diff" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Calculate time difference between <c>now/0</c>timestamps</fsummary> + <fsummary>Calculate time difference between timestamps</fsummary> <type_desc variable="Tdiff">In microseconds</type_desc> <desc> <p>Calculates the time difference <c><anno>Tdiff</anno> = <anno>T2</anno> - <anno>T1</anno></c> in - <em>microseconds</em>, where <c><anno>T1</anno></c> and <c><anno>T2</anno></c> probably - are timestamp tuples returned from <c>erlang:now/0</c>.</p> + <em>microseconds</em>, where <c><anno>T1</anno></c> and <c><anno>T2</anno></c> + are timestamp tuples on the same format as returned from + <seealso marker="erts:erlang#timestamp/0"><c>erlang:timestamp/0</c></seealso>, + or <seealso marker="kernel:os#timestamp/0"><c>os:timestamp/0</c></seealso>.</p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -234,7 +236,7 @@ </func> <func> <name name="minutes" arity="1"/> - <fsummary>Converts <c>Minutes</c>to <c>Milliseconds</c>.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Converts <c>Minutes</c> to <c>Milliseconds</c>.</fsummary> <desc> <p>Return the number of milliseconds in <c><anno>Minutes</anno></c>.</p> </desc> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/zip.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/zip.xml index 48b376743d..d201e81a79 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/zip.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/zip.xml @@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ <p>These options are described in <seealso marker="#zip_options">create/3</seealso>.</p> </desc> </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="handle"/> + <desc> + <p>As returned by <seealso marker="#zip_open/2">zip_open/2</seealso>.</p> + </desc> + </datatype> </datatypes> <funcs> <func> @@ -430,6 +436,8 @@ means that subsequently reading files from the archive will be faster than unzipping files one at a time with <c>unzip</c>.</p> <p>The archive must be closed with <c>zip_close/1</c>.</p> + <p>The <c><anno>ZipHandle</anno></c> will be closed if the + process which originally opened the archive dies.</p> </desc> </func> <func> |