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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml18
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml79
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/math.xml1
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/orddict.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/ordsets.xml3
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml6
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml35
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml6
9 files changed, 115 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml
index 92ab59c6b0..55a77d1bc5 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml
@@ -148,6 +148,15 @@ compile:file(<anno>File</anno>, <anno>Options</anno> ++ [report_errors, report_w
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="lm" arity="0"/>
+ <fsummary>Loads all modified modules.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Reloads all currently loaded modules that have changed on disk (see <c>mm()</c>).
+ Returns the list of results from calling <c>l(M)</c> for each such <c>M</c>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="ls" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>List files in the current directory.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -182,6 +191,15 @@ compile:file(<anno>File</anno>, <anno>Options</anno> ++ [report_errors, report_w
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="mm" arity="0"/>
+ <fsummary>Lists all modified modules.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Lists all modified modules. Shorthand for
+ <seealso marker="kernel:code#modified_modules/0"><c>code:modified_modules/0</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="memory" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Memory allocation information.</fsummary>
<desc>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
index 64267c2af5..fd498ee82e 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
Type <c>info</c> originates from regular process messages sent
to the <c>gen_statem</c>. Also, the state machine
implementation can generate events of types
- <c>timeout</c>, <c>state_timeout</c>, <c>enter</c>,
+ <c>timeout</c>, <c>state_timeout</c>,
and <c>internal</c> to itself.
</p>
</desc>
@@ -639,6 +639,20 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
</p>
<list type="ordered">
<item>
+ <p>
+ If the state changes or is the initial state, and
+ <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
+ <seealso marker="#type-state_enter">(enter, OldState, Data)</seealso>.
+ Any
+ <seealso marker="#type-enter_action"><c>actions</c></seealso>
+ returned from this call are handled as if they were
+ appended to the actions
+ returned by the state callback that changed states.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
<p>
All
<seealso marker="#type-action">actions</seealso>
@@ -668,36 +682,36 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>
- If the state changes or is the initial state, and
- <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
- <seealso marker="#type-state_enter">(enter, OldState, Data)</seealso>.
- Any
- <seealso marker="#type-enter_action"><c>actions</c></seealso>
- returned from this call are handled as if they were
- appended to the actions
- returned by the state callback that changed states.
- </p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>
- If there are enqueued events the (possibly new)
- <seealso marker="#state callback">state callback</seealso>
- is called with the oldest enqueued event,
- and we start again from the top of this list.
- </p>
- </item>
- <item>
<p>
Timeout timers
<seealso marker="#type-state_timeout"><c>state_timeout()</c></seealso>
and
<seealso marker="#type-event_timeout"><c>event_timeout()</c></seealso>
- are handled. This may lead to a time-out zero event
- being generated to the
+ are handled. Time-outs with zero time are guaranteed to be
+ delivered to the state machine before any external
+ not yet received event so if there is such a timeout requested,
+ the corresponding time-out zero event is enqueued as
+ the newest event.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Any event cancels an
+ <seealso marker="#type-event_timeout"><c>event_timeout()</c></seealso>
+ so a zero time event time-out is only generated
+ if the event queue is empty.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ A state change cancels a
+ <seealso marker="#type-state_timeout"><c>state_timeout()</c></seealso>
+ and any new transition option of this type
+ belongs to the new state.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ If there are enqueued events the
<seealso marker="#state callback">state callback</seealso>
+ for the possibly new state
+ is called with the oldest enqueued event,
and we start again from the top of this list.
</p>
</item>
@@ -759,8 +773,9 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
after this time (in milliseconds) unless another
event arrives or has arrived
in which case this time-out is cancelled.
- Note that a retried, inserted or state time-out zero
- events counts as arrived.
+ Note that a retried or inserted event counts as arrived.
+ So does a state time-out zero event, if it was generated
+ before this timer is requested.
</p>
<p>
If the value is <c>infinity</c>, no timer is started, as
@@ -802,7 +817,7 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
<p>
Setting this timer while it is running will restart it with
the new time-out value. Therefore it is possible to cancel
- this timeout by setting it to <c>infinity</c>.
+ this time-out by setting it to <c>infinity</c>.
</p>
</desc>
</datatype>
@@ -1130,7 +1145,7 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
<c><anno>Timeout</anno></c> can also be a tuple
<c>{clean_timeout,<anno>T</anno>}</c> or
<c>{dirty_timeout,<anno>T</anno>}</c>, where
- <c><anno>T</anno></c> is the timeout time.
+ <c><anno>T</anno></c> is the time-out time.
<c>{clean_timeout,<anno>T</anno>}</c> works like
just <c>T</c> described in the note above
and uses a proxy process for <c>T &lt; infinity</c>,
@@ -1773,7 +1788,7 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
StateFunctionResult
</name>
<name>Module:handle_event(enter, OldState, State, Data) ->
- StateEnterResult
+ StateEnterResult(State)
</name>
<name>Module:handle_event(EventType, EventContent, State, Data) ->
HandleEventResult
@@ -1802,8 +1817,8 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
<seealso marker="#type-event_handler_result">event_handler_result</seealso>(<seealso marker="#type-state_name">state_name()</seealso>)
</v>
<v>
- StateEnterResult =
- <seealso marker="#type-state_enter_result">state_enter_result</seealso>(<seealso marker="#type-state">state()</seealso>)
+ StateEnterResult(State) =
+ <seealso marker="#type-state_enter_result">state_enter_result(State)</seealso>
</v>
<v>
HandleEventResult =
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml
index e1edbadcd3..8c7270816b 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ val1
<p><em>Example:</em></p>
<code type="none">
> Map = #{"42" => value}.
-#{"42"> => value}
+#{"42" => value}
> maps:is_key("42",Map).
true
> maps:is_key(value,Map).
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/math.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/math.xml
index 70ca6ae78e..b4f096217a 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/math.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/math.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
<name name="cosh" arity="1"/>
<name name="exp" arity="1"/>
<name name="floor" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="fmod" arity="2"/>
<name name="log" arity="1"/>
<name name="log10" arity="1"/>
<name name="log2" arity="1"/>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/orddict.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/orddict.xml
index 076b06fc38..39b43809b6 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/orddict.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/orddict.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
<p>This module provides a <c>Key</c>-<c>Value</c> dictionary.
An <c>orddict</c> is a representation of a dictionary, where a
list of pairs is used to store the keys and values. The list is
- ordered after the keys.</p>
+ ordered after the keys in the <em>Erlang term order</em>.</p>
<p>This module provides the same interface as the
<seealso marker="dict"><c>dict(3)</c></seealso> module
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ordsets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ordsets.xml
index 148281fcf7..7b590932e4 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ordsets.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ordsets.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
<p>Sets are collections of elements with no duplicate elements.
An <c>ordset</c> is a representation of a set, where an ordered
list is used to store the elements of the set. An ordered list
- is more efficient than an unordered list.</p>
+ is more efficient than an unordered list. Elements are ordered
+ according to the <em>Erlang term order</em>.</p>
<p>This module provides the same interface as the
<seealso marker="sets"><c>sets(3)</c></seealso> module
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml
index da03c39a26..e64b2ce18a 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@
<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
+ converted to <em>exits</em> which are ignored by the default
+ <c>error_logger</c> handler.</p>
+
<p>The crash report contains the previously stored information, such
as ancestors and initial function, the termination reason, and
information about other processes that terminate as a result
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml
index 1dcc3de000..1364a3277b 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/rand.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
Sebastiano Vigna</url>. The normal distribution algorithm uses the
<url href="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v05/i08">Ziggurat Method by Marsaglia
and Tsang</url>.</p>
+ <p>For some algorithms, jump functions are provided for generating
+ non-overlapping sequences for parallel computations.
+ The jump functions perform calculations
+ equivalent to perform a large number of repeated calls
+ for calculating new states. </p>
<p>The following algorithms are provided:</p>
@@ -48,14 +53,17 @@
<tag><c>exsplus</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Xorshift116+, 58 bits precision and period of 2^116-1</p>
+ <p>Jump function: equivalent to 2^64 calls</p>
</item>
<tag><c>exs64</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Xorshift64*, 64 bits precision and a period of 2^64-1</p>
+ <p>Jump function: not available</p>
</item>
<tag><c>exs1024</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Xorshift1024*, 64 bits precision and a period of 2^1024-1</p>
+ <p>Jump function: equivalent to 2^512 calls</p>
</item>
</taglist>
@@ -156,6 +164,33 @@ S0 = rand:seed_s(exsplus),
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="jump" arity="0"/>
+ <fsummary>Return the seed after performing jump calculation
+ to the state in the process dictionary.</fsummary>
+ <desc><marker id="jump-0" />
+ <p>Returns the state
+ after performing jump calculation
+ to the state in the process dictionary.</p>
+ <p>This function generates a <c>not_implemented</c> error exception
+ when the jump function is not implemented for
+ the algorithm specified in the state
+ in the process dictionary.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="jump" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Return the seed after performing jump calculation.</fsummary>
+ <desc><marker id="jump-1" />
+ <p>Returns the state after performing jump calculation
+ to the given state. </p>
+ <p>This function generates a <c>not_implemented</c> error exception
+ when the jump function is not implemented for
+ the algorithm specified in the state.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="normal" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Return a standard normal distributed random float.</fsummary>
<desc>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml
index 294196f746..bb06d3645e 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml
@@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ sup_flags() = #{strategy => strategy(), % optional
map. Assuming the values <c>MaxR</c> for <c>intensity</c>
and <c>MaxT</c> for <c>period</c>, then, if more than <c>MaxR</c>
restarts occur within <c>MaxT</c> seconds, the supervisor
- terminates all child processes and then itself. <c>intensity</c>
- defaults to <c>1</c> and <c>period</c> defaults to <c>5</c>.</p>
+ terminates all child processes and then itself. The termination
+ reason for the supervisor itself in that case will be <c>shutdown</c>.
+ <c>intensity</c> defaults to <c>1</c> and <c>period</c> defaults to
+ <c>5</c>.</p>
<marker id="child_spec"/>
<p>The type definition of a child specification is as follows:</p>