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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_expand_records.xml6
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_internal.xml10
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/math.xml3
-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
8 files changed, 65 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_expand_records.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_expand_records.xml
index 7e4aa2db37..b6aa75ed03 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_expand_records.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_expand_records.xml
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@
<name name="module" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Expand all records in a module.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Expands all records in a module. The returned module has no
- references to records, attributes, or code.</p>
+ <p>Expands all records in a module to use explicit tuple
+ operations and adds explicit module names to calls to BIFs and
+ imported functions. The returned module has no references to
+ records, attributes, or code.</p>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_internal.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_internal.xml
index cf49df0972..17cd0fb240 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_internal.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_internal.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@
<funcs>
<func>
+ <name name="add_predefined_functions" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Add code for pre-defined functions.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Adds to <c><anno>Forms</anno></c> the code for the standard
+ pre-defined functions (such as <c>module_info/0</c>) that are
+ to be included in every module.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="arith_op" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Test for an arithmetic operator.</fsummary>
<desc>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/math.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/math.xml
index 1358ce5cbf..b4f096217a 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/math.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/math.xml
@@ -57,9 +57,12 @@
<name name="atan" arity="1"/>
<name name="atan2" arity="2"/>
<name name="atanh" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="ceil" arity="1"/>
<name name="cos" arity="1"/>
<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>