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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/assert_hrl.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml43
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml37
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml95
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/lists.xml14
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml56
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/uri_string.xml57
8 files changed, 258 insertions, 48 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/assert_hrl.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/assert_hrl.xml
index ea23cca2ee..33f29f38da 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/assert_hrl.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/assert_hrl.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ erlc -DNOASSERT=true *.erl</code>
<taglist>
<tag><c>assert(BoolExpr)</c></tag>
<item></item>
- <tag><c>URKAassert(BoolExpr, Comment)</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>assert(BoolExpr, Comment)</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Tests that <c>BoolExpr</c> completes normally returning
<c>true</c>.</p>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml
index 337028568a..14c543ee2b 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2003</year><year>2017</year>
+ <year>2003</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@
<v>Filename = filename()|{NameInArchive,FilenameOrBin}</v>
<v>Options = [Option]</v>
<v>Option = dereference|verbose|{chunks,ChunkSize}</v>
+ <v>|{atime,non_neg_integer()}|{mtime,non_neg_integer()}</v>
+ <v>|{ctime,non_neg_integer()}|{uid,non_neg_integer()}</v>
+ <v>|{gid,non_neg_integer()}</v>
<v>ChunkSize = positive_integer()</v>
<v>RetValue = ok|{error,{Filename,Reason}}</v>
<v>Reason = term()</v>
@@ -167,6 +170,42 @@
<seealso marker="ssh:ssh_sftp#open_tar/3">
<c>ssh_sftp:open_tar/3</c></seealso>.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>{atime,non_neg_integer()}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Sets the last time, as
+ <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#POSIX_Time">
+ POSIX time</seealso>, when the file was read. See also
+ <seealso marker="kernel:file#read_file_info/1">
+ <c>file:read_file_info/1</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>{mtime,non_neg_integer()}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Sets the last time, as
+ <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#POSIX_Time">
+ POSIX time</seealso>, when the file was written. See also
+ <seealso marker="kernel:file#read_file_info/1">
+ <c>file:read_file_info/1</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>{ctime,non_neg_integer()}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Sets the time, as
+ <seealso marker="erts:time_correction#POSIX_Time">
+ POSIX time</seealso>, when the file was created. See also
+ <seealso marker="kernel:file#read_file_info/1">
+ <c>file:read_file_info/1</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>{uid,non_neg_integer()}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Sets the file owner.
+ <seealso marker="kernel:file#read_file_info/1">
+ <c>file:read_file_info/1</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>{gid,non_neg_integer()}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Sets the group that the file owner belongs to.
+ <seealso marker="kernel:file#read_file_info/1">
+ <c>file:read_file_info/1</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </item>
</taglist>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -378,7 +417,7 @@
<v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>Cconverts an error reason term to a human-readable error message
+ <p>Converts an error reason term to a human-readable error message
string.</p>
</desc>
</func>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
index a0ec22c515..305376a425 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ets.xml
@@ -487,6 +487,11 @@ Error: fun containing local Erlang function calls
<p>The pid of the heir of the table, or <c>none</c> if no heir
is set.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>{id,</c><seealso marker="#type-tid">
+ <c>tid()</c></seealso><c>}</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>The table identifier.</p>
+ </item>
<tag><c>{keypos, integer() >= 1}</c></tag>
<item>
<p>The key position.</p>
@@ -963,11 +968,11 @@ ets:is_compiled_ms(Broken).</code>
<func>
<name name="match_spec_run" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Perform matching, using a compiled match specification on a
- list of tuples.</fsummary>
+ list of terms.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Executes the matching specified in a compiled
<seealso marker="#match_spec">match specification</seealso> on a list
- of tuples. Term <c><anno>CompiledMatchSpec</anno></c> is to be
+ of terms. Term <c><anno>CompiledMatchSpec</anno></c> is to be
the result of a call to <seealso marker="#match_spec_compile/1">
<c>match_spec_compile/1</c></seealso> and is hence the internal
representation of the match specification one wants to use.</p>
@@ -985,7 +990,7 @@ Table = ets:new...
MatchSpec = ...
% The following call...
ets:match_spec_run(ets:tab2list(Table),
-ets:match_spec_compile(MatchSpec)),
+ ets:match_spec_compile(MatchSpec)),
% ...gives the same result as the more common (and more efficient)
ets:select(Table, MatchSpec),</code>
<note>
@@ -1074,10 +1079,13 @@ ets:select(Table, MatchSpec),</code>
</item>
<tag><c>named_table</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>If this option is present, name <c><anno>Name</anno></c> is
- associated with the table identifier. The name can then
- be used instead of the table identifier in subsequent
- operations.</p>
+ <p>If this option is present, the table is registered under its
+ <c><anno>Name</anno></c> which can then be used instead of the
+ table identifier in subsequent operations.</p>
+ <p>The function will also return the <c><anno>Name</anno></c>
+ instead of the table identifier. To get the table identifier of a
+ named table, use
+ <seealso marker="#whereis/1"><c>whereis/1</c></seealso>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>{keypos,<anno>Pos</anno>}</c></tag>
<item>
@@ -2037,6 +2045,21 @@ true</pre>
</list>
</desc>
</func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="whereis" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Retrieves the tid() of a named table.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This function returns the
+ <seealso marker="#type-tid"><c>tid()</c></seealso> of the named table
+ identified by <c><anno>TableName</anno></c>, or <c>undefined</c> if
+ no such table exists. The <c>tid()</c> can be used in place of the
+ table name in all operations, which is slightly faster since the name
+ does not have to be resolved on each call.</p>
+ <p>If the table is deleted, the <c>tid()</c> will be invalid even if
+ another named table is created with the same name.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
</funcs>
</erlref>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml
index 72c774e6ef..f1037ec76b 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@
Hello world!
ok</pre>
<p>The general format of a control sequence is <c>~F.P.PadModC</c>.</p>
- <p>Character <c>C</c> determines the type of control sequence
- to be used, <c>F</c> and <c>P</c> are optional numeric
- arguments. If <c>F</c>, <c>P</c>, or <c>Pad</c> is <c>*</c>,
- the next argument in <c>Data</c> is used as the numeric value
- of <c>F</c> or <c>P</c>.</p>
+ <p>The character <c>C</c> determines the type of control sequence
+ to be used. It is the only required field. All of <c>F</c>,
+ <c>P</c>, <c>Pad</c>, and <c>Mod</c> are optional. For example,
+ to use a <c>#</c> for <c>Pad</c> but use the default values for
+ <c>F</c> and <c>P</c>, you can write <c>~..#C</c>.</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>
<p><c>F</c> is the <c>field width</c> of the printed argument. A
@@ -167,13 +167,26 @@ ok</pre>
The default padding character is <c>' '</c> (space).</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p><c>Mod</c> is the control sequence modifier. It is either a
- single character (<c>t</c>, for Unicode
- translation, and <c>l</c>, for stopping <c>p</c> and
- <c>P</c> from detecting printable characters)
- that changes the interpretation of <c>Data</c>.</p>
+ <p><c>Mod</c> is the control sequence modifier. This is
+ one or more characters that change the interpretation of
+ <c>Data</c>. The current modifiers are <c>t</c>, for Unicode
+ translation, and <c>l</c>, for stopping <c>p</c> and <c>P</c>
+ from detecting printable characters.</p>
</item>
</list>
+ <p>If <c>F</c>, <c>P</c>, or <c>Pad</c> is a <c>*</c> character,
+ the next argument in <c>Data</c> is used as the value.
+ For example:</p>
+ <pre>
+1> <input>io:fwrite("~*.*.0f~n",[9, 5, 3.14159265]).</input>
+003.14159
+ok</pre>
+ <p>To use a literal <c>*</c> character as <c>Pad</c>, it must be
+ passed as an argument:</p>
+ <pre>
+2> <input>io:fwrite("~*.*.*f~n",[9, 5, $*, 3.14159265]).</input>
+**3.14159
+ok</pre>
<p><em>Available control sequences:</em></p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>~</c></tag>
@@ -277,10 +290,9 @@ ok
<c>~w</c>, but breaks terms whose printed representation
is longer than one line into many lines and indents each
line sensibly. Left-justification is not supported.
- It also tries to detect lists of
- printable characters and to output these as strings. The
- Unicode translation modifier is used for determining
- what characters are printable, for example:</p>
+ It also tries to detect flat lists of
+ printable characters and output these as strings.
+ For example:</p>
<pre>
1> <input>T = [{attributes,[[{id,age,1.50000},{mode,explicit},</input>
<input>{typename,"INTEGER"}], [{id,cho},{mode,explicit},{typename,'Cho'}]]},</input>
@@ -302,7 +314,7 @@ ok
{mode,implicit}]
ok</pre>
<p>The field width specifies the maximum line length.
- Defaults to 80. The precision specifies the initial
+ It defaults to 80. The precision specifies the initial
indentation of the term. It defaults to the number of
characters printed on this line in the <em>same</em> call to
<seealso marker="#write/1"><c>write/1</c></seealso> or
@@ -332,18 +344,53 @@ ok
[{a,[97]},
{b,[98]}]
ok</pre>
- <p>Binaries that look like UTF-8 encoded strings are
- output with the string syntax if the Unicode translation
- modifier is specified:</p>
+ <p>The Unicode translation modifier <c>t</c> specifies how to treat
+ characters outside the Latin-1 range of codepoints, in
+ atoms, strings, and binaries. For example, printing an atom
+ containing a character &gt; 255:</p>
+ <pre>
+8> <input>io:fwrite("~p~n",[list_to_atom([1024])]).</input>
+'\x{400}'
+ok
+9> <input>io:fwrite("~tp~n",[list_to_atom([1024])]).</input>
+'Ѐ'
+ok</pre>
+ <p>By default, Erlang only detects lists of characters
+ in the Latin-1 range as strings, but the <c>+pc unicode</c>
+ flag can be used to change this (see <seealso
+ marker="#printable_range/0">
+ <c>printable_range/0</c></seealso> for details). For example:</p>
+ <pre>
+10> <input>io:fwrite("~p~n",[[214]]).</input>
+"Ö"
+ok
+11> <input>io:fwrite("~p~n",[[1024]]).</input>
+[1024]
+ok
+12> <input>io:fwrite("~tp~n",[[1024]]).</input>
+[1024]
+ok
+</pre>
+ <p>but if Erlang was started with <c>+pc unicode</c>:</p>
<pre>
-9> <input>io:fwrite("~p~n",[[1024]]).</input>
+13> <input>io:fwrite("~p~n",[[1024]]).</input>
[1024]
-10> <input>io:fwrite("~tp~n",[[1024]]).</input>
-"\x{400}"
-11> <input>io:fwrite("~tp~n", [&lt;&lt;128,128&gt;&gt;]).</input>
+ok
+14> <input>io:fwrite("~tp~n",[[1024]]).</input>
+"Ѐ"
+ok</pre>
+ <p>Similarly, binaries that look like UTF-8 encoded strings
+ are output with the binary string syntax if the <c>t</c>
+ modifier is specified:</p>
+ <pre>
+15> <input>io:fwrite("~p~n", [&lt;&lt;208,128&gt;&gt;]).</input>
+&lt;&lt;208,128&gt;&gt;
+ok
+16> <input>io:fwrite("~tp~n", [&lt;&lt;208,128&gt;&gt;]).</input>
+&lt;&lt;"Ѐ"/utf8&gt;&gt;
+ok
+17> <input>io:fwrite("~tp~n", [&lt;&lt;128,128&gt;&gt;]).</input>
&lt;&lt;128,128&gt;&gt;
-12> <input>io:fwrite("~tp~n", [&lt;&lt;208,128&gt;&gt;]).</input>
-&lt;&lt;"\x{400}"/utf8&gt;&gt;
ok</pre>
</item>
<tag><c>W</c></tag>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lists.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lists.xml
index 7efafedc82..c3d5d7e07a 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lists.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lists.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>
@@ -771,6 +771,18 @@ length(lists:seq(From, To, Incr)) =:= (To - From + Incr) div Incr</code>
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="search" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Find the first element that satisfies a predicate.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>If there is a <c><anno>Value</anno></c> in <c><anno>List</anno></c>
+ such that <c><anno>Pred</anno>(<anno>Value</anno>)</c> returns
+ <c>true</c>, returns <c>{value, <anno>Value</anno>}</c>
+ for the first such <c><anno>Value</anno></c>,
+ otherwise returns <c>false</c>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="splitwith" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Split a list into two lists based on a predicate.</fsummary>
<desc>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
index b61e5b9b9e..e26c4aba74 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,62 @@
</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to the STDLIB application.</p>
+<section><title>STDLIB 3.4.5</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The <c>Module:init/1</c> function in <c>gen_statem</c>
+ may return an actions list containing any action, but an
+ erroneous check only allowed state enter actions so e.g
+ <c>{next_event,internal,event}</c> caused a server crash.
+ This bug has been fixed.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13995</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>STDLIB 3.4.4</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p> Correct <c>filelib:find_source()</c> and
+ <c>filelib:find_file()</c> to by default also search one
+ level below <c>src</c>. This is in accordance with the
+ Design Principles which states that an application can
+ have Erlang source files one level below the <c>src</c>
+ directory. </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14832 Aux Id: ERL-527 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p> The contract of <c>erl_tar:table/2</c> is corrected.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14860 Aux Id: PR 1670 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p> Correct a few contracts. </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14889</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix string:prefix/2 to handle an empty string as second
+ argument.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14942 Aux Id: PR-1702 </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>STDLIB 3.4.3</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml
index fcaccdb2cb..350847bf7d 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
<item>
<p>Evaluates <c>apply(<anno>Module</anno>, <anno>Function</anno>,
<anno>Arguments</anno>)</c> and measures the elapsed real time as
- reported by <seealso marker="os:timestamp/0">
+ reported by <seealso marker="kernel:os#timestamp/0">
<c>os:timestamp/0</c></seealso>.</p>
<p>Returns <c>{<anno>Time</anno>, <anno>Value</anno>}</c>, where
<c><anno>Time</anno></c> is the elapsed real time in
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/uri_string.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/uri_string.xml
index 21f470e763..88d4600611 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/uri_string.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/uri_string.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2017</year><year>2017</year>
+ <year>2017</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
<title>uri_string</title>
<prepared>Péter Dimitrov</prepared>
<docno>1</docno>
- <date>2017-10-24</date>
+ <date>2018-02-07</date>
<rev>A</rev>
</header>
<module>uri_string</module>
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@
<description>
<p>This module contains functions for parsing and handling URIs
(<url href="https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt">RFC 3986</url>) and
- form-urlencoded query strings (<url href="https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/forms.html">HTML5</url>).
+ form-urlencoded query strings (<url href="https://www.w3.org/TR/html52/">HTML 5.2</url>).
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Parsing and serializing non-UTF-8 form-urlencoded query strings are also supported
+ (<url href="https://www.w3.org/TR/html50/">HTML 5.0</url>).
</p>
<p>A URI is an identifier consisting of a sequence of characters matching the syntax
rule named <em>URI</em> in <url href="https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt">RFC 3986</url>.
@@ -70,7 +74,8 @@
<seealso marker="#transcode/2"><c>transcode/2</c></seealso>
</item>
<item>Transforming URIs into a normalized form<br></br>
- <seealso marker="#normalize/1"><c>normalize/1</c></seealso>
+ <seealso marker="#normalize/1"><c>normalize/1</c></seealso><br></br>
+ <seealso marker="#normalize/2"><c>normalize/2</c></seealso>
</item>
<item>Composing form-urlencoded query strings from a list of key-value pairs<br></br>
<seealso marker="#compose_query/1"><c>compose_query/1</c></seealso><br></br>
@@ -151,8 +156,10 @@
<p>Composes a form-urlencoded <c><anno>QueryString</anno></c> based on a
<c><anno>QueryList</anno></c>, a list of non-percent-encoded key-value pairs.
Form-urlencoding is defined in section
- 4.10.22.6 of the <url href="https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/forms.html">HTML5</url>
- specification.
+ 4.10.21.6 of the <url href="https://www.w3.org/TR/html52/">HTML 5.2</url>
+ specification and in section 4.10.22.6 of the
+ <url href="https://www.w3.org/TR/html50/">HTML 5.0</url> specification for
+ non-UTF-8 encodings.
</p>
<p>See also the opposite operation <seealso marker="#dissect_query/1">
<c>dissect_query/1</c></seealso>.
@@ -209,12 +216,11 @@
<p>Dissects an urlencoded <c><anno>QueryString</anno></c> and returns a
<c><anno>QueryList</anno></c>, a list of non-percent-encoded key-value pairs.
Form-urlencoding is defined in section
- 4.10.22.6 of the <url href="https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/forms.html">HTML5</url>
- specification.
+ 4.10.21.6 of the <url href="https://www.w3.org/TR/html52/">HTML 5.2</url>
+ specification and in section 4.10.22.6 of the
+ <url href="https://www.w3.org/TR/html50/">HTML 5.0</url> specification for
+ non-UTF-8 encodings.
</p>
- <p>It is not as strict for its input as the decoding algorithm defined by
- <url href="https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/forms.html">HTML5</url>
- and accepts all unicode characters.</p>
<p>See also the opposite operation <seealso marker="#compose_query/1">
<c>compose_query/1</c></seealso>.
</p>
@@ -233,7 +239,7 @@
<name name="normalize" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Syntax-based normalization.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Transforms <c><anno>URIString</anno></c> into a normalized form
+ <p>Transforms an <c><anno>URI</anno></c> into a normalized form
using Syntax-Based Normalization as defined by
<url href="https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt">RFC 3986</url>.</p>
<p>This function implements case normalization, percent-encoding
@@ -247,6 +253,33 @@
<![CDATA[<<"mid/6">>]]>
3> uri_string:normalize("http://localhost:80").
"https://localhost/"
+4> <input>uri_string:normalize(#{scheme => "http",port => 80,path => "/a/b/c/./../../g",</input>
+4> host => "localhost-örebro"}).
+"http://localhost-%C3%B6rebro/a/g"
+ </pre>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="normalize" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Syntax-based normalization.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Same as <c>normalize/1</c> but with an additional
+ <c><anno>Options</anno></c> parameter, that controls if the normalized URI
+ shall be returned as an uri_map().
+ There is one supported option: <c>return_map</c>.
+ </p>
+ <p><em>Example:</em></p>
+ <pre>
+1> <input>uri_string:normalize("/a/b/c/./../../g", [return_map]).</input>
+#{path => "/a/g"}
+2> <![CDATA[uri_string:normalize(<<"mid/content=5/../6">>, [return_map]).]]>
+<![CDATA[#{path => <<"mid/6">>}]]>
+3> uri_string:normalize("http://localhost:80", [return_map]).
+#{scheme => "http",path => "/",host => "localhost"}
+4> <input>uri_string:normalize(#{scheme => "http",port => 80,path => "/a/b/c/./../../g",</input>
+4> host => "localhost-örebro"}, [return_map]).
+#{scheme => "http",path => "/a/g",host => "localhost-örebro"}
</pre>
</desc>
</func>