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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.xml88
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml4
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml219
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_lib.xml39
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml394
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml10
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml4
8 files changed, 676 insertions, 84 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile
index af27efa6c1..508a4fa2de 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ clean clean_docs:
rm -f errs core *~
$(SPECDIR)/specs_erl_id_trans.xml:
- escript $(SPECS_EXTRACTOR) $(SPECS_FLAGS) \
+ $(gen_verbose)escript $(SPECS_EXTRACTOR) $(SPECS_FLAGS) \
-o$(dir $@) -module erl_id_trans
# ----------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.xml
index 65b3edcdf6..8f2b6b747a 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/calendar.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>
@@ -317,6 +317,30 @@
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="rfc3339_to_system_time" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="rfc3339_to_system_time" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Convert from RFC 3339 timestamp to system time.</fsummary>
+ <type name="rfc3339_string"/>
+ <type name="rfc3339_time_unit"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Converts an RFC 3339 timestamp into system time.</p>
+ <p>Valid option:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>{unit, Unit}</c></tag>
+ <item><p>The time unit of the return value.
+ The default is <c>second</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ <pre>
+1> <input>calendar:rfc3339_to_system_time("2018-02-01T16:17:58+01:00").</input>
+1517498278
+2> <input>calendar:rfc3339_to_system_time("2018-02-01 15:18:02.088Z",
+ [{unit, nanosecond}]).</input>
+1517498282088000000</pre>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="seconds_to_daystime" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Compute days and time from seconds.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -339,6 +363,68 @@
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="system_time_to_local_time" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Convert system time to local date and time.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Converts a specified system time into local date and time.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="system_time_to_rfc3339" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="system_time_to_rfc3339" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Convert from system to RFC 3339 timestamp.</fsummary>
+ <type name="offset"/>
+ <type name="rfc3339_string"/>
+ <type name="rfc3339_time_unit"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Converts a system time into RFC 3339 timestamp.</p>
+ <p>Valid options:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>{offset, Offset}</c></tag>
+ <item><p>The offset, either a string or an integer, to be
+ included in the formatted string.
+ An empty string, which is the default, is interpreted
+ as local time. A non-empty string is included as is.
+ The time unit of the integer is the same as the one
+ of <c><anno>Time</anno></c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>{time_designator, Character}</c></tag>
+ <item><p>The character used as time designator, that is,
+ the date and time separator. The default is <c>$T</c>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>{unit, Unit}</c></tag>
+ <item><p>The time unit of <c><anno>Time</anno></c>. The
+ default is <c>second</c>. If some other unit is given
+ (<c>millisecond</c>, <c>microsecond</c>, or
+ <c>nanosecond</c>), the formatted string includes a
+ fraction of a second.</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ <pre>
+1> <input>calendar:system_time_to_rfc3339(erlang:system_time(second)).</input>
+"2018-04-23T14:56:28+02:00"
+2> <input>calendar:system_time_to_rfc3339(erlang:system_time(second),
+ [{offset, "-02:00"}]).</input>
+"2018-04-23T10:56:52-02:00"
+3> <input>calendar:system_time_to_rfc3339(erlang:system_time(second),
+ [{offset, -7200}]).</input>
+"2018-04-23T10:57:05-02:00"
+4> <input>calendar:system_time_to_rfc3339(erlang:system_time(millisecond),
+ [{unit, millisecond}, {time_designator, $\s}, {offset, "Z"}]).</input>
+"2018-04-23 12:57:20.482Z"</pre>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="system_time_to_universal_time" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Convert system time to universal date and time.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Converts a specified system time into universal date and time.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="time_difference" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Compute the difference between two times (deprecated).
</fsummary>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml
index 14c543ee2b..68fa071090 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@
<section>
<title>Other Storage Media</title>
- <p>The <seealso marker="inets:ftp"><c>ftp</c></seealso>
- module (Inets) normally accesses the tar file on disk using
+ <p>The <seealso marker="ftp:ftp"><c>ftp</c></seealso>
+ module normally accesses the tar file on disk using
the <seealso marker="kernel:file"><c>file</c></seealso> module.
When other needs arise, you can define your own low-level Erlang
functions to perform the writing and reading on the storage media;
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
index be0d64feba..e918e83df7 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,68 @@
<modulesummary>Generic state machine behavior.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>
- This behavior module provides a state machine. Two
+ <c>gen_statem</c> provides a generic state machine behaviour
+ and replaces its predecessor
+ <seealso marker="gen_fsm"><c>gen_fsm</c></seealso>
+ since Erlang/OTP 20.0.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ This reference manual describes types generated from the types
+ in the <c>gen_statem</c> source code, so they are correct.
+ However, the generated descriptions also reflect the type hiearchy,
+ which makes them kind of hard to read.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ To get an overview of the concepts and operation of <c>gen_statem</c>,
+ do read the
+ <seealso marker="doc/design_principles:statem">
+ <c>gen_statem</c>&nbsp;Behaviour
+ </seealso>
+ in
+ <seealso marker="doc/design_principles:users_guide">
+ OTP Design Principles
+ </seealso>
+ which frequently links back to this reference manual to avoid
+ containing detailed facts that may rot by age.
+ </p>
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ This behavior appeared in Erlang/OTP 19.0.
+ In OTP 19.1 a backwards incompatible change of
+ the return tuple from
+ <seealso marker="#Module:init/1"><c>Module:init/1</c></seealso>
+ was made and the mandatory callback function
+ <seealso marker="#Module:callback_mode/0">
+ <c>Module:callback_mode/0</c>
+ </seealso>
+ was introduced. In OTP 20.0 the
+ <seealso marker="#type-generic_timeout"><c>generic timeouts</c></seealso>
+ were added.
+ </p>
+ </note>
+ <p>
+ <c>gen_statem</c> has got the same features that
+ <seealso marker="gen_fsm"><c>gen_fsm</c></seealso>
+ had and adds some really useful:
+ </p>
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>Co-located state code</item>
+ <item>Arbitrary term state</item>
+ <item>Event postponing</item>
+ <item>Self-generated events</item>
+ <item>State time-out</item>
+ <item>Multiple generic named time-outs</item>
+ <item>Absolute time-out time</item>
+ <item>Automatic state enter calls</item>
+ <item>
+ Reply from other state than the request, <c>sys</c> traceable
+ </item>
+ <item>Multiple <c>sys</c> traceable replies</item>
+ </list>
+
+
+ <p>
+ Two
<seealso marker="#type-callback_mode"><em>callback modes</em></seealso>
are supported:
</p>
@@ -50,34 +111,6 @@
</p>
</item>
</list>
- <note>
- <p>
- This is a new behavior in Erlang/OTP 19.0.
- It has been thoroughly reviewed, is stable enough
- to be used by at least two heavy OTP applications,
- and is here to stay.
- Depending on user feedback, we do not expect
- but can find it necessary to make minor
- not backward compatible changes into Erlang/OTP 20.0.
- </p>
- </note>
- <p>
- The <c>gen_statem</c> behavior replaces
- <seealso marker="gen_fsm"><c>gen_fsm</c> </seealso> in Erlang/OTP 20.0.
- It has the same features and adds some really useful:
- </p>
- <list type="bulleted">
- <item>Gathered state code.</item>
- <item>Arbitrary term state.</item>
- <item>Event postponing.</item>
- <item>Self-generated events.</item>
- <item>State time-out.</item>
- <item>Multiple generic named time-outs.</item>
- <item>Absolute time-out time.</item>
- <item>Automatic state enter calls.</item>
- <item>Reply from other state than the request.</item>
- <item>Multiple <c>sys</c> traceable replies.</item>
- </list>
<p>
The callback model(s) for <c>gen_statem</c> differs from
the one for <seealso marker="gen_fsm"><c>gen_fsm</c></seealso>,
@@ -148,7 +181,7 @@ erlang:'!' -----> Module:StateName/3
is <c>state_functions</c>, the state must be an atom and
is used as the state callback name; see
<seealso marker="#Module:StateName/3"><c>Module:StateName/3</c></seealso>.
- This gathers all code for a specific state
+ This co-locates all code for a specific state
in one function as the <c>gen_statem</c> engine
branches depending on state name.
Note the fact that the callback function
@@ -207,8 +240,10 @@ erlang:'!' -----> Module:StateName/3
whenever a new state is entered; see
<seealso marker="#type-state_enter"><c>state_enter()</c></seealso>.
This is for writing code common to all state entries.
- Another way to do it is to insert events at state transitions,
- but you have to do so everywhere it is needed.
+ Another way to do it is to insert an event at the state transition,
+ and/or to use a dedicated state transition function,
+ but that is something you will have to remember
+ at every state transition to the state(s) that need it.
</p>
<note>
<p>If you in <c>gen_statem</c>, for example, postpone
@@ -252,6 +287,16 @@ erlang:'!' -----> Module:StateName/3
to use after every event; see
<seealso marker="erts:erlang#hibernate/3"><c>erlang:hibernate/3</c></seealso>.
</p>
+ <p>
+ There is also a server start option
+ <seealso marker="#type-hibernate_after_opt">
+ <c>{hibernate_after, Timeout}</c>
+ </seealso>
+ for
+ <seealso marker="#start/3"><c>start/3,4</c></seealso> or
+ <seealso marker="#start_link/3"><c>start_link/3,4</c></seealso>
+ that may be used to automatically hibernate the server.
+ </p>
</description>
<section>
@@ -668,9 +713,9 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
<p>
If
<seealso marker="#Module:code_change/4"><c>Module:code_change/4</c></seealso>
- should transform the state to a state with a different
- name it is still regarded as the same state so this
- does not cause a state enter call.
+ should transform the state,
+ it is regarded as a state rename and not a state change,
+ which will not cause a state enter call.
</p>
<p>
Note that a state enter call <em>will</em> be done
@@ -688,12 +733,19 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
<p>
Transition options can be set by
<seealso marker="#type-action">actions</seealso>
- and they modify how the state transition is done:
+ and modify the state transition.
+ Here are the sequence of steps for a state transition:
</p>
<list type="ordered">
<item>
<p>
- If the state changes, is the initial state,
+ If
+ <seealso marker="#type-state_enter">
+ <em>state enter calls</em>
+ </seealso>
+ are used, and either:
+ the state changes, it is the initial state,
+ or one of the callback results
<seealso marker="#type-state_callback_result">
<c>repeat_state</c>
</seealso>
@@ -701,16 +753,21 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
<seealso marker="#type-state_callback_result">
<c>repeat_state_and_data</c>
</seealso>
- is used, and also
- <seealso marker="#type-state_enter"><em>state enter calls</em></seealso>
- are used, the <c>gen_statem</c> calls
+ is used; the <c>gen_statem</c> calls
the new state callback with arguments
- <seealso marker="#type-state_enter">(enter, OldState, Data)</seealso>.
+ <seealso marker="#type-state_enter"><c>(enter, OldState, Data)</c></seealso>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
Any
- <seealso marker="#type-enter_action"><c>actions</c></seealso>
+ <seealso marker="#type-enter_action">actions</seealso>
returned from this call are handled as if they were
- appended to the actions
- returned by the state callback that changed states.
+ appended to the actions
+ returned by the state callback that caused the state entry.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Should this state enter call return any of
+ the mentioned <c>repeat_*</c> callback results
+ it is repeated again, with the updated <c>Data</c>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
@@ -739,7 +796,7 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
All events stored with
<seealso marker="#type-action"><c>action()</c></seealso>
<c>next_event</c>
- are inserted to be processed before the other queued events.
+ are inserted to be processed before previously queued events.
</p>
</item>
<item>
@@ -753,7 +810,9 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
delivered to the state machine before any external
not yet received event so if there is such a time-out requested,
the corresponding time-out zero event is enqueued as
- the newest event.
+ the newest received event;
+ that is after already queued events
+ such as inserted and postponed events.
</p>
<p>
Any event cancels an
@@ -791,7 +850,7 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
When a new message arrives the
<seealso marker="#state callback">state callback</seealso>
is called with the corresponding event,
- and we start again from the top of this list.
+ and we start again from the top of this sequence.
</p>
</item>
</list>
@@ -816,13 +875,19 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
<seealso marker="proc_lib#hibernate/3"><c>proc_lib:hibernate/3</c></seealso>
before going into <c>receive</c>
to wait for a new external event.
- If there are enqueued events,
- to prevent receiving any new event, an
- <seealso marker="erts:erlang#garbage_collect/0"><c>erlang:garbage_collect/0</c></seealso>
- is done instead to simulate
- that the <c>gen_statem</c> entered hibernation
- and immediately got awakened by the oldest enqueued event.
</p>
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ If there are enqueued events to process
+ when hibrnation is requested,
+ this is optimized by not hibernating but instead calling
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#garbage_collect/0">
+ <c>erlang:garbage_collect/0</c>
+ </seealso>
+ to simulate that the <c>gen_statem</c> entered hibernation
+ and immediately got awakened by an enqueued event.
+ </p>
+ </note>
</desc>
</datatype>
<datatype>
@@ -857,7 +922,7 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
no timer is actually started,
instead the the time-out event is enqueued to ensure
that it gets processed before any not yet
- received external event.
+ received external event, but after already queued events.
</p>
<p>
Note that it is not possible nor needed to cancel this time-out,
@@ -943,7 +1008,9 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
If <c>Abs</c> is <c>true</c> an absolute timer is started,
and if it is <c>false</c> a relative, which is the default.
See
- <seealso marker="erts:erlang#start_timer/4"><c>erlang:start_timer/4</c></seealso>
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#start_timer/4">
+ <c>erlang:start_timer/4</c>
+ </seealso>
for details.
</p>
<p>
@@ -969,7 +1036,9 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
</p>
<p>
Actions that set
- <seealso marker="#type-transition_option">transition options</seealso>
+ <seealso marker="#type-transition_option">
+ transition options
+ </seealso>
override any previous of the same type,
so the last in the containing list wins.
For example, the last
@@ -981,7 +1050,9 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
<item>
<p>
Sets the
- <seealso marker="#type-transition_option"><c>transition_option()</c></seealso>
+ <seealso marker="#type-transition_option">
+ <c>transition_option()</c>
+ </seealso>
<seealso marker="#type-postpone"><c>postpone()</c></seealso>
for this state transition.
This action is ignored when returned from
@@ -994,7 +1065,11 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
<tag><c>next_event</c></tag>
<item>
<p>
- Stores the specified <c><anno>EventType</anno></c>
+ This action does not set any
+ <seealso marker="#type-transition_option">
+ <c>transition_option()</c>
+ </seealso>
+ but instead stores the specified <c><anno>EventType</anno></c>
and <c><anno>EventContent</anno></c> for insertion after all
actions have been executed.
</p>
@@ -1066,15 +1141,15 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
<seealso marker="#type-transition_option">transition options</seealso>.
</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><c>Timeout</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>Time</c></tag>
<item>
<p>
- Short for <c>{timeout,Timeout,Timeout}</c>, that is,
+ Short for <c>{timeout,Time,Time}</c>, that is,
the time-out message is the time-out time.
This form exists to make the
<seealso marker="#state callback">state callback</seealso>
- return value <c>{next_state,NextState,NewData,Timeout}</c>
- allowed like for <c>gen_fsm</c>'s
+ return value <c>{next_state,NextState,NewData,Time}</c>
+ allowed like for <c>gen_fsm</c>.
</p>
</item>
<tag><c>timeout</c></tag>
@@ -1126,7 +1201,11 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
<seealso marker="#enter_loop/5"><c>enter_loop/5,6</c></seealso>.
</p>
<p>
- It replies to a caller waiting for a reply in
+ It does not set any
+ <seealso marker="#type-transition_option">
+ <c>transition_option()</c>
+ </seealso>
+ but instead replies to a caller waiting for a reply in
<seealso marker="#call/2"><c>call/2</c></seealso>.
<c><anno>From</anno></c> must be the term from argument
<seealso marker="#type-event_type"><c>{call,<anno>From</anno>}</c></seealso>
@@ -2109,16 +2188,20 @@ init(Args) -> erlang:error(not_implemented, [Args]).</pre>
You may also not change states from this call.
Should you return <c>{next_state,NextState, ...}</c>
with <c>NextState =/= State</c> the <c>gen_statem</c> crashes.
- It is possible to use <c>{repeat_state, ...}</c>,
- <c>{repeat_state_and_data,_}</c> or
- <c>repeat_state_and_data</c> but all of them makes little
+ Note that it is actually allowed to use
+ <c>{repeat_state, NewData, ...}</c> although it makes little
sense since you immediately will be called again with a new
<em>state enter call</em> making this just a weird way
of looping, and there are better ways to loop in Erlang.
+ If you do not update <c>NewData</c> and have some
+ loop termination condition, or if you use
+ <c>{repeat_state_and_data, _}</c> or
+ <c>repeat_state_and_data</c> you have an infinite loop!
You are advised to use <c>{keep_state,...}</c>,
<c>{keep_state_and_data,_}</c> or
- <c>keep_state_and_data</c> since you can not change states
- from a <em>state enter call</em> anyway.
+ <c>keep_state_and_data</c>
+ since changing states from a <em>state enter call</em>
+ is not possible anyway.
</p>
<p>
Note the fact that you can use
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_lib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_lib.xml
index bc1d77ac83..4a2b425e8e 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_lib.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_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>
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
</desc>
</datatype>
<datatype>
+ <name name="chars_limit"/>
+ </datatype>
+ <datatype>
<name name="depth"/>
</datatype>
<datatype>
@@ -153,6 +156,27 @@
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="format" arity="3"/>
+ <name name="fwrite" arity="3"/>
+ <fsummary>Write formatted output.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <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>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="fread" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Read formatted input.</fsummary>
<desc>
@@ -361,17 +385,24 @@
<fsummary>Write a term.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a character list that represents <c><anno>Term</anno></c>.
- Argument <c><anno>Depth</anno></c> controls the depth of the
+ Option <c><anno>Depth</anno></c> controls the depth of the
structures written. When the specified depth is reached,
everything below this level is replaced by "<c>...</c>".
<c><anno>Depth</anno></c> defaults to -1, which means
- no limitation.</p>
+ 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>
<p><em>Example:</em></p>
<pre>
1> <input>lists:flatten(io_lib:write({1,[2],[3],[4,5],6,7,8,9})).</input>
"{1,[2],[3],[4,5],6,7,8,9}"
2> <input>lists:flatten(io_lib:write({1,[2],[3],[4,5],6,7,8,9}, 5)).</input>
-"{1,[2],[3],[...],...}"</pre>
+"{1,[2],[3],[...],...}"
+3> <input>lists:flatten(io_lib:write({[1,2,3],[4,5],6,7,8,9}, [{chars_limit,20}])).</input>
+"{[1,2|...],[4|...],...}"</pre>
</desc>
</func>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml
index 130fc74a28..c7772d63a3 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml
@@ -109,8 +109,10 @@
<p>This module has been reworked in Erlang/OTP 20 to
handle <seealso marker="unicode#type-chardata">
<c>unicode:chardata()</c></seealso> and operate on grapheme
- clusters. The <c>old functions</c> that only work on Latin-1 lists as input
- are kept for backwards compatibility reasons but should not be used.
+ clusters. The <seealso marker="#oldapi"> <c>old
+ functions</c></seealso> that only work on Latin-1 lists as input
+ are still available but should not be used, they will be
+ deprecated in a future release.
</p>
</description>
@@ -629,5 +631,393 @@ ÖÄÅ</pre>
</func>
</funcs>
+
+ <section>
+ <marker id="oldapi"/>
+ <title>Obsolete API functions</title>
+ <p>Here follows the function of the old API.
+ These functions only work on a list of Latin-1 characters.
+ </p>
+ <note><p>
+ The functions are kept for backward compatibility, but are
+ not recommended.
+ They will be deprecated in Erlang/OTP 21.
+ </p>
+ <p>Any undocumented functions in <c>string</c> are not to be used.</p>
+ </note>
+ </section>
+
+ <funcs>
+ <func>
+ <name name="centre" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="centre" arity="3"/>
+ <fsummary>Center a string.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns a string, where <c><anno>String</anno></c> is centered in the
+ string and surrounded by blanks or <c><anno>Character</anno></c>.
+ The resulting string has length <c><anno>Number</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="#pad/3"><c>pad/3</c></seealso>.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="chars" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="chars" arity="3"/>
+ <fsummary>Return a string consisting of numbers of characters.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns a string consisting of <c><anno>Number</anno></c> characters
+ <c><anno>Character</anno></c>. Optionally, the string can end with
+ string <c><anno>Tail</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="lists#duplicate/2"><c>lists:duplicate/2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="chr" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Return the index of the first occurrence of
+ a character in a string.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns the index of the first occurrence of
+ <c><anno>Character</anno></c> in <c><anno>String</anno></c>. Returns
+ <c>0</c> if <c><anno>Character</anno></c> does not occur.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="#find/2"><c>find/2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="concat" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Concatenate two strings.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Concatenates <c><anno>String1</anno></c> and
+ <c><anno>String2</anno></c> to form a new string
+ <c><anno>String3</anno></c>, which is returned.</p>
+ <p>
+ This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use <c>[<anno>String1</anno>, <anno>String2</anno>]</c> as
+ <c>Data</c> argument, and call
+ <seealso marker="unicode#characters_to_list/2">
+ <c>unicode:characters_to_list/2</c></seealso> or
+ <seealso marker="unicode#characters_to_binary/2">
+ <c>unicode:characters_to_binary/2</c></seealso>
+ to flatten the output.
+ </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="copies" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Copy a string.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns a string containing <c><anno>String</anno></c> repeated
+ <c><anno>Number</anno></c> times.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="lists#duplicate/2"><c>lists:duplicate/2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="cspan" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Span characters at start of a string.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns the length of the maximum initial segment of
+ <c><anno>String</anno></c>, which consists entirely of characters
+ not from <c><anno>Chars</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="#take/3"><c>take/3</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p><em>Example:</em></p>
+ <code type="none">
+> string:cspan("\t abcdef", " \t").
+0</code>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="join" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Join a list of strings with separator.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns a string with the elements of <c><anno>StringList</anno></c>
+ separated by the string in <c><anno>Separator</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="lists#join/2"><c>lists:join/2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p><em>Example:</em></p>
+ <code type="none">
+> join(["one", "two", "three"], ", ").
+"one, two, three"</code>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="left" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="left" arity="3"/>
+ <fsummary>Adjust left end of a string.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns <c><anno>String</anno></c> with the length adjusted in
+ accordance with <c><anno>Number</anno></c>. The left margin is
+ fixed. If <c>length(<anno>String</anno>)</c> &lt;
+ <c><anno>Number</anno></c>, then <c><anno>String</anno></c> is padded
+ with blanks or <c><anno>Character</anno></c>s.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="#pad/2"><c>pad/2</c></seealso> or
+ <seealso marker="#pad/3"><c>pad/3</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p><em>Example:</em></p>
+ <code type="none">
+> string:left("Hello",10,$.).
+"Hello....."</code>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="len" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Return the length of a string.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns the number of characters in <c><anno>String</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="#length/1"><c>length/1</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="rchr" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Return the index of the last occurrence of
+ a character in a string.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns the index of the last occurrence of
+ <c><anno>Character</anno></c> in <c><anno>String</anno></c>. Returns
+ <c>0</c> if <c><anno>Character</anno></c> does not occur.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="#find/3"><c>find/3</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="right" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="right" arity="3"/>
+ <fsummary>Adjust right end of a string.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns <c><anno>String</anno></c> with the length adjusted in
+ accordance with <c><anno>Number</anno></c>. The right margin is
+ fixed. If the length of <c>(<anno>String</anno>)</c> &lt;
+ <c><anno>Number</anno></c>, then <c><anno>String</anno></c> is padded
+ with blanks or <c><anno>Character</anno></c>s.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="#pad/3"><c>pad/3</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p><em>Example:</em></p>
+ <code type="none">
+> string:right("Hello", 10, $.).
+".....Hello"</code>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="rstr" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Find the index of a substring.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns the position where the last occurrence of
+ <c><anno>SubString</anno></c> begins in <c><anno>String</anno></c>.
+ Returns <c>0</c> if <c><anno>SubString</anno></c>
+ does not exist in <c><anno>String</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="#find/3"><c>find/3</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p><em>Example:</em></p>
+ <code type="none">
+> string:rstr(" Hello Hello World World ", "Hello World").
+8</code>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="span" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Span characters at start of a string.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns the length of the maximum initial segment of
+ <c><anno>String</anno></c>, which consists entirely of characters
+ from <c><anno>Chars</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="#take/2"><c>take/2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p><em>Example:</em></p>
+ <code type="none">
+> string:span("\t abcdef", " \t").
+5</code>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="str" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Find the index of a substring.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns the position where the first occurrence of
+ <c><anno>SubString</anno></c> begins in <c><anno>String</anno></c>.
+ Returns <c>0</c> if <c><anno>SubString</anno></c>
+ does not exist in <c><anno>String</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="#find/2"><c>find/2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p><em>Example:</em></p>
+ <code type="none">
+> string:str(" Hello Hello World World ", "Hello World").
+8</code>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="strip" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="strip" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="strip" arity="3"/>
+ <fsummary>Strip leading or trailing characters.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns a string, where leading or trailing, or both, blanks or a
+ number of <c><anno>Character</anno></c> have been removed.
+ <c><anno>Direction</anno></c>, which can be <c>left</c>, <c>right</c>,
+ or <c>both</c>, indicates from which direction blanks are to be
+ removed. <c>strip/1</c> is equivalent to
+ <c>strip(String, both)</c>.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="#trim/3"><c>trim/3</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p><em>Example:</em></p>
+ <code type="none">
+> string:strip("...Hello.....", both, $.).
+"Hello"</code>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="sub_string" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="sub_string" arity="3"/>
+ <fsummary>Extract a substring.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns a substring of <c><anno>String</anno></c>, starting at
+ position <c><anno>Start</anno></c> to the end of the string, or to
+ and including position <c><anno>Stop</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="#slice/3"><c>slice/3</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p><em>Example:</em></p>
+ <code type="none">
+sub_string("Hello World", 4, 8).
+"lo Wo"</code>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="substr" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="substr" arity="3"/>
+ <fsummary>Return a substring of a string.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns a substring of <c><anno>String</anno></c>, starting at
+ position <c><anno>Start</anno></c>, and ending at the end of the
+ string or at length <c><anno>Length</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="#slice/3"><c>slice/3</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p><em>Example:</em></p>
+ <code type="none">
+> substr("Hello World", 4, 5).
+"lo Wo"</code>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="sub_word" arity="2"/>
+ <name name="sub_word" arity="3"/>
+ <fsummary>Extract subword.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns the word in position <c><anno>Number</anno></c> of
+ <c><anno>String</anno></c>. Words are separated by blanks or
+ <c><anno>Character</anno></c>s.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="#nth_lexeme/3"><c>nth_lexeme/3</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p><em>Example:</em></p>
+ <code type="none">
+> string:sub_word(" Hello old boy !",3,$o).
+"ld b"</code>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="to_lower" arity="1" clause_i="1"/>
+ <name name="to_lower" arity="1" clause_i="2"/>
+ <name name="to_upper" arity="1" clause_i="1"/>
+ <name name="to_upper" arity="1" clause_i="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Convert case of string (ISO/IEC 8859-1).</fsummary>
+ <type variable="String" name_i="1"/>
+ <type variable="Result" name_i="1"/>
+ <type variable="Char"/>
+ <type variable="CharResult"/>
+ <desc>
+ <p>The specified string or character is case-converted. Notice that
+ the supported character set is ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also called Latin 1);
+ all values outside this set are unchanged</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso> use
+ <seealso marker="#lowercase/1"><c>lowercase/1</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="#uppercase/1"><c>uppercase/1</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="#titlecase/1"><c>titlecase/1</c></seealso> or
+ <seealso marker="#casefold/1"><c>casefold/1</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="tokens" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Split string into tokens.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns a list of tokens in <c><anno>String</anno></c>, separated
+ by the characters in <c><anno>SeparatorList</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p><em>Example:</em></p>
+ <code type="none">
+> tokens("abc defxxghix jkl", "x ").
+["abc", "def", "ghi", "jkl"]</code>
+ <p>Notice that, as shown in this example, two or more
+ adjacent separator characters in <c><anno>String</anno></c>
+ are treated as one. That is, there are no empty
+ strings in the resulting list of tokens.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="#lexemes/2"><c>lexemes/2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name name="words" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="words" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Count blank separated words.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns the number of words in <c><anno>String</anno></c>, separated
+ by blanks or <c><anno>Character</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>.
+ Use
+ <seealso marker="#lexemes/2"><c>lexemes/2</c></seealso>.</p>
+ <p><em>Example:</em></p>
+ <code type="none">
+> words(" Hello old boy!", $o).
+4</code>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ </funcs>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Notes</title>
+ <p>Some of the general string functions can seem to overlap each
+ other. The reason is that this string package is the
+ combination of two earlier packages and all functions of
+ both packages have been retained.</p>
+ </section>
+
</erlref>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml
index 64d8789016..59e5bb6cb5 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
then treated in the debug function. For example, <c>trace</c>
formats the system events to the terminal.
</p>
- <p>Three predefined system events are used when a
+ <p>Four predefined system events are used when a
process receives or sends a message. The process can also define its
own system events. It is always up to the process itself
to format these events.</p>
@@ -276,7 +276,9 @@
<p><c><anno>Func</anno></c> is called whenever a system event is
generated. This function is to return <c>done</c>, or a new
<c>Func</c> state. In the first case, the function is removed. It is
- also removed if the function fails.</p>
+ also removed if the function fails. If one debug function should be
+ installed more times, a unique <c><anno>FuncId</anno></c> must be
+ specified for each installation.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -330,8 +332,8 @@
<fsummary>Remove a debug function from the process.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Removes an installed debug function from the
- process. <c><anno>Func</anno></c> must be the same as previously
- installed.</p>
+ process. <c><anno>Func</anno></c> or <c><anno>FuncId</anno></c> must be
+ the same as previously installed.</p>
</desc>
</func>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml
index 350847bf7d..53107ade2c 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/timer.xml
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@
<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="kernel:os#timestamp/0">
- <c>os:timestamp/0</c></seealso>.</p>
+ reported by <seealso marker="erts:erlang#monotonic_time/0">
+ <c>erlang:monotonic_time/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
<em>microseconds</em>, and <c><anno>Value</anno></c> is what is