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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/binary.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/epp.xml | 64 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_parse.xml | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml | 35 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_fsm.xml | 48 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml | 41 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml | 37 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml | 561 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/pg.xml | 111 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml | 36 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/ref_man.xml | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/specs.xml | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml | 89 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/zip.xml | 13 |
18 files changed, 931 insertions, 155 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile index ff77c3eea0..f5d8b2072a 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile @@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ XML_REF3_FILES = \ ms_transform.xml \ orddict.xml \ ordsets.xml \ - pg.xml \ pool.xml \ proc_lib.xml \ proplists.xml \ diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/binary.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/binary.xml index 2410f1f9b8..0fde763bfb 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/binary.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/binary.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>2009</year> - <year>2013</year> + <year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ store(Binary, GBSet) -> </code> <p>In this example, we chose to copy the binary content before - inserting it in the <c>gb_set()</c> if it references a binary more than + inserting it in the <c>gb_sets:set()</c> if it references a binary more than twice the size of the data we're going to keep. Of course different rules for when copying will apply to different programs.</p> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/epp.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/epp.xml index cf33530395..452341f7d2 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/epp.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/epp.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ valid encodings are <c>Latin-1</c> and <c>UTF-8</c> where the case of the characters can be chosen freely. Examples:</p> <pre> -%% coding: utf-8 -%% For this file we have chosen encoding = Latin-1 +%% coding: utf-8</pre> + <pre> +%% For this file we have chosen encoding = Latin-1</pre> + <pre> %% -*- coding: latin-1 -*-</pre> </description> <datatypes> @@ -64,11 +66,29 @@ </datatypes> <funcs> <func> + <name name="open" arity="1"/> + <fsummary>Open a file for preprocessing</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Opens a file for preprocessing.</p> + <p>If <c>extra</c> is given in + <c><anno>Options</anno></c>, the return value will be + <c>{ok, <anno>Epp</anno>, <anno>Extra</anno>}</c> instead + of <c>{ok, <anno>Epp</anno>}</c>.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name name="open" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Open a file for preprocessing</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Equivalent to <c>epp:open([{name, FileName}, {includes, IncludePath}])</c>.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name name="open" arity="3"/> <fsummary>Open a file for preprocessing</fsummary> <desc> - <p>Opens a file for preprocessing.</p> + <p>Equivalent to <c>epp:open([{name, FileName}, {includes, IncludePath}, + {macros, PredefMacros}])</c>.</p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -89,12 +109,24 @@ </desc> </func> <func> - <name name="parse_file" arity="3"/> + <name name="parse_file" arity="2"/> <fsummary>Preprocess and parse an Erlang source file</fsummary> <desc> <p>Preprocesses and parses an Erlang source file. - Note that the tuple <c>{eof, <anno>Line</anno>}</c> returned at end-of-file is - included as a "form".</p> + Note that the tuple <c>{eof, <anno>Line</anno>}</c> returned + at end-of-file is included as a "form".</p> + <p>If <c>extra</c> is given in + <c><anno>Options</anno></c>, the return value will be + <c>{ok, [<anno>Form</anno>], <anno>Extra</anno>}</c> instead + of <c>{ok, [<anno>Form</anno>]}</c>.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> + <name name="parse_file" arity="3"/> + <fsummary>Preprocess and parse an Erlang source file</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Equivalent to <c>epp:parse_file(FileName, [{includes, IncludePath}, + {macros, PredefMacros}])</c>.</p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -111,7 +143,7 @@ <p>Returns a string representation of an encoding. The string is recognized by <c>read_encoding/1,2</c>, <c>read_encoding_from_binary/1,2</c>, and - <c>set_encoding/1</c> as a valid encoding.</p> + <c>set_encoding/1,2</c> as a valid encoding.</p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -157,6 +189,22 @@ </desc> </func> <func> + <name name="set_encoding" arity="2"/> + <fsummary>Read and set the encoding of an IO device</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Reads the <seealso marker="#encoding">encoding</seealso> from + an IO device and sets the encoding of the device + accordingly. The position of the IO device referenced by + <c><anno>File</anno></c> is not affected. If no valid + encoding can be read from the IO device the encoding of the + IO device is set to the + <seealso marker="#encoding">encoding</seealso> given by + <c><anno>Default</anno></c>.</p> + <p>Returns the read encoding, or <c>none</c> if no valid + encoding was found.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name name="format_error" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Format an error descriptor</fsummary> <desc> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_parse.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_parse.xml index 2d5aff3c6c..cf0bff48cd 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_parse.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_parse.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ </func> <func> <name name="abstract" arity="2"/> + <type name="encoding_func"/> <fsummary>Convert an Erlang term into an abstract form</fsummary> <desc> <p>Converts the Erlang data structure <c><anno>Data</anno></c> into an @@ -183,7 +184,12 @@ selecting which integer lists will be considered as strings. The default is to use the encoding returned by <seealso marker="epp#default_encoding/0"> - <c>epp:default_encoding/0</c></seealso></p> + <c>epp:default_encoding/0</c></seealso>. + The value <c>none</c> means that no integer lists will be + considered as strings. The <c>encoding_func()</c> will be + called with one integer of a list at a time, and if it + returns <c>true</c> for every integer the list will be + considered a string.</p> </desc> </func> </funcs> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml index f81e36f810..7f25f5b7bc 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml @@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ <modulesummary>Unix 'tar' utility for reading and writing tar archives</modulesummary> <description> <p>The <c>erl_tar</c> module archives and extract files to and from - a tar file. The tar file format is the POSIX extended tar file format - specified in IEEE Std 1003.1 and ISO/IEC 9945-1. That is the same - format as used by <c>tar</c> program on Solaris, but is not the same - as used by the GNU tar program.</p> + a tar file. <c>erl_tar</c> supports the <c>ustar</c> format + (IEEE Std 1003.1 and ISO/IEC 9945-1). All modern <c>tar</c> + programs (including GNU tar) can read this format. To ensure that + that GNU tar produces a tar file that <c>erl_tar</c> can read, + give the <c>--format=ustar</c> option to GNU tar.</p> <p>By convention, the name of a tar file should end in "<c>.tar</c>". To abide to the convention, you'll need to add "<c>.tar</c>" yourself to the name.</p> @@ -65,6 +66,20 @@ </description> <section> + <title>UNICODE SUPPORT</title> + <p>If <seealso + marker="kernel:file#native_name_encoding/0">file:native_name_encoding/0</seealso> + returns <c>utf8</c>, path names will be encoded in UTF-8 when + creating tar files and path names will be assumed to be encoded in + UTF-8 when extracting tar files.</p> + + <p>If <seealso + marker="kernel:file#native_name_encoding/0">file:native_name_encoding/0</seealso> + returns <c>latin1</c>, no translation of path names will be + done.</p> + </section> + + <section> <title>LIMITATIONS</title> <p>For maximum compatibility, it is safe to archive files with names up to 100 characters in length. Such tar files can generally be @@ -112,8 +127,8 @@ <fsummary>Add a file to an open tar file</fsummary> <type> <v>TarDescriptor = term()</v> - <v>FilenameOrBin = Filename()|binary()</v> - <v>Filename = filename()()</v> + <v>FilenameOrBin = filename()|binary()</v> + <v>Filename = filename()</v> <v>NameInArchive = filename()</v> <v>Options = [Option]</v> <v>Option = dereference|verbose</v> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml index b9dfff833e..5c96d6e576 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ <pre> gen_event module Callback module ---------------- --------------- +gen_event:start gen_event:start_link -----> - gen_event:add_handler @@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2 <name>add_handler(EventMgrRef, Handler, Args) -> Result</name> <fsummary>Add an event handler to a generic event manager.</fsummary> <type> - <v>EventMgr = Name | {Name,Node} | {global,GlobalName} + <v>EventMgrRef = Name | {Name,Node} | {global,GlobalName} | {via,Module,ViaName} | pid()</v> <v> Name = Node = atom()</v> <v> GlobalName = ViaName = term()</v> @@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2 <name>add_sup_handler(EventMgrRef, Handler, Args) -> Result</name> <fsummary>Add a supervised event handler to a generic event manager.</fsummary> <type> - <v>EventMgr = Name | {Name,Node} | {global,GlobalName} + <v>EventMgrRef = Name | {Name,Node} | {global,GlobalName} | {via,Module,ViaName} | pid()</v> <v> Name = Node = atom()</v> <v> GlobalName = ViaName = term()</v> @@ -456,19 +457,37 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2 </func> <func> <name>stop(EventMgrRef) -> ok</name> + <name>stop(EventMgrRef, Reason, Timeout) -> ok</name> <fsummary>Terminate a generic event manager.</fsummary> <type> <v>EventMgrRef = Name | {Name,Node} | {global,GlobalName} | {via,Module,ViaName} | pid()</v> <v>Name = Node = atom()</v> <v>GlobalName = ViaName = term()</v> + <v>Reason = term()</v> + <v>Timeout = int()>0 | infinity</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Terminates the event manager <c>EventMgrRef</c>. Before - terminating, the event manager will call - <c>Module:terminate(stop,...)</c> for each installed event - handler.</p> - <p>See <c>add_handler/3</c> for a description of the argument.</p> + <p>Orders the event manager <c>EventMgrRef</c> to exit with + the given <c>Reason</c> and waits for it to + terminate. Before terminating, the gen_event will call + <seealso marker="#Module:terminate/2">Module:terminate(stop,...)</seealso> + for each installed event handler.</p> + <p>The function returns <c>ok</c> if the event manager terminates + with the expected reason. Any other reason than <c>normal</c>, + <c>shutdown</c>, or <c>{shutdown,Term}</c> will cause an + error report to be issued using + <seealso marker="kernel:error_logger#format/2">error_logger:format/2</seealso>. + The default <c>Reason</c> is <c>normal</c>.</p> + <p><c>Timeout</c> is an integer greater than zero which + specifies how many milliseconds to wait for the event manager to + terminate, or the atom <c>infinity</c> to wait + indefinitely. The default value is <c>infinity</c>. If the + event manager has not terminated within the specified time, a + <c>timeout</c> exception is raised.</p> + <p>If the process does not exist, a <c>noproc</c> exception + is raised.</p> + <p>See <c>add_handler/3</c> for a description of <c>EventMgrRef</c>.</p> </desc> </func> </funcs> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_fsm.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_fsm.xml index 1713367bd8..b1bba3eff0 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_fsm.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_fsm.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ <pre> gen_fsm module Callback module -------------- --------------- +gen_fsm:start gen_fsm:start_link -----> Module:init/1 +gen_fsm:stop -----> Module:terminate/3 + gen_fsm:send_event -----> Module:StateName/2 gen_fsm:send_all_state_event -----> Module:handle_event/3 @@ -115,7 +118,7 @@ gen_fsm:sync_send_all_state_event -----> Module:handle_sync_event/4 If <c>FsmName={global,GlobalName}</c>, the gen_fsm is registered globally as <c>GlobalName</c> using <c>global:register_name/2</c>. - If <c>EventMgrName={via,Module,ViaName}</c>, the event manager will + If <c>FsmName={via,Module,ViaName}</c>, the gen_fsm will register with the registry represented by <c>Module</c>. The <c>Module</c> callback should export the functions <c>register_name/2</c>, <c>unregister_name/1</c>, @@ -187,6 +190,39 @@ gen_fsm:sync_send_all_state_event -----> Module:handle_sync_event/4 </desc> </func> <func> + <name>stop(FsmRef) -> ok</name> + <name>stop(FsmRef, Reason, Timeout) -> ok</name> + <fsummary>Synchronously stop a generic FSM.</fsummary> + <type> + <v>FsmRef = Name | {Name,Node} | {global,GlobalName} + | {via,Module,ViaName} | pid()</v> + <v> Node = atom()</v> + <v> GlobalName = ViaName = term()</v> + <v>Reason = term()</v> + <v>Timeout = int()>0 | infinity</v> + </type> + <desc> + <p>Orders a generic FSM to exit with the given <c>Reason</c> + and waits for it to terminate. The gen_fsm will call + <seealso marker="#Module:terminate/3">Module:terminate/3</seealso> + before exiting.</p> + <p>The function returns <c>ok</c> if the generic FSM terminates + with the expected reason. Any other reason than <c>normal</c>, + <c>shutdown</c>, or <c>{shutdown,Term}</c> will cause an + error report to be issued using + <seealso marker="kernel:error_logger#format/2">error_logger:format/2</seealso>. + The default <c>Reason</c> is <c>normal</c>.</p> + <p><c>Timeout</c> is an integer greater than zero which + specifies how many milliseconds to wait for the generic FSM + to terminate, or the atom <c>infinity</c> to wait + indefinitely. The default value is <c>infinity</c>. If the + generic FSM has not terminated within the specified time, a + <c>timeout</c> exception is raised.</p> + <p>If the process does not exist, a <c>noproc</c> exception + is raised.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name>send_event(FsmRef, Event) -> ok</name> <fsummary>Send an event asynchronously to a generic FSM.</fsummary> <type> @@ -210,7 +246,7 @@ gen_fsm:sync_send_all_state_event -----> Module:handle_sync_event/4 registered at another node, or</item> <item><c>{global,GlobalName}</c>, if the gen_fsm is globally registered.</item> - <item><c>{via,Module,ViaName}</c>, if the event manager is registered + <item><c>{via,Module,ViaName}</c>, if the gen_fsm is registered through an alternative process registry.</item> </list> <p><c>Event</c> is an arbitrary term which is passed as one of @@ -528,7 +564,8 @@ gen_fsm:sync_send_all_state_event -----> Module:handle_sync_event/4 <c>Module:init/1</c> for a description of <c>Timeout</c> and <c>hibernate</c>.</p> <p>If the function returns <c>{stop,Reason,NewStateData}</c>, the gen_fsm will call - <c>Module:terminate(Reason,NewStateData)</c> and terminate.</p> + <c>Module:terminate(Reason,StateName,NewStateData)</c> and + terminate.</p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -614,7 +651,8 @@ gen_fsm:sync_send_all_state_event -----> Module:handle_sync_event/4 <c>{stop,Reason,NewStateData}</c>, any reply to <c>From</c> must be given explicitly using <c>gen_fsm:reply/2</c>. The gen_fsm will then call - <c>Module:terminate(Reason,NewStateData)</c> and terminate.</p> + <c>Module:terminate(Reason,StateName,NewStateData)</c> and + terminate.</p> </desc> </func> <func> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml index 4c83fde237..a915e567a5 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_server.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ <pre> gen_server module Callback module ----------------- --------------- +gen_server:start gen_server:start_link -----> Module:init/1 +gen_server:stop -----> Module:terminate/2 + gen_server:call gen_server:multi_call -----> Module:handle_call/3 @@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ gen_server:abcast -----> Module:handle_cast/2 registered globally as <c>GlobalName</c> using <c>global:register_name/2</c>. If no name is provided, the gen_server is not registered. - If <c>EventMgrName={via,Module,ViaName}</c>, the event manager will + If <c>ServerName={via,Module,ViaName}</c>, the gen_server will register with the registry represented by <c>Module</c>. The <c>Module</c> callback should export the functions <c>register_name/2</c>, <c>unregister_name/1</c>, @@ -184,6 +187,40 @@ gen_server:abcast -----> Module:handle_cast/2 </desc> </func> <func> + <name>stop(ServerRef) -> ok</name> + <name>stop(ServerRef, Reason, Timeout) -> ok</name> + <fsummary>Synchronously stop a generic server.</fsummary> + <type> + <v>ServerRef = Name | {Name,Node} | {global,GlobalName} + | {via,Module,ViaName} | pid()</v> + <v> Node = atom()</v> + <v> GlobalName = ViaName = term()</v> + <v>Reason = term()</v> + <v>Timeout = int()>0 | infinity</v> + </type> + <desc> + <p>Orders a generic server to exit with the + given <c>Reason</c> and waits for it to terminate. The + gen_server will call + <seealso marker="#Module:terminate/2">Module:terminate/2</seealso> + before exiting.</p> + <p>The function returns <c>ok</c> if the server terminates + with the expected reason. Any other reason than <c>normal</c>, + <c>shutdown</c>, or <c>{shutdown,Term}</c> will cause an + error report to be issued using + <seealso marker="kernel:error_logger#format/2">error_logger:format/2</seealso>. + The default <c>Reason</c> is <c>normal</c>.</p> + <p><c>Timeout</c> is an integer greater than zero which + specifies how many milliseconds to wait for the server to + terminate, or the atom <c>infinity</c> to wait + indefinitely. The default value is <c>infinity</c>. If the + server has not terminated within the specified time, a + <c>timeout</c> exception is raised.</p> + <p>If the process does not exist, a <c>noproc</c> exception + is raised.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> <name>call(ServerRef, Request) -> Reply</name> <name>call(ServerRef, Request, Timeout) -> Reply</name> <fsummary>Make a synchronous call to a generic server.</fsummary> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml index 76137e3dee..64229fa8d3 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/maps.xml @@ -108,6 +108,26 @@ </func> <func> + <name name="get" arity="3"/> + <fsummary></fsummary> + <desc> + <p> + Returns the value <c><anno>Value</anno></c> associated with <c><anno>Key</anno></c> if + <c><anno>Map</anno></c> contains <c><anno>Key</anno></c>. + If no value is associated with <c><anno>Key</anno></c> then returns <c><anno>Default</anno></c>. + </p> + <p>Example:</p> + <code type="none"> +> Map = #{ key1 => val1, key2 => val2 }. +#{key1 => val1,key2 => val2} +> maps:get(key1, Map, "Default value"). +val1 +> maps:get(key3, Map, "Default value"). +"Default value"</code> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> <name name="is_key" arity="2"/> <fsummary></fsummary> <desc> @@ -299,6 +319,23 @@ false</code> </func> <func> + <name name="with" arity="2"/> + <fsummary></fsummary> + <desc> + <p> + Returns a new map <c><anno>Map2</anno></c> with the keys <c>K1</c> through <c>Kn</c> and their associated values from map <c><anno>Map1</anno></c>. + Any key in <c><anno>Ks</anno></c> that does not exist in <c><anno>Map1</anno></c> are ignored. + </p> + <p>Example:</p> + <code type="none"> +> Map = #{42 => value_three,1337 => "value two","a" => 1}, + Ks = ["a",42,"other key"], + maps:without(Ks,Map). +#{42 => value_three,"a" => 1}</code> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> <name name="without" arity="2"/> <fsummary></fsummary> <desc> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml index e94a4d6a55..ebc750a399 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -30,6 +30,563 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the STDLIB application.</p> +<section><title>STDLIB 2.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The type spec of the FormFunc argument to + sys:handle_debug/4 was erroneously pointing to dbg_fun(). + This is now corrected and the new type is format_fun().</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11800</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Behaviors such as gen_fsm and gen_server should always + invoke format_status/2 before printing the state to the + logs.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11967</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The documentation of <c>dets:insert_new/2</c> has + been corrected. (Thanks to Alexei Sholik for reporting + the bug.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12024</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Printing a term with io_lib:format and control sequence + w, precision P and field width F, where F< P would + fail in one of the two following ways:</p> + <p> + 1) If P < printed length of the term, an infinite loop + would be entered, consuming all available memory.</p> + <p> + 2) If P >= printed length of the term, an exception + would be raised.</p> + <p> + These two problems are now corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12041</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The documentation of <c>maps:values/1</c> has been + corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12055</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Expand shell functions in map expressions.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12063</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Add maps:with/2</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12137</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>STDLIB 2.1.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + OTP-11850 fixed filelib:wildcard/1 to work with broken + symlinks. This correction, however, introduced problems + since symlinks were no longer followed for functions like + filelib:ensure_dir/1, filelib:is_dir/1, + filelib:file_size/1, etc. This is now corrected.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12054 Aux Id: seq12660 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>STDLIB 2.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p><c>filelib:wildcard("broken_symlink")</c> would return + an empty list if "broken_symlink" was a symlink that did + not point to an existing file.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11850 Aux Id: seq12571 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>erl_tar</c> can now handle files names that contain + Unicode characters. See "UNICODE SUPPORT" in the + documentation for <c>erl_tar</c>.</p> + <p>When creating a tar file, <c>erl_tar</c> would + sometime write a too short end of tape marker. GNU tar + would correctly extract files from such tar file, but + would complain about "A lone zero block at...".</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11854</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> When redefining and exporting the type <c>map()</c> + the Erlang Code Linter (<c>erl_lint</c>) erroneously + emitted an error. This bug has been fixed. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11872</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix evaluation of map updates in the debugger and + erl_eval</p> + <p> + Reported-by: José Valim</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11922</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>The following native functions now bump an appropriate + amount of reductions and yield when out of + reductions:</p> <list> + <item><c>erlang:binary_to_list/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:binary_to_list/3</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:bitstring_to_list/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:list_to_binary/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:iolist_to_binary/1</c></item> + <item><c>erlang:list_to_bitstring/1</c></item> + <item><c>binary:list_to_bin/1</c></item> </list> + <p>Characteristics impact:</p> <taglist> + <tag>Performance</tag> <item>The functions converting + from lists got a performance loss for very small lists, + and a performance gain for very large lists.</item> + <tag>Priority</tag> <item>Previously a process executing + one of these functions effectively got an unfair priority + boost. This priority boost depended on the input size. + The larger the input was, the larger the priority boost + got. This unfair priority boost is now lost. </item> + </taglist> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11888</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add <c>maps:get/3</c> to maps module. The function will + return the supplied default value if the key does not + exist in the map.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11951</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>STDLIB 2.0</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The option dupnames did not work as intended in re. When + looking for names with {capture, [Name, ...]}, re:run + returned a random instance of the match for that name, + instead of the leftmost matching instance, which was what + the documentation stated. This is now corrected to adhere + to the documentation. The option {capture,all_names} + along with a re:inspect/2 function is also added to + further help in using named subpatterns.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11205</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + If option 'binary' was set for standard_input, then c:i() + would hang if the output was more than one page long - + i.e. then input after "(c)ontinue (q)uit -->" could + not be read. This has been corrected. (Thanks to José + Valim)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11589</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + stdlib/lists: Add function droplast/1 This functions + drops the last element of a non-empty list. lists:last/1 + and lists:droplast/1 are the dual of hd/1 and tl/1 but + for the end of a list. (Thanks to Hans Svensson)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11677</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Allow all auto imports to be suppressed at once. + Introducing the no_auto_import attribute: + -compile(no_auto_import). Useful for code generation + tools that always use the qualified function names and + want to avoid the auto imported functions clashing with + local ones. (Thanks to José Valim.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11682</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + supervisor_bridge does no longer report normal + termination of children. The reason is that in some + cases, for instance when the restart strategy is + simple_one_for_one, the log could be completely + overloaded with reports about normally terminating + processes. (Thanks to Artem Ocheredko)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11685</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The type annotations for alternative registries using + the {via, Module, Name} syntax for sup_name() and + sup_ref() in the supervisor module are now consistent + with the documentation. Dialyzer should no longer + complain about valid supervisor:start_link() and + supervisor:start_child() calls. (Thanks to Caleb + Helbling.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11707</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Two Dets bugs have been fixed. When trying to open a + short file that is not a Dets file, the file was deleted + even with just read access. Calling + <c>dets:is_dets_file/1</c> with a file that is not a Dets + file, a file descriptor was left open. (Thanks to Håkan + Mattsson for reporting the bugs.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11709</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix race bug in <c>ets:all</c>. Concurrent creation of + tables could cause other tables to not be included in the + result. (Thanks to Florian Schintke for bug report)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11726</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + erl_eval now properly evaluates '=='/2 when it is used in + guards. (Thanks to José Valim)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11747</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Calls to proplists:get_value/3 are replaced by the faster + lists:keyfind/3 in io_lib_pretty. Elements in the list + are always 2-tuples. (Thanks to Andrew Thompson)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11752</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> A qlc bug where filters were erroneously optimized + away has been fixed. Thanks to Sam Bobroff for reporting + the bug. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11758</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A number of compiler errors where unusual or nonsensical + code would crash the compiler have been reported by Ulf + Norell and corrected by Anthony Ramine.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11770</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Since Erlang/OTP R16B the Erlang Core Linter + (<c>erl_lint</c>) has not emitted errors when built-in + types were re-defined. This bug has been fixed. (Thanks + to Roberto Aloi.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11772</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The functions <c>sys:get_state/1,2</c> and + <c>sys:replace_state/2,3</c> are fixed so they can now be + run while the process is sys suspended. To accomplish + this, the new callbacks <c>Mod:system_get_state/1</c> and + <c>Mod:system_replace_state/2</c> are added, which are + also implemented by the generic behaviours + <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_event</c> and <c>gen_fsm</c>.</p> + <p> + The potential incompatibility refers to</p> + <p> + <list> <item>The previous behaviour of intercepting the + system message and passing a tuple of size 2 as the last + argument to <c>sys:handle_system_msg/6</c> is no longer + supported.</item> <item>The error handling when + <c>StateFun</c> in <c>sys:replace_state/2,3</c> fails is + changed from being totally silent to possibly (if the + callback module does not catch) throw an exception in the + client process.</item> </list></p> + <p> + (Thanks to James Fish and Steve Vinoski)</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11817</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Options to set match_limit and match_limit_recursion are + added to re:run. The option report_errors is also added + to get more information when re:run fails due to limits + or compilation errors.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10285</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The pre-defined types <c>array/0</c>, <c>dict/0</c>, + <c>digraph/0</c>, <c>gb_set/0</c>, <c>gb_tree/0</c>, + <c>queue/0</c>, <c>set/0</c>, and <c>tid/0</c> have been + deprecated. They will be removed in Erlang/OTP 18.0. </p> + <p> Instead the types <c>array:array/0</c>, + <c>dict:dict/0</c>, <c>digraph:graph/0</c>, + <c>gb_set:set/0</c>, <c>gb_tree:tree/0</c>, + <c>queue:queue/0</c>, <c>sets:set/0</c>, and + <c>ets:tid/0</c> can be used. (Note: it has always been + necessary to use <c>ets:tid/0</c>.) </p> <p> It is + allowed in Erlang/OTP 17.0 to locally re-define the types + <c>array/0</c>, <c>dict/0</c>, and so on. </p> <p> New + types <c>array:array/1</c>, <c>dict:dict/2</c>, + <c>gb_sets:set/1</c>, <c>gb_trees:tree/2</c>, + <c>queue:queue/1</c>, and <c>sets:set/1</c> have been + added. </p> <p> A compiler option, + <c>nowarn_deprecated_type</c>, has been introduced. By + including the attribute </p> <c> + -compile(nowarn_deprecated_type).</c> <p> in an Erlang + source file, warnings about deprecated types can be + avoided in Erlang/OTP 17.0. </p> <p> The option can also + be given as a compiler flag: </p> <c> erlc + +nowarn_deprecated_type file.erl</c> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10342</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Calls to erlang:open_port/2 with 'spawn' are updated to + handle space in the command path.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10842</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Dialyzer's <c>unmatched_return</c> warnings have been + corrected. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10908</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Forbid unsized fields in patterns of binary generators + and simplified v3_core's translation of bit string + generators. (Thanks to Anthony Ramine.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11186</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The version of the PCRE library Used by Erlang's re + module is raised to 8.33 from 7.6. This means, among + other things, better Unicode and Unicode Character + Properties support. New options connected to PCRE 8.33 + are also added to the re module (ucd, notempty_atstart, + no_start_optimize). PCRE has extended the regular + expression syntax between 7.6 and 8.33, why this imposes + a potential incompatibility. Only very complicated + regular expressions may be affected, but if you know you + are using obscure features, please test run your regular + expressions and verify that their behavior has not + changed.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11204</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Added dict:is_empty/1 and orddict:is_empty/1. (Thanks to + Magnus Henoch.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11353</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A call to either the <c>garbage_collect/1</c> BIF or the + <c>check_process_code/2</c> BIF may trigger garbage + collection of another processes than the process calling + the BIF. The previous implementations performed these + kinds of garbage collections without considering the + internal state of the process being garbage collected. In + order to be able to more easily and more efficiently + implement yielding native code, these types of garbage + collections have been rewritten. A garbage collection + like this is now triggered by an asynchronous request + signal, the actual garbage collection is performed by the + process being garbage collected itself, and finalized by + a reply signal to the process issuing the request. Using + this approach processes can disable garbage collection + and yield without having to set up the heap in a state + that can be garbage collected.</p> + <p> + The <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#garbage_collect/2"><c>garbage_collect/2</c></seealso>, + and <seealso + marker="erts:erlang#check_process_code/3"><c>check_process_code/3</c></seealso> + BIFs have been introduced. Both taking an option list as + last argument. Using these, one can issue asynchronous + requests.</p> + <p> + <c>code:purge/1</c> and <c>code:soft_purge/1</c> have + been rewritten to utilize asynchronous + <c>check_process_code</c> requests in order to + parallelize work.</p> + <p> + Characteristics impact: A call to the + <c>garbage_collect/1</c> BIF or the + <c>check_process_code/2</c> BIF will normally take longer + time to complete while the system as a whole wont be as + much negatively effected by the operation as before. A + call to <c>code:purge/1</c> and <c>code:soft_purge/1</c> + may complete faster or slower depending on the state of + the system while the system as a whole wont be as much + negatively effected by the operation as before.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11388 Aux Id: OTP-11535, OTP-11648 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Improve the documentation of the supervisor's + <c>via</c> reference. (Thanks to MaximMinin.) </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11399</p> + </item> + <item> + <p><c>orddict:from_list/1</c> now uses the optimized sort + routines in the <c>lists</c> module instead of + (essentially) an insertion sort. Depending on the input + data, the speed of the new <c>from_list/1</c> is anything + from slightly faster up to several orders of magnitude + faster than the old <c>from_list/1</c>.</p> (Thanks to + Steve Vinoski.) + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11552</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + EEP43: New data type - Maps</p> + <p> + With Maps you may for instance: <taglist> <item><c>M0 = + #{ a => 1, b => 2}, % create + associations</c></item> <item><c>M1 = M0#{ a := 10 }, % + update values</c></item> <item><c>M2 = M1#{ "hi" => + "hello"}, % add new associations</c></item> <item><c>#{ + "hi" := V1, a := V2, b := V3} = M2. % match keys with + values</c></item> </taglist></p> + <p> + For information on how to use Maps please see Map Expressions in the + <seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:expressions#map_expressions"> + Reference Manual</seealso>.</p> + <p> + The current implementation is without the following + features: <taglist> <item>No variable keys</item> + <item>No single value access</item> <item>No map + comprehensions</item> </taglist></p> + <p> + Note that Maps is <em>experimental</em> during OTP 17.0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11616</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + When tab completing the erlang shell now expands + zero-arity functions all the way to closing parenthesis, + unless there is another function with the same name and a + different arity. (Thanks to Pierre Fenoll.)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11684</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The Erlang Code Preprocessor (<c>epp</c>) could loop + when encountering a circular macro definition in an + included file. This bug has been fixed. </p> <p> Thanks + to Maruthavanan Subbarayan for reporting the bug, and to + Richard Carlsson for providing a bug fix. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11728</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The Erlang Code Linter (<c>erl_lint</c>) has since + Erlang/OTP R13B emitted warnings whenever any of the + types <c>arity()</c>, <c>bitstring()</c>, + <c>iodata()</c>, or <c>boolean()</c> were re-defined. Now + errors are emitted instead. </p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11771</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> The <c>encoding</c> option of + <c>erl_parse:abstract/2</c> has been extended to include + <c>none</c> and a callback function (a predicate). </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11807</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Export zip option types to allow referal from other + modules.</p> + <p> + Thanks to Pierre Fenoll and Håkan Mattson</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11828</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The module <c>pg</c> has been deprecated and will be + removed in Erlang/OTP 18.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11840</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>STDLIB 1.19.4</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> @@ -1809,7 +2366,7 @@ platforms than before. If <c>configure</c> warns about no atomic implementation available, try using the <c>libatomic_ops</c> library. Use the <seealso - marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#How-to-Build-and-Install-ErlangOTP_A-Closer-Look-at-the-individual-Steps_Configuring">--with-libatomic_ops=PATH</seealso> + marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#Advanced-configuration-and-build-of-ErlangOTP">--with-libatomic_ops=PATH</seealso> <c>configure</c> command line argument when specifying where the <c>libatomic_ops</c> installation is located. The <c>libatomic_ops</c> library can be downloaded from: @@ -1827,7 +2384,7 @@ the pentium 4 processor. If you want the runtime system to be compatible with older processors (back to 486) you need to pass the <seealso - marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#How-to-Build-and-Install-ErlangOTP_A-Closer-Look-at-the-individual-Steps_Configuring">--enable-ethread-pre-pentium4-compatibility</seealso> + marker="doc/installation_guide:INSTALL#Advanced-configuration-and-build-of-ErlangOTP">--enable-ethread-pre-pentium4-compatibility</seealso> <c>configure</c> command line argument when configuring the system.</p> <p> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/pg.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/pg.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 7cc1b805b4..0000000000 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/pg.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,111 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> -<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd"> - -<erlref> - <header> - <copyright> - <year>1996</year> - <year>2013</year> - <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> - </copyright> - <legalnotice> - The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, - Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in - compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the - Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be - retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. - - Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" - basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See - the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations - under the License. - - The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Ericsson AB. - </legalnotice> - - <title>pg</title> - <prepared></prepared> - <docno></docno> - <date></date> - <rev></rev> - </header> - <module>pg</module> - <modulesummary>Distributed, Named Process Groups</modulesummary> - <description> - <p>This (experimental) module implements process groups. A process - group is a group of processes that can be accessed by a common - name. For example, a group named <c>foobar</c> can include a set - of processes as members of this group and they can be located on - different nodes.</p> - <p>When messages are sent to the named group, all members of - the group receive the message. The messages are serialized. If - the process <c>P1</c> sends the message <c>M1</c> to the group, - and process <c>P2</c> simultaneously sends message <c>M2</c>, then - all members of the group receive the two messages in the same - order. If members of a group terminate, they are automatically - removed from the group.</p> - <p>This module is not complete. The module is inspired by the ISIS - system and the causal order protocol of the ISIS system should - also be implemented. At the moment, all messages are serialized - by sending them through a group master process.</p> - </description> - <funcs> - <func> - <name name="create" arity="1"/> - <fsummary>Create an empty group</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Creates an empty group named <c><anno>PgName</anno></c> on the current - node.</p> - </desc> - </func> - <func> - <name name="create" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Create an empty group on another node</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Creates an empty group named <c><anno>PgName</anno></c> on the node - <c><anno>Node</anno></c>.</p> - </desc> - </func> - <func> - <name name="join" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Join a pid to a process group</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Joins the pid <c><anno>Pid</anno></c> to the process group - <c><anno>PgName</anno></c>. - Returns a list of all old members of the group.</p> - </desc> - </func> - <func> - <name name="send" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Send a message to all members of a process group</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Sends the tuple <c>{pg_message, From, PgName, Msg}</c> to - all members of the process group <c><anno>PgName</anno></c>.</p> - <p>Failure: <c>{badarg, {<anno>PgName</anno>, <anno>Msg</anno>}}</c> - if <c><anno>PgName</anno></c> is - not a process group (a globally registered name).</p> - </desc> - </func> - <func> - <name name="esend" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Send a message to all members of a process group, except ourselves</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Sends the tuple <c>{pg_message, From, PgName, Msg}</c> to - all members of the process group <c><anno>PgName</anno></c>, except - ourselves.</p> - <p>Failure: <c>{badarg, {<anno>PgName</anno>, <anno>Msg</anno>}}</c> - if <c><anno>PgName</anno></c> is - not a process group (a globally registered name).</p> - </desc> - </func> - <func> - <name name="members" arity="1"/> - <fsummary>Return a list of all members of a process group</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns a list of all members of the process group - <c>PgName</c>.</p> - </desc> - </func> - </funcs> -</erlref> - diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml index 5bf5744622..f27a974242 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/proc_lib.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -298,6 +298,40 @@ init(Parent) -> <c>proc_lib</c> functions.</p> </desc> </func> + <func> + <name name="stop" arity="1"/> + <fsummary>Terminate a process synchronously.</fsummary> + <type variable="Process"/> + <desc> + <p>Equivalent to <seealso marker="#stop/3">stop(Process, + normal, infinity)</seealso>.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> + <name name="stop" arity="3"/> + <fsummary>Terminate a process synchronously.</fsummary> + <type variable="Process"/> + <type variable="Reason"/> + <type variable="Timeout"/> + <desc> + <p>Orders the process to exit with the given <c>Reason</c> and + waits for it to terminate.</p> + <p>The function returns <c>ok</c> if the process exits with + the given <c>Reason</c> within <c>Timeout</c> + milliseconds.</p> + <p>If the call times out, a <c>timeout</c> exception is + raised.</p> + <p>If the process does not exist, a <c>noproc</c> + exception is raised.</p> + <p>The implementation of this function is based on the + <c>terminate</c> system message, and requires that the + process handles system messages correctly. + See <seealso marker="sys">sys(3)</seealso> + and <seealso marker="doc/design_principles:spec_proc">OTP + Design Principles</seealso> for information about system + messages.</p> + </desc> + </func> </funcs> <section> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ref_man.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ref_man.xml index 6c35578bdf..ea4009dc3e 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ref_man.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/ref_man.xml @@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ <xi:include href="ms_transform.xml"/> <xi:include href="orddict.xml"/> <xi:include href="ordsets.xml"/> - <xi:include href="pg.xml"/> <xi:include href="pool.xml"/> <xi:include href="proc_lib.xml"/> <xi:include href="proplists.xml"/> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/specs.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/specs.xml index 60a04ed5e7..fd77b52da6 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/specs.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/specs.xml @@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ <xi:include href="../specs/specs_ms_transform.xml"/> <xi:include href="../specs/specs_orddict.xml"/> <xi:include href="../specs/specs_ordsets.xml"/> - <xi:include href="../specs/specs_pg.xml"/> <xi:include href="../specs/specs_pool.xml"/> <xi:include href="../specs/specs_proc_lib.xml"/> <xi:include href="../specs/specs_proplists.xml"/> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml index c96cc95a44..b05d5cbc08 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ <code type="none"> > tokens("abc defxxghix jkl", "x "). ["abc", "def", "ghi", "jkl"] </code> + <p>Note that, as shown in the example above, two or more + adjacent separator characters in <c><anno>String</anno></c> + will be treated as one. That is, there will not be any empty + strings in the resulting list of tokens.</p> </desc> </func> <func> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml index ab8b380f49..cf7df54d1d 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ <datatype> <name name="dbg_fun"/> </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="format_fun"/> + </datatype> </datatypes> <funcs> <func> @@ -246,6 +249,22 @@ <c>{Module, Id, HandlerState}</c>, where <c>Module</c> is the event handler's module name, <c>Id</c> is the handler's ID (which is the value <c>false</c> if it was registered without an ID), and <c>HandlerState</c> is the handler's state.</p> + <p>If the callback module exports a <c>system_get_state/1</c> function, it will be called in the + target process to get its state. Its argument is the same as the <c>Misc</c> value returned by + <seealso marker="#get_status-1">get_status/1,2</seealso>, and the <c>system_get_state/1</c> + function is expected to extract the callback module's state from it. The <c>system_get_state/1</c> + function must return <c>{ok, State}</c> where <c>State</c> is the callback module's state.</p> + <p>If the callback module does not export a <c>system_get_state/1</c> function, <c>get_state/1,2</c> + assumes the <c>Misc</c> value is the callback module's state and returns it directly instead.</p> + <p>If the callback module's <c>system_get_state/1</c> function crashes or throws an exception, the + caller exits with error <c>{callback_failed, {Module, system_get_state}, {Class, Reason}}</c> where + <c>Module</c> is the name of the callback module and <c>Class</c> and <c>Reason</c> indicate + details of the exception.</p> + <p>The <c>system_get_state/1</c> function is primarily useful for user-defined + behaviours and modules that implement OTP <seealso marker="#special_process">special + processes</seealso>. The <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c>, and <c>gen_event</c> OTP + behaviour modules export this function, and so callback modules for those behaviours + need not supply their own.</p> <p>To obtain more information about a process, including its state, see <seealso marker="#get_status-1">get_status/1</seealso> and <seealso marker="#get_status-2">get_status/2</seealso>.</p> @@ -289,6 +308,28 @@ function means that only the state of the particular event handler it was working on when it failed or crashed is unchanged; it can still succeed in changing the states of other event handlers registered in the same <c>gen_event</c> process.</p> + <p>If the callback module exports a <c>system_replace_state/2</c> function, it will be called in the + target process to replace its state using <c>StateFun</c>. Its two arguments are <c>StateFun</c> + and <c>Misc</c>, where <c>Misc</c> is the same as the <c>Misc</c> value returned by + <seealso marker="#get_status-1">get_status/1,2</seealso>. A <c>system_replace_state/2</c> function + is expected to return <c>{ok, NewState, NewMisc}</c> where <c>NewState</c> is the callback module's + new state obtained by calling <c>StateFun</c>, and <c>NewMisc</c> is a possibly new value used to + replace the original <c>Misc</c> (required since <c>Misc</c> often contains the callback + module's state within it).</p> + <p>If the callback module does not export a <c>system_replace_state/2</c> function, + <c>replace_state/2,3</c> assumes the <c>Misc</c> value is the callback module's state, passes it + to <c>StateFun</c> and uses the return value as both the new state and as the new value of + <c>Misc</c>.</p> + <p>If the callback module's <c>system_replace_state/2</c> function crashes or throws an exception, + the caller exits with error <c>{callback_failed, {Module, system_replace_state}, {Class, Reason}}</c> + where <c>Module</c> is the name of the callback module and <c>Class</c> and <c>Reason</c> indicate details + of the exception. If the callback module does not provide a <c>system_replace_state/2</c> function and + <c>StateFun</c> crashes or throws an exception, the caller exits with error + <c>{callback_failed, StateFun, {Class, Reason}}</c>.</p> + <p>The <c>system_replace_state/2</c> function is primarily useful for user-defined behaviours and + modules that implement OTP <seealso marker="#special_process">special processes</seealso>. The + <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c>, and <c>gen_event</c> OTP behaviour modules export this function, + and so callback modules for those behaviours need not supply their own.</p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -318,11 +359,22 @@ installed.</p> </desc> </func> + <func> + <name name="terminate" arity="2"/> + <name name="terminate" arity="3"/> + <fsummary>Terminate the process</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>This function orders the process to terminate with the + given <c><anno>Reason</anno></c>. The termination is done + asynchronously, so there is no guarantee that the process is + actually terminated when the function returns.</p> + </desc> + </func> </funcs> <section> <title>Process Implementation Functions</title> - <p>The following functions are used when implementing a + <p><marker id="special_process"/>The following functions are used when implementing a special process. This is an ordinary process which does not use a standard behaviour, but a process which understands the standard system messages.</p> </section> @@ -375,8 +427,9 @@ process continues the execution, or <c><anno>Module</anno>:system_terminate(Reason, <anno>Parent</anno>, <anno>Debug</anno>, <anno>Misc</anno>)</c> if the process should terminate. The <c><anno>Module</anno></c> must export - <c>system_continue/3</c>, <c>system_terminate/4</c>, and - <c>system_code_change/4</c> (see below). + <c>system_continue/3</c>, <c>system_terminate/4</c>, + <c>system_code_change/4</c>, <c>system_get_state/1</c> and + <c>system_replace_state/2</c> (see below). </p> <p>The <c><anno>Misc</anno></c> argument can be used to save internal data in a process, for example its state. It is sent to @@ -444,6 +497,34 @@ defined, the atom <c>undefined</c> is sent.</p> </desc> </func> + <func> + <name>Mod:system_get_state(Misc) -> {ok, State}</name> + <fsummary>Called when the process should return its current state</fsummary> + <type> + <v>Misc = term()</v> + <v>State = term()</v> + </type> + <desc> + <p>This function is called from <c>sys:handle_system_msg/6</c> when the process + should return a term that reflects its current state. <c>State</c> is the + value returned by <c>sys:get_state/2</c>.</p> + </desc> + </func> + <func> + <name>Mod:system_replace_state(StateFun, Misc) -> {ok, NState, NMisc}</name> + <fsummary>Called when the process should replace its current state</fsummary> + <type> + <v>StateFun = fun((State :: term()) -> NState)</v> + <v>Misc = term()</v> + <v>NState = term()</v> + <v>NMisc = term()</v> + </type> + <desc> + <p>This function is called from <c>sys:handle_system_msg/6</c> when the process + should replace its current state. <c>NState</c> is the value returned by + <c>sys:replace_state/3</c>.</p> + </desc> + </func> </funcs> </erlref> diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml index c843ef7736..bebfbd4514 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml @@ -848,6 +848,7 @@ Eshell V5.10.1 (abort with ^G) </section> <section> <title>Unicode in Environment and Parameters</title> + <marker id="unicode_in_environment_and_parameters"/> <p>Environment variables and their interpretation is handled much in the same way as file names. If Unicode file names are enabled, environment variables as well as parameters to the Erlang VM are diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/zip.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/zip.xml index 66c21da193..48b376743d 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/zip.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/zip.xml @@ -123,6 +123,18 @@ </taglist> </desc> </datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="filename"/> + <p>The name of a zip file.</p> + </datatype> + <datatype><name name="extension"/></datatype> + <datatype><name name="extension_spec"/></datatype> + <datatype> + <name name="create_option"/> + <desc> + <p>These options are described in <seealso marker="#zip_options">create/3</seealso>.</p> + </desc> + </datatype> </datatypes> <funcs> <func> @@ -160,6 +172,7 @@ set to <c>["gif", "jpg"]</c> and <c>uncompress</c> is set to <c>["jpg"]</c>, only files with <c>"gif"</c> as extension will be compressed. No other files will be compressed.</p> + <marker id="zip_options"></marker> <p>The following options are available:</p> <taglist> <tag><c>cooked</c></tag> |