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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml index ffac1c0bd7..6ff477a42d 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml @@ -386,9 +386,15 @@ added to the supervisor and the function returns the same value.</p> <p>If the child process start function returns <c>ignore</c>, - the child specification is added to the supervisor, the pid - is set to <c>undefined</c>, and the function returns - <c>{ok,undefined}</c>.</p> + the child specification is added to the supervisor (unless the + supervisor is a <c>simple_one_for_one</c> supervisor, see below), + the pid is set to <c>undefined</c> and the function returns + <c>{ok,undefined}</c>. + </p> + <p>In the case of a <c>simple_one_for_one</c> supervisor, when a child + process start function returns <c>ignore</c> the functions returns + <c>{ok,undefined}</c> and no child is added to the supervisor. + </p> <p>If the child process start function returns an error tuple or an erroneous value, or if it fails, the child specification is discarded, and the function returns <c>{error,Error}</c> where |