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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile14
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml9
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/fascicules.xml18
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml10
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml58
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml10
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/part_notes.xml39
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/part_notes_history.xml39
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml4
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/user_guide.gifbin1581 -> 0 bytes
10 files changed, 37 insertions, 164 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile
index 26602764a6..93eac8220d 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#
# %CopyrightBegin%
#
-# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2017. All Rights Reserved.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ XML_REF3_FILES = \
XML_REF6_FILES = stdlib_app.xml
-XML_PART_FILES = part.xml part_notes.xml part_notes_history.xml
+XML_PART_FILES = part.xml
XML_CHAPTER_FILES = io_protocol.xml unicode_usage.xml notes.xml notes_history.xml assert_hrl.xml
BOOK_FILES = book.xml
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ SPECS_FILES = $(XML_REF3_FILES:%.xml=$(SPECDIR)/specs_%.xml)
TOP_SPECS_FILE = specs.xml
# ----------------------------------------------------
-# FLAGS
+# FLAGS
# ----------------------------------------------------
-XML_FLAGS +=
+XML_FLAGS +=
SPECS_FLAGS = -I../../include -I../../../kernel/include
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ html: $(HTML_REF_MAN_FILE)
man: $(MAN3_FILES) $(MAN6_FILES)
-debug opt:
+debug opt:
clean clean_docs:
rm -rf $(HTMLDIR)/*
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ clean clean_docs:
rm -f $(MAN6DIR)/*
rm -f $(TOP_PDF_FILE) $(TOP_PDF_FILE:%.pdf=%.fo)
rm -f $(SPECDIR)/*
- rm -f errs core *~
+ rm -f errs core *~
$(SPECDIR)/specs_erl_id_trans.xml:
escript $(SPECS_EXTRACTOR) $(SPECS_FLAGS) \
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ $(SPECDIR)/specs_erl_id_trans.xml:
# ----------------------------------------------------
# Release Target
-# ----------------------------------------------------
+# ----------------------------------------------------
include $(ERL_TOP)/make/otp_release_targets.mk
release_docs_spec: docs
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml
index 7666699183..697e1715e7 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/c.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,15 @@
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="erlangrc" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Load an erlang resource file.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Search <c>PathList</c> and load <c>.erlang</c> resource file if
+ found.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name name="flush" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Flush any messages sent to the shell.</fsummary>
<desc>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/fascicules.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/fascicules.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ded9007e0..0000000000
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/fascicules.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<!DOCTYPE fascicules SYSTEM "fascicules.dtd">
-
-<fascicules>
- <fascicule file="part" href="part_frame.html" entry="no">
- STDLIB User's Guide
- </fascicule>
- <fascicule file="ref_man" href="ref_man_frame.html" entry="yes">
- Reference Manual
- </fascicule>
- <fascicule file="part_notes" href="part_notes_frame.html" entry="no">
- Release Notes
- </fascicule>
- <fascicule file="" href="../../../../doc/print.html" entry="no">
- Off-Print
- </fascicule>
-</fascicules>
-
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
index 1b69e84d31..5e631aac21 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filelib.xml
@@ -50,16 +50,16 @@
<p>
Functionality in this module generally assumes valid input and
does not necessarily fail on input that does not use a valid
- encoding. You can validate the encoding of a filename using
- <seealso marker="stdlib:filename#validate/1">filename:validate/1</seealso>.
+ encoding, but may instead very likely produce invalid output.
</p>
<p>
File operations used to accept filenames containing
null characters (integer value zero). This caused
- the name to be truncated at the first null character.
- Filenames containing null characters inside the filename
+ the name to be truncated and in some cases arguments
+ to primitive operations to be mixed up. Filenames
+ containing null characters inside the filename
are now <em>rejected</em> and will cause primitive
- file operations fail.
+ file operations to fail.
</p>
</note>
<warning><p>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
index b6028fc066..d2608ad542 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
@@ -64,16 +64,16 @@
<p>
Functionality in this module generally assumes valid input and
does not necessarily fail on input that does not use a valid
- encoding. You can validate the encoding of a filename using
- <seealso marker="#validate/1">filename:validate/1</seealso>.
+ encoding, but may instead very likely produce invalid output.
</p>
<p>
File operations used to accept filenames containing
null characters (integer value zero). This caused
- the name to be truncated at the first null character.
- Filenames containing null characters inside the filename
+ the name to be truncated and in some cases arguments
+ to primitive operations to be mixed up. Filenames
+ containing null characters inside the filename
are now <em>rejected</em> and will cause primitive
- file operations fail.
+ file operations to fail.
</p>
</note>
<warning><p>
@@ -583,54 +583,6 @@ unsafe</pre>
</desc>
</func>
- <func>
- <name name="validate" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Validate encoding of filename</fsummary>
- <desc>
- <p>
- Validates filename encoding. Returns <c>true</c> if
- <c><anno>FileName</anno></c> has a valid encoding;
- otherwise, returns <c>false</c>.
- </p>
- <taglist>
- <tag>Ordinary Filename</tag>
- <item>
- <p>
- Type: <c><anno>FileName</anno> = </c><seealso marker="kernel:file#type-name"><c>file:name()</c></seealso>
- </p>
- <p>
- Validates encoding against the
- <seealso marker="kernel:file#native_name_encoding/0">native file
- name encoding</seealso>, and the
- capabilities of the operating system used.
- Regardless of configuration and OS, null
- characters (integer value zero) will be
- rejected by the validation (even when only
- present at the end of the filename).
- </p>
- </item>
- <tag><seealso marker="unicode_usage#notes-about-raw-filenames">Raw
- Filename</seealso></tag>
- <item>
- <p>
- Type: <c><anno>FileName</anno> = binary()</c>
- </p>
- <p>
- The encoding will not be interpreted, but
- null bytes (integer value zero) will be
- rejected by the validation (even when only
- present at the end of the filename).
- </p>
- </item>
- </taglist>
- <p>
- For information on filename encoding see the documentation
- of unicode filenames in
- <seealso marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_file_names">STDLIB
- Users Guide ➜ Using Unicode in Erlang ➜ Unicode Filenames</seealso>.
- </p>
- </desc>
- </func>
</funcs>
</erlref>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
index 8de6ed754f..4a824f073e 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
<c><anno>T</anno></c> is the time-out time.
<c>{clean_timeout,<anno>T</anno>}</c> works like
just <c>T</c> described in the note above
- and uses a proxy process for <c>T &lt; infinity</c>,
+ and uses a proxy process
while <c>{dirty_timeout,<anno>T</anno>}</c>
bypasses the proxy process which is more lightweight.
</p>
@@ -1339,8 +1339,12 @@ handle_event(_, _, State, Data) ->
with <c>{dirty_timeout,<anno>T</anno>}</c>
to avoid that the calling process dies when the call
times out, you will have to be prepared to handle
- a late reply.
- So why not just let the calling process die?
+ a late reply. Note that there is an odd chance
+ to get a late reply even with
+ <c>{dirty_timeout,infinity}</c> or <c>infinity</c>
+ for example in the event of network problems.
+ So why not just let the calling process die
+ by not catching the exception?
</p>
</note>
<p>
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/part_notes.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/part_notes.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 461de749dd..0000000000
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/part_notes.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<!DOCTYPE part SYSTEM "part.dtd">
-
-<part xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
- <header>
- <copyright>
- <year>2004</year><year>2016</year>
- <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
- </copyright>
- <legalnotice>
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
- http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
-
- </legalnotice>
-
- <title>STDLIB Release Notes</title>
- <prepared></prepared>
- <docno></docno>
- <date></date>
- <rev></rev>
- </header>
- <description>
- <p>The Standard Erlang Libraries application, <em>STDLIB</em>,
- contains modules for manipulating lists, strings and files etc.</p>
- <p>For information about older versions, see
- <url href="part_notes_history_frame.html">Release Notes History</url>.</p>
- </description>
- <xi:include href="notes.xml"/>
-</part>
-
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/part_notes_history.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/part_notes_history.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fd048a41e..0000000000
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/part_notes_history.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<!DOCTYPE part SYSTEM "part.dtd">
-
-<part>
- <header>
- <copyright>
- <year>2006</year>
- <year>2016</year>
- <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
- </copyright>
- <legalnotice>
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
- http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
-
- The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Ericsson AB.
- </legalnotice>
-
- <title>STDLIB Release Notes History</title>
- <prepared></prepared>
- <docno></docno>
- <date></date>
- <rev></rev>
- </header>
- <description>
- <p>The Standard Erlang Libraries application, <em>STDLIB</em>,
- contains modules for manipulating lists, strings and files etc.</p>
- </description>
- <include file="notes_history"></include>
-</part>
-
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml
index ff1f864e22..789e063c12 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/unicode_usage.xml
@@ -857,6 +857,10 @@ Eshell V5.10.1 (abort with ^G)
<section>
<marker id="notes-about-raw-filenames"/>
<title>Notes About Raw Filenames</title>
+ <note><p>
+ Note that raw filenames <em>not</em> necessarily are encoded the
+ same way as on the OS level.
+ </p></note>
<p>Raw filenames were introduced together with Unicode filename support
in ERTS 5.8.2 (Erlang/OTP R14B01). The reason &quot;raw
filenames&quot; were introduced in the system was
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/user_guide.gif b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/user_guide.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index e6275a803d..0000000000
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/user_guide.gif
+++ /dev/null
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