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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/gen_event.erl b/lib/stdlib/src/gen_event.erl
index 7fde3b6bb6..4839fe4f2c 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/src/gen_event.erl
+++ b/lib/stdlib/src/gen_event.erl
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
%%% Modified by Martin - uses proc_lib, sys and gen!
--export([start/0, start/1, start_link/0, start_link/1, stop/1, stop/3,
+-export([start/0, start/1, start/2,
+ start_link/0, start_link/1, start_link/2,
+ stop/1, stop/3,
notify/2, sync_notify/2,
add_handler/3, add_sup_handler/3, delete_handler/3, swap_handler/3,
swap_sup_handler/3, which_handlers/1, call/3, call/4, wake_hib/4]).
@@ -117,30 +119,64 @@
-type del_handler_ret() :: ok | term() | {'EXIT',term()}.
-type emgr_name() :: {'local', atom()} | {'global', atom()}
- | {'via', atom(), term()}.
+ | {'via', atom(), term()}.
+-type debug_flag() :: 'trace' | 'log' | 'statistics' | 'debug'
+ | {'logfile', string()}.
+-type option() :: {'timeout', timeout()}
+ | {'debug', [debug_flag()]}
+ | {'spawn_opt', [proc_lib:spawn_option()]}.
-type emgr_ref() :: atom() | {atom(), atom()} | {'global', atom()}
- | {'via', atom(), term()} | pid().
+ | {'via', atom(), term()} | pid().
-type start_ret() :: {'ok', pid()} | {'error', term()}.
%%---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-define(NO_CALLBACK, 'no callback module').
+%% -----------------------------------------------------------------
+%% Starts a generic event handler.
+%% start()
+%% start(MgrName | Options)
+%% start(MgrName, Options)
+%% start_link()
+%% start_link(MgrName | Options)
+%% start_link(MgrName, Options)
+%% MgrName ::= {local, atom()} | {global, atom()} | {via, atom(), term()}
+%% Options ::= [{timeout, Timeout} | {debug, [Flag]} | {spawn_opt,SOpts}]
+%% Flag ::= trace | log | {logfile, File} | statistics | debug
+%% (debug == log && statistics)
+%% Returns: {ok, Pid} |
+%% {error, {already_started, Pid}} |
+%% {error, Reason}
+%% -----------------------------------------------------------------
+
-spec start() -> start_ret().
start() ->
gen:start(?MODULE, nolink, ?NO_CALLBACK, [], []).
--spec start(emgr_name()) -> start_ret().
-start(Name) ->
- gen:start(?MODULE, nolink, Name, ?NO_CALLBACK, [], []).
+-spec start(emgr_name() | [option()]) -> start_ret().
+start(Name) when is_tuple(Name) ->
+ gen:start(?MODULE, nolink, Name, ?NO_CALLBACK, [], []);
+start(Options) when is_list(Options) ->
+ gen:start(?MODULE, nolink, ?NO_CALLBACK, [], Options).
+
+-spec start(emgr_name(), [option()]) -> start_ret().
+start(Name, Options) ->
+ gen:start(?MODULE, nolink, Name, ?NO_CALLBACK, [], Options).
-spec start_link() -> start_ret().
start_link() ->
gen:start(?MODULE, link, ?NO_CALLBACK, [], []).
--spec start_link(emgr_name()) -> start_ret().
-start_link(Name) ->
- gen:start(?MODULE, link, Name, ?NO_CALLBACK, [], []).
+-spec start_link(emgr_name() | [option()]) -> start_ret().
+start_link(Name) when is_tuple(Name) ->
+ gen:start(?MODULE, link, Name, ?NO_CALLBACK, [], []);
+start_link(Options) when is_list(Options) ->
+ gen:start(?MODULE, link, ?NO_CALLBACK, [], Options).
+
+-spec start_link(emgr_name(), [option()]) -> start_ret().
+start_link(Name, Options) ->
+ gen:start(?MODULE, link, Name, ?NO_CALLBACK, [], Options).
%% -spec init_it(pid(), 'self' | pid(), emgr_name(), module(), [term()], [_]) ->
init_it(Starter, self, Name, Mod, Args, Options) ->