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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml index e94a4d6a55..15e6fdfa9f 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -30,6 +30,390 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the STDLIB application.</p> +<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 the + <seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:maps">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> |