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@@ -561,11 +561,15 @@ number < atom < reference < fun < port < pid < tuple < list
<p>Lists are compared element by element. Tuples are ordered by
size, two tuples with the same size are compared element by
element.</p>
- <p>If one of the compared terms is an integer and the other a
- float, the integer is first converted into a float, unless the
- operator is one of =:= and =/=. If the integer is too big to fit
- in a float no conversion is done, but the order is determined by
- inspecting the sign of the numbers.</p>
+ <p>When comparing an integer to a float, the term with the lesser
+ precision will be converted into the other term's type, unless the
+ operator is one of =:= and =/=. A float is more precise than
+ an integer until all significant figures of the float are to the left of
+ the decimal point. This happens when the float is larger/smaller then
+ +/-9007199254740992.0. The conversion strategy is changed
+ depending on the size of the float because otherwise comparison of large
+ floats and integers would loose their transitivity.</p>
+
<p>Returns the Boolean value of the expression, <c>true</c> or
<c>false</c>.</p>
<p>Examples:</p>
@@ -989,15 +993,19 @@ fun Module:Name/Arity</pre>
<pre>
fun (Arg1,...,ArgN) -> Name(Arg1,...,ArgN) end</pre>
<p>In <c>Module:Name/Arity</c>, <c>Module</c> and <c>Name</c> are atoms
- and <c>Arity</c> is an integer.
+ and <c>Arity</c> is an integer. Starting from the R15 release,
+ <c>Module</c>, <c>Name</c>, and <c>Arity</c> may also be variables.
A fun defined in this way will refer to the function <c>Name</c>
- with arity <c>Arity</c> in the <em>latest</em> version of module <c>Module</c>.
+ with arity <c>Arity</c> in the <em>latest</em> version of module
+ <c>Module</c>. A fun defined in this way will not be dependent on
+ the code for module in which it is defined.
</p>
<p>When applied to a number N of arguments, a tuple
<c>{Module,FunctionName}</c> is interpreted as a fun, referring
to the function <c>FunctionName</c> with arity N in the module
<c>Module</c>. The function must be exported.
- <em>This usage is deprecated.</em>
+ <em>This usage is deprecated.</em> Use <c>fun Module:Name/Arity</c>
+ instead.
See <seealso marker="#calls">Function Calls</seealso> for an example.</p>
<p>More examples can be found in <em>Programming Examples</em>.</p>
</section>