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-rw-r--r--system/doc/reference_manual/character_set.xml6
-rw-r--r--system/doc/reference_manual/data_types.xml5
-rw-r--r--system/doc/reference_manual/errors.xml8
-rw-r--r--system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml10
-rw-r--r--system/doc/reference_manual/introduction.xml6
-rw-r--r--system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml1
-rw-r--r--system/doc/reference_manual/records.xml6
7 files changed, 17 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/character_set.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/character_set.xml
index d25f2c001d..f0f4c23608 100644
--- a/system/doc/reference_manual/character_set.xml
+++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/character_set.xml
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
<section>
<title>Character Set</title>
- <p>Since Erlang 4.8/OTP R5A, the syntax of Erlang tokens is extended to
- allow the use of the full ISO-8859-1 (Latin-1) character set. This
- is noticeable in the following ways:</p>
+ <p>The syntax of Erlang tokens allow the use of the full
+ ISO-8859-1 (Latin-1) character set. This is noticeable in the
+ following ways:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>
<p>All the Latin-1 printable characters can be used and are
diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/data_types.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/data_types.xml
index e63825b97d..107e403903 100644
--- a/system/doc/reference_manual/data_types.xml
+++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/data_types.xml
@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@
<item><em><c>base</c></em><c>#</c><em><c>value</c></em> <br></br>
Integer with the base <em><c>base</c></em>, that must be an
- integer in the range 2..36. <br></br>
-
- In Erlang 5.2/OTP R9B and earlier versions, the allowed range
- is 2..16.</item>
+ integer in the range 2..36.</item>
</list>
<p><em>Examples:</em></p>
<pre>
diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/errors.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/errors.xml
index e764cf431f..3e2d306561 100644
--- a/system/doc/reference_manual/errors.xml
+++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/errors.xml
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@
The Erlang programming language has built-in features for
handling of run-time errors.</p>
<p>A run-time error can also be emulated by calling
- <c>erlang:error(Reason)</c> or <c>erlang:error(Reason, Args)</c>
- (those appeared in Erlang 5.4/OTP-R10).</p>
+ <c>erlang:error(Reason)</c> or <c>erlang:error(Reason, Args)</c>.</p>
<p>A run-time error is another name for an exception
of class <c>error</c>.
</p>
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@
<p>Exceptions are run-time errors or generated errors and
are of three different classes, with different origins. The
<seealso marker="expressions#try">try</seealso> expression
- (new in Erlang 5.4/OTP R10B)
can distinguish between the different classes, whereas the
<seealso marker="expressions#catch">catch</seealso>
expression cannot. They are described in
@@ -94,7 +92,7 @@
<cell align="left" valign="middle"><c>error</c></cell>
<cell align="left" valign="middle">Run-time error,
for example, <c>1+a</c>, or the process called
- <c>erlang:error/1,2</c> (new in Erlang 5.4/OTP R10B)</cell>
+ <c>erlang:error/1,2</c></cell>
</row>
<row>
<cell align="left" valign="middle"><c>exit</c></cell>
@@ -111,7 +109,7 @@
and a stack trace (which aids in finding the code location of
the exception).</p>
<p>The stack trace can be retrieved using
- <c>erlang:get_stacktrace/0</c> (new in Erlang 5.4/OTP R10B)
+ <c>erlang:get_stacktrace/0</c>
from within a <c>try</c> expression, and is returned for
exceptions of class <c>error</c> from a <c>catch</c> expression.</p>
<p>An exception of class <c>error</c> is also known as a run-time
diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml
index 1a3d19aed1..acd1dec901 100644
--- a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml
+++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml
@@ -123,10 +123,9 @@ member(_Elem, []) ->
or <c>receive</c> expression must be bound in all branches
to have a value outside the expression. Otherwise they
are regarded as 'unsafe' outside the expression.</p>
- <p>For the <c>try</c> expression introduced in
- Erlang 5.4/OTP R10B, variable scoping is limited so that
+ <p>For the <c>try</c> expression variable scoping is limited so that
variables bound in the expression are always 'unsafe' outside
- the expression. This is to be improved.</p>
+ the expression.</p>
</section>
<section>
@@ -189,7 +188,6 @@ f([$p,$r,$e,$f,$i,$x | Str]) -> ...</pre>
<pre>
case {Value, Result} of
{?THRESHOLD+1, ok} -> ...</pre>
- <p>This feature was added in Erlang 5.0/OTP R7.</p>
</section>
</section>
@@ -1348,8 +1346,8 @@ catch
ExceptionBodyN
end</code>
<p>This is an enhancement of
- <seealso marker="#catch">catch</seealso> that appeared in
- Erlang 5.4/OTP R10B. It gives the possibility to:</p>
+ <seealso marker="#catch">catch</seealso>.
+ It gives the possibility to:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>Distinguish between different exception classes.</item>
<item>Choose to handle only the desired ones.</item>
diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/introduction.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/introduction.xml
index abb4ed407d..c9ce45bbcc 100644
--- a/system/doc/reference_manual/introduction.xml
+++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/introduction.xml
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@
<item>A <em>list</em> is any number of items. For example,
an argument list can consist of zero, one, or more arguments.</item>
</list>
- <p>If a feature has been added recently, in Erlang 5.0/OTP R7 or
- later, this is mentioned in the text.</p>
+ <p>If a feature has been added in R13A or later,
+ this is mentioned in the text.</p>
</section>
<section>
<title>Complete List of BIFs</title>
<p>For a complete list of BIFs, their arguments and return values,
- see <seealso marker="erts:erlang#process_flag/2">erlang(3)</seealso>
+ see <seealso marker="erts:erlang">erlang(3)</seealso>
manual page in ERTS.</p>
</section>
diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml
index 5f24473557..b6c740dd10 100644
--- a/system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml
+++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml
@@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ t.erl:5: Warning: -warning("Macro VERSION not defined -- using default version."
argument, is expanded to a string containing the tokens of
the argument. This is similar to the <c>#arg</c> stringifying
construction in C.</p>
- <p>The feature was added in Erlang 5.0/OTP R7.</p>
<p><em>Example:</em></p>
<code type="none">
-define(TESTCALL(Call), io:format("Call ~s: ~w~n", [??Call, Call])).
diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/records.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/records.xml
index 12a3e697cd..1eb13b353e 100644
--- a/system/doc/reference_manual/records.xml
+++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/records.xml
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@
<pre>
#Name{Field1=Expr1,...,FieldK=ExprK, _=ExprL}</pre>
<p>Omitted fields then get the value of evaluating <c>ExprL</c>
- instead of their default values. This feature was added in
- Erlang 5.1/OTP R8 and is primarily intended to be used to create
- patterns for ETS and Mnesia match functions.</p>
+ instead of their default values. This feature is primarily
+ intended to be used to create patterns for ETS and Mnesia match
+ functions.</p>
<p><em>Example:</em></p>
<pre>
-record(person, {name, phone, address}).