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| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/ports.xml | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/ports.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/ports.xml index 4847dd67cd..c4e4ef1d35 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/ports.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/ports.xml @@ -87,8 +87,14 @@ of bytes, the option <c>binary</c> must be included.</p> <p>The port owner <c>Pid</c> can communicate with the port <c>Port</c> by sending and receiving messages. (In fact, any - process can send the messages to the port, but the messages from - the port always go to the port owner).</p> + process can send the messages to the port, but the port owner must + be identified in the message).</p> + <p>As of OTP-R16 messages sent to ports are delivered truly + asynchronously. The underlying implementation previously + delivered messages to ports synchronously. Message passing has + however always been documented as an asynchronous operation, so + this should not be an issue for an Erlang program communicating + with ports, unless false assumptions about ports has been made.</p> <p>Below, <c>Data</c> must be an I/O list. An I/O list is a binary or a (possibly deep) list of binaries or integers in the range 0..255.</p> @@ -127,8 +133,7 @@ <tcaption>Messages Received From a Port.</tcaption> </table> <p>Instead of sending and receiving messages, there are also a - number of BIFs that can be used. These can be called by any - process, not only the port owner.</p> + number of BIFs that can be used.</p> <table> <row> <cell align="left" valign="middle"><c>port_command(Port,Data)</c></cell> |