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Diffstat (limited to 'system/doc/reference_manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/code_loading.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml | 24 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/code_loading.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/code_loading.xml index f56e1ff408..3ea72a4057 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/code_loading.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/code_loading.xml @@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ loop() -> <c>code_switch</c> to it. The process then will make a fully qualified call to <c>m:loop()</c> and change to current code. Note that <c>m:loop/0</c> must be exported.</p> - <p>For code replacement of funs to work, the tuple syntax - <c>{Module,FunctionName}</c> must be used to represent the fun.</p> + <p>For code replacement of funs to work, the syntax + <c>fun Module:FunctionName/Arity</c> should be used.</p> </section> <section> diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml index 644896cd7f..43d46d87cc 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml @@ -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> |