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Diffstat (limited to 'system/doc/reference_manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/character_set.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/data_types.xml | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/errors.xml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/introduction.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/records.xml | 6 |
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}). |