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diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/introduction.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/introduction.xml index 3dac5cfe13..7737c34469 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/introduction.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/introduction.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2003</year><year>2009</year> + <year>2003</year><year>2012</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -150,6 +150,17 @@ </row> <tcaption>Character Classes.</tcaption> </table> + <p>In Erlang/OTP R16 the syntax of Erlang tokens was extended to + handle Unicode. To begin with the support is limited to strings, + but Erlang/OTP R18 is expected to handle Unicode atoms as well. + More about the usage of Unicode in Erlang source files can be + found in <seealso + marker="stdlib:unicode_usage#unicode_in_erlang">STDLIB's User'S + Guide</seealso>. The default encoding for Erlang source files + is still Latin-1, but in Erlang/OTP R17 the default encoding + will be UTF-8. The details on how to state the encoding of an + Erlang source file can be found in <seealso + marker="stdlib:epp#encoding">epp(3)</seealso>.</p> </section> </chapter> |