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| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/character_set.xml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/modules.xml | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/processes.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml | 5 |
5 files changed, 21 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/character_set.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/character_set.xml index 884898eb34..b09b484582 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/character_set.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/character_set.xml @@ -101,9 +101,10 @@ <tcaption>Character Classes.</tcaption> </table> <p>In Erlang/OTP R16B the syntax of Erlang tokens was extended to - handle Unicode. To begin with the support is limited to - strings, but Erlang/OTP 18 is expected to handle Unicode atoms - as well. More about the usage of Unicode in Erlang source files + handle Unicode. The support is limited to + string literals and comments. Atoms, module names, and + function names are restricted to the ISO-Latin-1 range. + 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>.</p> diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml index fa8f9b2e8f..62a344ad58 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ fun lists:append/2([1,2], [3,4]) length([]) -> 0; length([H|T]) -> - 1 + length(T). %% Calls the local funtion length/1 + 1 + length(T). %% Calls the local function length/1 f(X) when erlang:length(X) > 3 -> %% Calls erlang:length/1, %% which is allowed in guards @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ f(X) when erlang:length(X) > 3 -> %% Calls erlang:length/1, -import(mod,[length/1]). -f(X) when erlang:length(X) > 33 -> %% Calls erlang:lenght/1, +f(X) when erlang:length(X) > 33 -> %% Calls erlang:length/1, %% which is allowed in guards erlang:length(X); %% Explicit call to erlang:length in body diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/modules.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/modules.xml index f0ec7ef165..5fc8b363f8 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/modules.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/modules.xml @@ -229,13 +229,9 @@ behaviour_info(callbacks) -> Callbacks.</pre> <p>The <c>module_info/0</c> function in each module returns a list of <c>{Key,Value}</c> tuples with information about the module. Currently, the list contain tuples with the following - <c>Key</c>s: <c>attributes</c>, <c>compile</c>, - <c>exports</c>, and <c>imports</c>. The order and number of tuples + <c>Key</c>s: <c>module</c>, <c>attributes</c>, <c>compile</c>, + <c>exports</c> and <c>md5</c>. The order and number of tuples may change without prior notice.</p> - - <warning><p>The <c>{imports,Value}</c> tuple may be removed in a future - release because <c>Value</c> is always an empty list. - Do not write code that depends on it being present.</p></warning> </section> <section> @@ -246,6 +242,11 @@ behaviour_info(callbacks) -> Callbacks.</pre> <p>The following values are allowed for <c>Key</c>:</p> <taglist> + <tag><c>module</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Return an atom representing the module name.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>attributes</c></tag> <item> <p>Return a list of <c>{AttributeName,ValueList}</c> tuples, @@ -267,10 +268,9 @@ behaviour_info(callbacks) -> Callbacks.</pre> <seealso marker="stdlib:beam_lib#strip/1">beam_lib(3)</seealso>.</p> </item> - <tag><c>imports</c></tag> + <tag><c>md5</c></tag> <item> - <p>Always return an empty list. The <c>imports</c> key may not - be supported in future release.</p> + <p>Return a binary representing the MD5 checksum of the module.</p> </item> <tag><c>exports</c></tag> diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/processes.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/processes.xml index 20bab1eb48..95ae0672ec 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/processes.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/processes.xml @@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ spawn(Module, Name, Args) -> pid() <p>Two processes can be <em>linked</em> to each other. A link between two processes <c>Pid1</c> and <c>Pid2</c> is created by <c>Pid1</c> calling the BIF <c>link(Pid2)</c> (or vice versa). - There also exists a number a <c>spawn_link</c> BIFs, which spawns - and links to a process in one operation.</p> + There also exist a number of <c>spawn_link</c> BIFs, which spawn + and link to a process in one operation.</p> <p>Links are bidirectional and there can only be one link between two processes. Repeated calls to <c>link(Pid)</c> have no effect.</p> <p>A link can be removed by calling the BIF <c>unlink(Pid)</c>.</p> diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml index cc35c6eb21..e4aa2ceda6 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ | Map | Tuple | Union - | UserDefined %% described in Section 6.3 + | UserDefined %% described in Section 7.3 Atom :: atom() | Erlang_Atom %% 'foo', 'bar', ... @@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ <cell><c>iolist()</c></cell><cell><c>maybe_improper_list(byte() | binary() | iolist(), binary() | [])</c></cell> </row> <row> + <cell><c>function()</c></cell><cell><c>fun()</c></cell> + </row> + <row> <cell><c>module()</c></cell><cell><c>atom()</c></cell> </row> <row> |