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-rw-r--r--system/doc/reference_manual/code_loading.xml4
-rw-r--r--system/doc/reference_manual/distributed.xml6
-rw-r--r--system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml10
-rw-r--r--system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml2
-rw-r--r--[-rwxr-xr-x]system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml0
5 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 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/distributed.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/distributed.xml
index d0eac78404..bc55d14c90 100644
--- a/system/doc/reference_manual/distributed.xml
+++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/distributed.xml
@@ -176,11 +176,11 @@ dilbert@uab</pre>
</row>
<row>
<cell align="left" valign="middle"><c>is_alive()</c></cell>
- <cell align="left" valign="middle">Returns <c>true</c>if the runtime system is a node and can connect to other nodes, <c>false</c>otherwise.</cell>
+ <cell align="left" valign="middle">Returns <c>true</c> if the runtime system is a node and can connect to other nodes, <c>false</c> otherwise.</cell>
</row>
<row>
<cell align="left" valign="middle"><c>monitor_node(Node, true|false)</c></cell>
- <cell align="left" valign="middle">Monitor the status of <c>Node</c>. A message<c>{nodedown, Node}</c>is received if the connection to it is lost.</cell>
+ <cell align="left" valign="middle">Monitor the status of <c>Node</c>. A message<c>{nodedown, Node}</c> is received if the connection to it is lost.</cell>
</row>
<row>
<cell align="left" valign="middle"><c>node()</c></cell>
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ dilbert@uab</pre>
</row>
<row>
<cell align="left" valign="middle"><c>set_cookie(Node, Cookie)</c></cell>
- <cell align="left" valign="middle">Sets the magic cookie used when connecting to <c>Node</c>. If <c>Node</c>is the current node, <c>Cookie</c>will be used when connecting to all new nodes.</cell>
+ <cell align="left" valign="middle">Sets the magic cookie used when connecting to <c>Node</c>. If <c>Node</c> is the current node, <c>Cookie</c> will be used when connecting to all new nodes.</cell>
</row>
<row>
<cell align="left" valign="middle"><c>spawn[_link|_opt](Node, Fun)</c></cell>
diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml
index c24b1110a4..43d46d87cc 100644
--- a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml
+++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml
@@ -993,15 +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>
diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml
index 9dd5fc79bd..bfac7f8d79 100644
--- a/system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml
+++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ or
?TESTCALL(you:function(2,1)).</code>
<p>results in</p>
<code type="none">
-io:format("Call ~s: ~w~n",["myfunction ( 1 , 2 )",m:myfunction(1,2)]),
+io:format("Call ~s: ~w~n",["myfunction ( 1 , 2 )",myfunction(1,2)]),
io:format("Call ~s: ~w~n",["you : function ( 2 , 1 )",you:function(2,1)]).</code>
<p>That is, a trace output with both the function called and
the resulting value.</p>
diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml
index f08639f9a1..f08639f9a1 100755..100644
--- a/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml
+++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml