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-rw-r--r--system/doc/design_principles/statem.xml2
-rw-r--r--system/doc/embedded/starting.xml2
-rw-r--r--system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml2
3 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/statem.xml b/system/doc/design_principles/statem.xml
index 16a901b3a5..98fd1fd69d 100644
--- a/system/doc/design_principles/statem.xml
+++ b/system/doc/design_principles/statem.xml
@@ -1410,7 +1410,7 @@ open(cast, {button,_}, Data) ->
<seealso marker="erts:erlang#start_timer/4"><c>erlang:start_timer/3,4</c></seealso>.
Most time-out tasks can be performed with the
time-out features in <c>gen_statem</c>,
- but an example of one that can not is if you should need
+ but an example of one that cannot is if you should need
the return value from
<seealso marker="erts:erlang#cancel_timer/2"><c>erlang:cancel_timer(Tref)</c></seealso>, that is; the remaining time of the timer.
</p>
diff --git a/system/doc/embedded/starting.xml b/system/doc/embedded/starting.xml
index 11bf9b412a..6888f9c959 100644
--- a/system/doc/embedded/starting.xml
+++ b/system/doc/embedded/starting.xml
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ exec $BINDIR/erlexec -boot $RELDIR/$VSN/start -config $RELDIR/$VSN/sys $* <
<p>If a diskless and/or read-only client node with the SASL
configuration parameter <c>static_emulator</c> set to <c>true</c>
is about to start the <c>-boot</c> and <c>-config</c> flags must be
- changed. As such a client can not read a new <c>start_erl.data</c>
+ changed. As such a client cannot read a new <c>start_erl.data</c>
file (the file is not possible to change dynamically) the boot and
config files is always fetched from the same place (but with a new
contents if a new release has been installed). The
diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml
index f6daf50c8b..69fc558827 100644
--- a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml
+++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml
@@ -578,6 +578,8 @@ number &lt; atom &lt; reference &lt; fun &lt; port &lt; pid &lt; tuple &lt; map
ascending term order and then by values in key order.
In maps key order integers types are considered less than floats types.
</p>
+ <p>Atoms are compared using their string value, character by character.
+ </p>
<p>When comparing an integer to a float, the term with the lesser
precision is converted into the type of the other term, unless the
operator is one of <c>=:=</c> or <c>=/=</c>. A float is more precise than