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| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml | 23 |
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diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml index 893398b71b..75486488e9 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/expressions.xml @@ -245,13 +245,13 @@ lists:keysearch(Name, 1, List)</code> handle(Msg, State) spawn(m, init, [])</code> <p><em>Examples</em> where <c>ExprF</c> is a fun:</p> - <code type="none"> -Fun1 = fun(X) -> X+1 end -Fun1(3) -=> 4 - -fun lists:append/2([1,2], [3,4]) -=> [1,2,3,4]</code> + <pre> +1> <input>Fun1 = fun(X) -> X+1 end,</input> +<input>Fun1(3).</input> +4 +2> <input>fun lists:append/2([1,2], [3,4]).</input> +[1,2,3,4] +3> </pre> <p>Notice that when calling a local function, there is a difference between using the implicitly or fully qualified function name. @@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ M4 = M3#{a := 2, b := 3}. % 'a' and 'b' was added in `M1` and `M2`.</code> </p> <list> <item><p>A <c>badmatch</c> exception.</p> - <p>This is if it is used in the context of the matching operator + <p>This is if it is used in the context of the match operator as in the example.</p> </item> <item><p>Or resulting in the next clause being tested in function heads and @@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ Ei = Value | <p>Used in a bit string construction, <c>Value</c> is an expression that is to evaluate to an integer, float, or bit string. If the expression is not a single literal or variable, it - is to be enclosed in parenthesis.</p> + is to be enclosed in parentheses.</p> <p>Used in a bit string matching, <c>Value</c> must be a variable, or an integer, float, or string.</p> @@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ catch Expr</code> {'EXIT',{badarith,[...]}}</pre> <p>Notice that <c>catch</c> has low precedence and catch subexpressions often needs to be enclosed in a block - expression or in parenthesis:</p> + expression or in parentheses:</p> <pre> 3> <input>A = catch 1+2.</input> ** 1: syntax error before: 'catch' ** @@ -1556,9 +1556,11 @@ end</pre> <p>Bit string comprehensions are written with the following syntax:</p> <pre> -<< BitString || Qualifier1,...,QualifierN >></pre> - <p>Here, <c>BitString</c> is a bit string expression and each - <c>Qualifier</c> is either a generator, a bit string generator or a filter.</p> +<< BitStringExpr || Qualifier1,...,QualifierN >></pre> + <p><c>BitStringExpr</c> is an expression that evalutes to a bit + string. If <c>BitStringExpr</c> is a function call, it must be + enclosed in parentheses. Each <c>Qualifier</c> is either a + generator, a bit string generator or a filter.</p> <list type="bulleted"> <item>A <em>generator</em> is written as: <br></br> <c><![CDATA[Pattern <- ListExpr]]></c>. <br></br> diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml index 3b1f72e5d6..42ea639b54 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/macros.xml @@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ bar(X) -> <item>The current line number.</item> <tag><c>?MACHINE</c>.</tag> <item>The machine name, <c>'BEAM'</c>.</item> + <tag><c>?FUNCTION_NAME</c></tag> + <item>The name of the current function.</item> + <tag><c>?FUNCTION_ARITY</c></tag> + <item>The arity (number of arguments) for the current function.</item> </taglist> </section> diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml index 22627058c1..c5d24a96b5 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2003</year><year>2015</year> + <year>2003</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ <p> For integers and atoms, it is allowed for singleton types; for example, the integers - <c>-1</c> and <c>42</c>, or the atoms <c>'foo'</c> and <c>'bar'</c>). + <c>-1</c> and <c>42</c>, or the atoms <c>'foo'</c> and <c>'bar'</c>. All other types are built using unions of either predefined types or singleton types. In a type union between a type and one @@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ Union :: Type1 | Type2 ]]></pre> <p> - The general form of bitstrings is <c><<_:M, _:_*N>></c>, + The general form of bit strings is <c><<_:M, _:_*N>></c>, where <c>M</c> and <c>N</c> are positive integers. It denotes a - bitstring that is <c>M + (k*N)</c> bits long (that is, a bitstring that + bit string that is <c>M + (k*N)</c> bits long (that is, a bit string that starts with <c>M</c> bits and continues with <c>k</c> segments of <c>N</c> bits each, where <c>k</c> is also a positive integer). The notations <c><<_:_*N>></c>, <c><<_:M>></c>, @@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ </p> <pre> -spec id(X) -> X when X :: tuple().</pre> <p> - Currently, the <c>::</c> constraint (read as <c>is_subtype</c>) is + Currently, the <c>::</c> constraint + (read as «is a subtype of») is the only guard constraint that can be used in the <c>'when'</c> part of a <c>'-spec'</c> attribute. </p> @@ -513,7 +514,7 @@ <em>the same</em> tuple. </p> <p> - However, it is up to the tools that process the specificationss + However, it is up to the tools that process the specifications to choose whether to take this extra information into account or not. </p> @@ -529,16 +530,6 @@ <pre> -spec foo({X, integer()}) -> X when X :: atom() ; ([Y]) -> Y when Y :: number().</pre> - <note> - <p> - For backwards compatibility the following form is also allowed: - </p> - <pre> -spec id(X) -> X when is_subtype(X, tuple()).</pre> - <p> - but its use is discouraged. It will be removed in a future - Erlang/OTP release. - </p> - </note> <p> Some functions in Erlang are not meant to return; either because they define servers or because they are used to |