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Diffstat (limited to 'system')
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/getting_started/seq_prog.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/code_loading.xml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/distributed.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml | 16 |
4 files changed, 14 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/system/doc/getting_started/seq_prog.xml b/system/doc/getting_started/seq_prog.xml index 567d032bb5..3830a34e5a 100644 --- a/system/doc/getting_started/seq_prog.xml +++ b/system/doc/getting_started/seq_prog.xml @@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ list_length([First | Rest]) -> or "structs" in other languages and we use lists when we want to represent things which have varying sizes, (i.e. where we would use linked lists in other languages).</p> - <p>Erlang does not have a string date type, instead strings can be + <p>Erlang does not have a string data type, instead strings can be represented by lists of ASCII characters. So the list <c>[97,98,99]</c> is equivalent to "abc". The Erlang shell is "clever" and guesses the what sort of list we mean and outputs it @@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ month_length(Year, Month) -> <title>Built In Functions (BIFs)</title> <p>Built in functions BIFs are functions which for some reason is built in to the Erlang virtual machine. BIFs often implement - functionality that is impossible to implement in Erlang or is to + functionality that is impossible to implement in Erlang or is too inefficient to implement in Erlang. Some BIFs can be called by use of the function name only but they are by default belonging to the erlang module so for example the call to the BIF <c>trunc</c> diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/code_loading.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/code_loading.xml index 10022a5d33..23871dfa83 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/code_loading.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/code_loading.xml @@ -121,10 +121,9 @@ loop() -> <title>Running a function when a module is loaded</title> <warning> - <p>This section describes an experimental feature that was - introduced in R13B03, and changed in a backwards-incompatible - way in R13B04. There may be more backward-incompatible changes - in future releases.</p> + <p>We recommend that the feature described in this section is to + be used only for loading NIF libraries. For other usages this + feature should be considered experimental.</p> </warning> <p>The <c>-on_load()</c> directive names a function that should diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/distributed.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/distributed.xml index d337920a64..88f98bc106 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/distributed.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/distributed.xml @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ dilbert@uab</pre> <cell align="left" valign="middle">Depending on <c>Arg</c>, this function can return a list not only of visible nodes, but also hidden nodes and previously known nodes, etc.</cell> </row> <row> - <cell align="left" valign="middle"><c>set_cookie(Node, Cookie)</c></cell> + <cell align="left" valign="middle"><c>erlang: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> </row> <row> diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml index 635476737d..71aec732cf 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>2013</year> + <year>2003</year><year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -118,15 +118,15 @@ | fun((TList) -> Type) Integer :: integer() - | Erlang_Integer %% ..., -1, 0, 1, ... 42 ... - | Erlang_Integer..Erlang_Integer %% specifies an integer range + | Erlang_Integer %% ..., -1, 0, 1, ... 42 ... + | Erlang_Integer..Erlang_Integer %% specifies an integer range - List :: list(Type) %% Proper list ([]-terminated) - | improper_list(Type1, Type2) %% Type1=contents, Type2=termination - | maybe_improper_list(Type1, Type2) %% Type1 and Type2 as above - | nonempty_list(Type) %% Proper non-empty list + List :: list(Type) %% Proper list ([]-terminated) + | maybe_improper_list(Type1, Type2) %% Type1=contents, Type2=termination + | nonempty_improper_list(Type1, Type2) %% Type1 and Type2 as above + | nonempty_list(Type) %% Proper non-empty list - Tuple :: tuple() %% stands for a tuple of any size + Tuple :: tuple() %% stands for a tuple of any size | {} | {TList} |