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| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/design_principles/statem.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml | 89 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/tutorial/c_portdriver.xmlsrc | 4 |
4 files changed, 56 insertions, 53 deletions
diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/statem.xml b/system/doc/design_principles/statem.xml index 8e7f496d9e..f4d84ab163 100644 --- a/system/doc/design_principles/statem.xml +++ b/system/doc/design_principles/statem.xml @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ handle_event(EventType, EventContent, State, Data) -> {next_state, NewState, NewData} </pre> <p> - Se section + See section <seealso marker="#One Event Handler">One Event Handler</seealso> for an example. </p> @@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ stop() -> </p> <p> This type of time-out is useful to for example act on inactivity. - Let us start restart the code sequence + Let us restart the code sequence if no button is pressed for say 30 seconds: </p> <code type="erl"><![CDATA[ diff --git a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml index eee2648f34..e1760d0ded 100644 --- a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml +++ b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml @@ -87,15 +87,15 @@ </row> <row> <cell>Small Map</cell> - <cell>4 words + 2 words per entry (key and value) + the size of each key and value pair.</cell> + <cell>5 words + the size of all keys and values.</cell> </row> <row> - <cell>Large Map</cell> + <cell>Large Map (> 32 keys)</cell> <cell> - At least, 2 words + 2 x <c>N</c> words + 2 x log16(<c>N</c>) words + - the size of each key and value pair, where <c>N</c> is the number of pairs in the Map. - A large Map is represented as a tree internally where each node in the tree is a - "sparse tuple" of arity 16. + <c>N</c> x <c>F</c> words + the size of all keys and values.<br></br> + <c>N</c> is the number of keys in the Map.<br></br> + <c>F</c> is a sparsity factor that can vary between 1.6 and 1.8 + due to the probabilistic nature of the internal HAMT data structure. </cell> </row> <row> diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml index ced584ed35..a0ea41cb3b 100644 --- a/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml +++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/typespec.xml @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at - + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Types consist of, and are built from, a set of predefined types, for example, <c>integer()</c>, <c>atom()</c>, and <c>pid()</c>. Predefined types represent a typically infinite set of Erlang terms that - belong to this type. For example, the type <c>atom()</c> stands for the + belong to this type. For example, the type <c>atom()</c> denotes the set of all Erlang atoms. </p> <p> @@ -131,19 +131,19 @@ | nonempty_improper_list(Type1, Type2) %% Type1 and Type2 as above | nonempty_list(Type) %% Proper non-empty list - Map :: map() %% stands for a map of any size - | #{} %% stands for the empty map + Map :: map() %% denotes a map of any size + | #{} %% denotes the empty map | #{PairList} - Tuple :: tuple() %% stands for a tuple of any size + Tuple :: tuple() %% denotes a tuple of any size | {} | {TList} PairList :: Pair | Pair, PairList - Pair :: Type := Type %% denotes a pair that must be present - | Type => Type + Pair :: Type := Type %% denotes a mandatory pair + | Type => Type %% denotes an optional pair TList :: Type | Type, TList @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ that <c>M</c> or <c>N</c>, or both, are zero. </p> <p> - Because lists are commonly used, they have shorthand type notations. + Because lists are commonly used, they have shorthand type notations. The types <c>list(T)</c> and <c>nonempty_list(T)</c> have the shorthands <c>[T]</c> and <c>[T,...]</c>, respectively. The only difference between the two shorthands is that <c>[T]</c> can be an @@ -169,14 +169,18 @@ </p> <p> Notice that the shorthand for <c>list()</c>, that is, the list of - elements of unknown type, is <c>[_]</c> (or <c>[any()]</c>), not <c>[]</c>. + elements of unknown type, is <c>[_]</c> (or <c>[any()]</c>), not <c>[]</c>. The notation <c>[]</c> specifies the singleton type for the empty list. </p> <p> The general form of maps is <c>#{PairList}</c>. The key types in <c>PairList</c> are allowed to overlap, and if they do, the leftmost pair takes precedence. A map pair has a key in - <c>PairList</c> if it belongs to this type. + <c>PairList</c> if it belongs to this type. A <c>PairList</c> may contain + both 'mandatory' and 'optional' pairs where 'mandatory' denotes that + a key type, and its associated value type, must be present. + In the case of an 'optional' pair it is not required for the key type to + be present. </p> <p> Notice that the syntactic representation of <c>map()</c> is @@ -184,8 +188,8 @@ The notation <c>#{}</c> specifies the singleton type for the empty map. </p> <p> - For convenience, the following types are also built-in. - They can be thought as predefined aliases for the type unions also shown in + For convenience, the following types are also built-in. + They can be thought as predefined aliases for the type unions also shown in the table. </p> <table> @@ -201,37 +205,37 @@ <row> <cell><c>bitstring()</c></cell><cell><c><<_:_*1>></c></cell> </row> - <row> + <row> <cell><c>boolean()</c></cell><cell><c>'false' | 'true'</c></cell> </row> - <row> + <row> <cell><c>byte()</c></cell><cell><c>0..255</c></cell> </row> <row> <cell><c>char()</c></cell><cell><c>0..16#10ffff</c></cell> </row> - <row> + <row> <cell><c>nil()</c></cell><cell><c>[]</c></cell> </row> <row> <cell><c>number()</c></cell><cell><c>integer() | float()</c></cell> </row> - <row> + <row> <cell><c>list()</c></cell><cell><c>[any()]</c></cell> </row> - <row> + <row> <cell><c>maybe_improper_list()</c></cell><cell><c>maybe_improper_list(any(), any())</c></cell> </row> - <row> + <row> <cell><c>nonempty_list()</c></cell><cell><c>nonempty_list(any())</c></cell> </row> <row> <cell><c>string()</c></cell><cell><c>[char()]</c></cell> </row> - <row> + <row> <cell><c>nonempty_string()</c></cell><cell><c>[char(),...]</c></cell> </row> - <row> + <row> <cell><c>iodata()</c></cell><cell><c>iolist() | binary()</c></cell> </row> <row> @@ -243,7 +247,7 @@ <row> <cell><c>module()</c></cell><cell><c>atom()</c></cell> </row> - <row> + <row> <cell><c>mfa()</c></cell><cell><c>{module(),atom(),arity()}</c></cell> </row> <row> @@ -259,7 +263,7 @@ <cell><c>timeout()</c></cell><cell><c>'infinity' | non_neg_integer()</c></cell> </row> <row> - <cell><c>no_return()</c></cell><cell><c>none()</c></cell> + <cell><c>no_return()</c></cell><cell><c>none()</c></cell> </row> <tcaption>Built-in types, predefined aliases</tcaption> </table> @@ -284,11 +288,11 @@ </row> <tcaption>Additional built-in types</tcaption> </table> - + <p> Users are not allowed to define types with the same names as the predefined or built-in ones. This is checked by the compiler and - its violation results in a compilation error. + its violation results in a compilation error. </p> <note> <p> @@ -394,13 +398,13 @@ <pre> -record(rec, {field1 :: Type1, field2, field3 :: Type3}).</pre> <p> - For fields without type annotations, their type defaults to any(). + For fields without type annotations, their type defaults to any(). That is, the previous example is a shorthand for the following: </p> <pre> -record(rec, {field1 :: Type1, field2 :: any(), field3 :: Type3}).</pre> <p> - In the presence of initial values for fields, + In the presence of initial values for fields, the type must be declared after the initialization, as follows: </p> <pre> @@ -409,12 +413,12 @@ The initial values for fields are to be compatible with (that is, a member of) the corresponding types. This is checked by the compiler and results in a compilation error - if a violation is detected. + if a violation is detected. </p> <note> <p>Before Erlang/OTP 19, for fields without initial values, the singleton type <c>'undefined'</c> was added to all declared types. - In other words, the following two record declarations had identical + In other words, the following two record declarations had identical effects:</p> <pre> -record(rec, {f1 = 42 :: integer(), @@ -430,22 +434,22 @@ </p> </note> <p> - Any record, containing type information or not, once defined, + Any record, containing type information or not, once defined, can be used as a type using the following syntax: </p> <pre> #rec{}</pre> <p> - In addition, the record fields can be further specified when using + In addition, the record fields can be further specified when using a record type by adding type information about the field as follows: </p> <pre> #rec{some_field :: Type}</pre> <p> - Any unspecified fields are assumed to have the type in the original + Any unspecified fields are assumed to have the type in the original record declaration. </p> </section> - + <section> <title>Specifications for Functions</title> <p> @@ -459,9 +463,9 @@ else a compilation error occurs. </p> <p> - This form can also be used in header files (.hrl) to declare type - information for exported functions. - Then these header files can be included in files that (implicitly or + This form can also be used in header files (.hrl) to declare type + information for exported functions. + Then these header files can be included in files that (implicitly or explicitly) import these functions. </p> <p> @@ -475,14 +479,14 @@ <pre> -spec Function(ArgName1 :: Type1, ..., ArgNameN :: TypeN) -> RT.</pre> <p> - A function specification can be overloaded. + A function specification can be overloaded. That is, it can have several types, separated by a semicolon (<c>;</c>): </p> <pre> -spec foo(T1, T2) -> T3 ; (T4, T5) -> T6.</pre> <p> - A current restriction, which currently results in a warning + A current restriction, which currently results in a warning (not an error) by the compiler, is that the domains of the argument types cannot overlap. For example, the following specification results in a warning: @@ -491,9 +495,9 @@ -spec foo(pos_integer()) -> pos_integer() ; (integer()) -> integer().</pre> <p> - Type variables can be used in specifications to specify relations for - the input and output arguments of a function. - For example, the following specification defines the type of a + Type variables can be used in specifications to specify relations for + the input and output arguments of a function. + For example, the following specification defines the type of a polymorphic identity function: </p> <pre> @@ -542,8 +546,8 @@ -spec foo({X, integer()}) -> X when X :: atom() ; ([Y]) -> Y when Y :: number().</pre> <p> - Some functions in Erlang are not meant to return; - either because they define servers or because they are used to + Some functions in Erlang are not meant to return; + either because they define servers or because they are used to throw exceptions, as in the following function: </p> <pre> my_error(Err) -> erlang:throw({error, Err}).</pre> @@ -555,4 +559,3 @@ <pre> -spec my_error(term()) -> no_return().</pre> </section> </chapter> - diff --git a/system/doc/tutorial/c_portdriver.xmlsrc b/system/doc/tutorial/c_portdriver.xmlsrc index 933e2395a3..da680642b6 100644 --- a/system/doc/tutorial/c_portdriver.xmlsrc +++ b/system/doc/tutorial/c_portdriver.xmlsrc @@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ decode([Int]) -> Int.</pre> <title>Running the Example</title> <p><em>Step 1.</em> Compile the C code:</p> <pre> -unix> <input>gcc -o exampledrv -fpic -shared complex.c port_driver.c</input> -windows> <input>cl -LD -MD -Fe exampledrv.dll complex.c port_driver.c</input></pre> +unix> <input>gcc -o example_drv.so -fpic -shared complex.c port_driver.c</input> +windows> <input>cl -LD -MD -Fe example_drv.dll complex.c port_driver.c</input></pre> <p><em>Step 2.</em> Start Erlang and compile the Erlang code:</p> <pre> > <input>erl</input> |