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-rw-r--r--system/doc/design_principles/events.xml17
-rw-r--r--system/doc/design_principles/fsm.xml5
-rw-r--r--system/doc/design_principles/gen_server_concepts.xml5
-rw-r--r--system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml4
-rw-r--r--system/doc/top/src/erl_html_tools.erl14
5 files changed, 36 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/events.xml b/system/doc/design_principles/events.xml
index 5579f1e459..fab9e8305e 100644
--- a/system/doc/design_principles/events.xml
+++ b/system/doc/design_principles/events.xml
@@ -217,5 +217,22 @@ terminate(_Args, Fd) ->
ok</pre>
</section>
</section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Handling Other Messages</title>
+ <p>If the gen_event should be able to receive other messages than
+ events, the callback function <c>handle_info(Info, StateName, StateData)</c>
+ must be implemented to handle them. Examples of
+ other messages are exit messages, if the gen_event is linked to
+ other processes (than the supervisor) and trapping exit signals.</p>
+ <code type="none">
+handle_info({'EXIT', Pid, Reason}, State) ->
+ ..code to handle exits here..
+ {ok, NewState}.</code>
+ <p>The code_change method also has to be implemented.</p>
+ <code type="none">
+code_change(OldVsn, State, Extra) ->
+ ..code to convert state (and more) during code change
+ {ok, NewState}</code>
+ </section>
</chapter>
diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/fsm.xml b/system/doc/design_principles/fsm.xml
index 7cdd62057b..c3e9027274 100644
--- a/system/doc/design_principles/fsm.xml
+++ b/system/doc/design_principles/fsm.xml
@@ -308,6 +308,11 @@ terminate(normal, _StateName, _StateData) ->
handle_info({'EXIT', Pid, Reason}, StateName, StateData) ->
..code to handle exits here..
{next_state, StateName1, StateData1}.</code>
+ <p>The code_change method also has to be implemented.</p>
+ <code type="none">
+code_change(OldVsn, StateName, StateData, Extra) ->
+ ..code to convert state (and more) during code change
+ {ok, NextStateName, NewStateData}</code>
</section>
</chapter>
diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/gen_server_concepts.xml b/system/doc/design_principles/gen_server_concepts.xml
index 8131c47a69..231333da0e 100644
--- a/system/doc/design_principles/gen_server_concepts.xml
+++ b/system/doc/design_principles/gen_server_concepts.xml
@@ -264,6 +264,11 @@ terminate(normal, State) ->
handle_info({'EXIT', Pid, Reason}, State) ->
..code to handle exits here..
{noreply, State1}.</code>
+ <p>The code_change method also has to be implemented.</p>
+ <code type="none">
+code_change(OldVsn, State, Extra) ->
+ ..code to convert state (and more) during code change
+ {ok, NewState}.</code>
</section>
</chapter>
diff --git a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml
index 2383e3cf3d..8126b93a2d 100644
--- a/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml
+++ b/system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<chapter>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2001</year><year>2010</year>
+ <year>2001</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ On 64-bit architectures: 4 words for a reference from the current local node, an
<seealso marker="#ports">the maximum number of Erlang ports</seealso>
available, and operating system specific settings and limits.</item>
<tag><em>Number of arguments to a function or fun</em></tag>
- <item>256</item>
+ <item>255</item>
</taglist>
</section>
</chapter>
diff --git a/system/doc/top/src/erl_html_tools.erl b/system/doc/top/src/erl_html_tools.erl
index 599268804e..bb6a9a9f0a 100644
--- a/system/doc/top/src/erl_html_tools.erl
+++ b/system/doc/top/src/erl_html_tools.erl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
%%
%% %CopyrightBegin%
%%
-%% Copyright Ericsson AB 2009-2010. All Rights Reserved.
+%% Copyright Ericsson AB 2009-2011. All Rights Reserved.
%%
%% The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
%% Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ subst_file(Group, OutFile, Template, Info) ->
file:write(Stream, Text),
file:close(Stream);
Error ->
- error("Can't write to file ~s: ~w", [OutFile,Error])
+ local_error("Can't write to file ~s: ~w", [OutFile,Error])
end;
Error ->
- error("Can't write to file ~s: ~w", [OutFile,Error])
+ local_error("Can't write to file ~s: ~w", [OutFile,Error])
end.
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ find_templates([SearchPath | SearchPaths], AllSearchPaths) ->
Result
end;
find_templates([], AllSearchPaths) ->
- error("No templates found in ~p",[AllSearchPaths]).
+ local_error("No templates found in ~p",[AllSearchPaths]).
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ find_application_infos([{App, Vsn, AppPath, IndexURL} | Paths]) ->
string:substr(G0,N+1)}
end;
false ->
- error("No group given",[])
+ local_error("No group given",[])
end,
Text =
case lists:keysearch("short", 1, Db) of
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ subst_applinks_1([{G, Heading}|Gs], Info0, Group) ->
end;
subst_applinks_1([], [], _) -> [];
subst_applinks_1([], Info, _) ->
- error("Info left: ~p\n", [Info]),
+ local_error("Info left: ~p\n", [Info]),
[].
html_applinks([{Name,[{_,_,URL,_}|_]}|AppNames]) ->
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ sub_repl([], _Fun, Acc, S, Pos) -> {string:substr(S, Pos+1), Acc}.
% Error and warnings
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-error(Format, Args) ->
+local_error(Format, Args) ->
io:format("ERROR: " ++ Format ++ "\n", Args),
exit(1).