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2015-03-31Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2014-12-09Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2014-09-15Update release notesErlang/OTP
2014-08-25Fix misspellings of 'another'Tuncer Ayaz
2014-06-19Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2014-04-07Update release notesErlang/OTP
2014-03-28Consistenly use ASN.1 instead of asn1Björn Gustavsson
When talking about the ASN.1 standard, ASN.1 specifications, and the ASN.1 compiler, consistently use "ASN.1" instead of "asn1".
2014-03-28Correct some spelling, grammar and punctation issuesBjörn Gustavsson
2014-03-28Correct description of the undec_rest optionBjörn Gustavsson
The trailing bytes returned are now always a binary. Also condense and clean up the language.
2014-03-28Correct description of the REAL typeBjörn Gustavsson
REAL is implemented, sort of. But real numbers must be given in a string.
2014-03-28Replace "extend-ability" with "extensibility"Björn Gustavsson
While "extendability" (without the hyphen) is an English word, "extensibility" is the established term used when talking about the extensibility of ASN.1 types.
2014-03-28Remove the section about encoding rulesBjörn Gustavsson
The section about encoding rules serves no useful purpose. Most users already know which encoding rule to use for their specifications. The few users that have their own specification and need to decide on which encoding rule to use will need much more information.
2014-03-28Bring information about tags up to dateBjörn Gustavsson
Since 1994 when the AUTOMATIC TAGS was introduced, ASN.1 users no long need to worry about tagging, and the following sentence no longer makes any sense: It is essential for all users of ASN.1 to understand all the details about tags. Therefore, remove the entire existing section of tags, and replace it with a shorter section explaining why we no longer need to know about tags. Remove all tags from the examples.
2014-03-28Don't waste words describing the SET typeBjörn Gustavsson
Since the SET type is used exactly the same way as the SEQUENCE type in Erlang, we can simply say so and note that decoding will be less efficient for the BER and DER encoding rules.
2014-03-28Correct and modernize the examples for DEFAULTBjörn Gustavsson
It turns out that the current BER back-end can recognize complex DEFAULT values, so I had to commit up with a more elaborate example to show a difference between the BER and DER back-ends.
2014-03-28Correct the UTF8String description and exampleBjörn Gustavsson
2014-03-28Correct the PrimStrings exampleBjörn Gustavsson
The decode functions now return a binary, not an iolist, so we must both change the output and remove the call to list_to_binary when decoding.
2014-03-28Remove all uses of the deprecated asn1{ct,rt}:{en,de}code/2 functionsBjörn Gustavsson
2014-03-28Correct and modernize the "A First Example" sectionBjörn Gustavsson
Replace "IMPLICIT TAGS" with "AUTOMATIC TAGS" since AUTOMATIC TAGS is recommended for all new ASN.1 specifications.
2014-03-28Shorten the Introduction section, keeping only the essential detailsBjörn Gustavsson
We can assume that anyone that reads the documentation for the Asn1 documentation already knows about ASN.1, so we don't need three paragraphs of introductory. Keep one short paragraph explaining what ASN.1 is in case a reader unfamiliar with ASN.1 stumbles upon the manual. While we are at it, reformat the paragraphs in Introduction to shorter lines that don't wrap.
2014-03-28Fix an ampersandBjörn Gustavsson
2014-03-28Document the asn1_OPENTYPE wrapperBjörn Gustavsson
2014-02-24Remove or de-emphasize references to the deprecated asn1rt moduleBjörn Gustavsson
2014-01-28Update documentationBjörn Gustavsson
2013-12-10Merge tag 'OTP_R16B03'Magnus Lidén
The R16B03 release Conflicts: lib/sasl/vsn.mk
2013-12-09Prepare releaseOTP_R16B03Erlang/OTP
2013-09-30Merge branch 'maint'Björn Gustavsson
* maint: Teach the ASN.1 compiler the no_ok_wrapper option Optimize the generated decode/2 function
2013-09-27Teach the ASN.1 compiler the no_ok_wrapper optionBjörn Gustavsson
Add the no_ok_wrapper option so that the generated M:encode/2 and M:decode/2 functions will not wrap a successful return value in an {ok,...} tuple. Errors will cause exceptions. Eliminating the wrapping tuple allows simpler nesting of calls.
2013-09-17Merge tag 'OTP_R16B02'Magnus Lidén
The R16B02 release Conflicts: lib/sasl/vsn.mk
2013-09-16Prepare releaseOTP_R16B02Erlang/OTP
2013-09-09Merge branch 'maint'Björn-Egil Dahlberg
2013-08-29Corrections so that the documentation confirms to the DTDKenneth Lundin
2013-06-18Merge tag 'OTP_R16B01'Björn-Egil Dahlberg
The R16B01 release Conflicts: lib/sasl/vsn.mk
2013-06-17Prepare releaseOTP_R16B01Erlang/OTP
2013-04-19Convert XML files to UTF-8Hans Bolinder
2013-04-18Merge branch 'maint-r16' into maintBjörn Gustavsson
* maint-r16: Prepare release Prepare release Do not count offline run-queues as empty Prepare release Prevent loss of objects after the extension marker Don't lose the extension mark for object set parameters Conflicts: erts/vsn.mk
2013-04-18Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2013-04-08Remove unused Postscript filesHans Bolinder
2013-03-13Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2013-02-25Prepare releaseOTP_R16BErlang/OTP
2013-02-22Update copyright yearsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2013-02-07Merge branch 'maint'Björn Gustavsson
* maint: Prepare release Don't run testX420/1 on old slow Sparc systems testX420: Pass Options to the ASN.1 compiler asn1_erl_nif: Correct broken length encoding asn1_SUITE: Mend broken test_modified_x420/1 Revert "Prepare release" Conflicts: lib/asn1/doc/src/notes.xml lib/asn1/test/asn1_SUITE.erl
2013-02-06Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2013-01-29Prepare releaseOTP_R16A_RELEASE_CANDIDATEErlang/OTP
2013-01-25Update copyright yearsBjörn-Egil Dahlberg
2013-01-23By default, encode BIT STRING to bitstringsBjörn Gustavsson
Add the option 'legacy_bit_string' to decode to the old list format.
2013-01-22Remove the 'inline' and '{inline,OutputFile}' optionsBjörn Gustavsson
2012-12-18asn1 doc: Remove a reference to a section that has been removedBjörn Gustavsson
2012-11-26Update documentation for the asn1 applicationBjörn Gustavsson
2012-11-22Remove the obsolete and deprecated 'keyed_list' optionBjörn Gustavsson
The 'keyed_list' was only supported for the 'ber' and 'ber_bin' backends and has been undocumented for a long time. Also remove the note in the documentation about the feature.