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2016-03-14Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2016-02-23s/is/areHenrik Nord
2016-02-10Merge branch 'nybek/speed_up_supervisor_count_children' into maintSiri Hansen
* nybek/speed_up_supervisor_count_children: Speed up supervisor:count_children/1; simple_one_for_one Add supervisor:get_callback_module/1 OTP-13290
2016-02-03Speed up supervisor:count_children/1; simple_one_for_oneRory Byrne
Speed up supervisor:count_children/1 for simple_one_for_one supervisors. This is achieved by avoiding looping through all the child process and verifying that each one is alive. For a supervisor with 100,000 'temporary' children the count-time will drop from approx 25ms to about 0.005ms. For a supervisor with 100,000 'permanent' or 'transient' children the count-time will drop from approx 30ms to about 0.005ms. This avoids having the supervisor block for an extended period while the count takes place. Under normal circumstances the accuracy of the result should also improve since the duration is too short for many processes to die during the count.
2016-01-20Introduce time warp safe replacement for safe_fixed optionRickard Green
The new time warp safe option is safe_fixed_monotonic_time which gives erlang:monotonic_time(). The safe_fixed option was also slightly changed. It now gives erlang:timestamp() instead of erlang:now(). This has however not been documented, so it is considered a compatible change. The above effects both ets, and dets. This commit also include the bugfix OTP-13239 for dets:info(Tab, safe_fixed). The timestamp in the result returned by dets:info(Tab, safe_fixed) was unintentionally broken as a result of the time API rewrites in OTP 18.0.
2015-12-15Update release notesErlang/OTP
2015-11-20Merge branch 'riverrun/maint' into maintZandra
* riverrun/maint: Recommend against using crypto:rand_bytes
2015-11-06Recommend against using crypto:rand_bytesDavid Whitlock
2015-11-04Fix typos and grammarDerek Brown
2015-11-04[stdlib] Correct documentationHans Bolinder
Fix mistakes found by 'xmllint'.
2015-11-03Fix spelling error in "characters_to_list"Gary Coulbourne
2015-10-22beam_lib: Document all_chunks/1 and build_module/1Björn Gustavsson
beam_lib:all_chunks/1 and beam_lib:build_module/1 can be useful for special-purpose stripping, for example to remove the "Line" chunk.
2015-10-13Fixed typo in ets documentationRiccardo
2015-09-21Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2015-09-10Fix doc for return value of gen_fsm:reply/2Siri Hansen
2015-09-07proc_lib: Add format/3Björn Gustavsson
We'll need a way to limit the size of the crash report produced by proc_lib:format(). Add format/3, where the third argument is a depth argument.
2015-07-14Fix function reference (no first/2 in ets)Attila Gulyas
2015-06-23Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2015-06-18Change license text to APLv2Bruce Yinhe
2015-06-16Merge branch 'mhssler/doc-os-unsetenv-unicode'Henrik Nord
* mhssler/doc-os-unsetenv-unicode: stdlib: Document os:unsetenv Unicode support
2015-06-15dialyzer: Modify the handling of parametrized opaque typesHans Bolinder
In OTP 17 it is possible to mix types such as dict:dict() and dict:dict(_, _) outside of the dict module (and similarly for some other opaque types in STDLIB), but the results are unfortunately possibly invalid warnings in users' code. In OTP 18 parameterized opaque types with the same name but with different number of parameters are no longer compatible when seen from outside of the module where the types are declared. The types in STDLIB have been updated accordingly; for instance -opaque dict() :: dict(_, _). has been replaced by -type dict() :: dict(_, _).
2015-06-03Break out assert macros from eunit to stdlib assert.hrlRichard Carlsson
Several people have requested that the assert macros in EUnit should be moved out to a separate header file. This patch puts them in stdlib/include/assert.hrl, which gets included by the eunit.hrl file. Thus, nothing changes for eunit users, but the asserts can now also be included separately.
2015-05-29Merge branch 'fishcakez/supervisor_ignore'Zandra Hird
* fishcakez/supervisor_ignore: Don't store child that returns ignore in simple supervisor OTP-12793
2015-05-29Update orddict with parameterized types and specsUENISHI Kota
With parametrized types and specs, modules using orddict can be statically checked with dialyzer. Although orddict have not been builtin types, it is good and more natural to have its exported types and specs aligned to builtin types.
2015-05-26Don't store child that returns ignore in simple supervisorJames Fish
If a child of a simple_one_for_one returns ignore from its start function no longer store the child for any restart type. It is not possible to restart or delete the child because the supervisor is a simple_one_for_one. Previously a simple_one_for_one would crash, potentially without shutting down all of its children, when it tried to shutdown a child with undefined pid. Previous only one undefined pid child was stored in a simple_one_for_one supervisor no matter how many times the child start function returned ignore.
2015-05-21Merge branch 'sverk/ets-tab2file-syn/OTP-12737'Sverker Eriksson
* sverk/ets-tab2file-syn/OTP-12737: stdlib: Add 'sync' option to ets:tab2file/3
2015-05-21stdlib: Document os:unsetenv Unicode supportMartin Hässler
Document that os:unsetenv/1 handles Unicode in the same way as os:getenv and os:putenv.
2015-05-20Merge branch 'richcarl/add-uptime-function'Henrik Nord
* richcarl/add-uptime-function: Add uptime() shell command OTP-12752
2015-05-18stdlib: Document maps:filter/2Björn-Egil Dahlberg
2015-05-18stdlib: Add gb_sets:iterator_fromHans Bolinder
2015-05-18stdlib: Add gb_trees:iterator_frombeaver
2015-05-13stdlib: Add 'sync' option to ets:tab2file/3Sverker Eriksson
to improve the chance of some real disk persistence before tab2file returns.
2015-05-13Revert "Prepare release"Henrik Nord
This reverts commit e09dd66dc4d89c62ddfd8c19791f9678d5d787c6.
2015-05-12Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2015-05-12Add uptime() shell commandRichard Carlsson
2015-05-08Fixed a typo in Maps docBruce Yinhe
2015-05-08Delete superfluous comma from `filtermap' exampleAndras Horvath
The code explaining the behaviour of `filtermap/2` had a syntax error and wouldn't compile
2015-05-08Merge branch 'dgud/stdlib/rand/OTP-12586'Dan Gudmundsson
* dgud/stdlib/rand/OTP-12586: stdlib: Document and add normal distributed random value function stdlib: Add new random functionality/module
2015-04-30stdlib: Document and add normal distributed random value functionDan Gudmundsson
It is needed in various tests. It uses the Ziggurat algorithm, which is the fastest that I know.
2015-04-30stdlib: Use module erl_annoHans Bolinder
2015-04-30stdlib: Add module erl_annoHans Bolinder
Introduce erl_anno, an abstraction of the second element of tokens and tuples in the abstract format. The convention that negative line numbers can be used for silencing compiler warnings will no longer work in OTP 19; instead the annotation 'generated' is to be used.
2015-04-27Merge branch 'derek121/gen_server_doc_grammar'Zandra Hird
* derek121/gen_server_doc_grammar: Fix grammar in docs for multi_call/*
2015-04-16Merge branch 'bjorn/maps'Björn Gustavsson
* bjorn/maps: Document the new {badmap,Term} and {badkey,Key} exceptions Raise more descriptive error messages for failed map operations erl_term.h: Add is_not_map() macro Tigthen code for the i_get_map_elements/3 instruction Pre-compute hash values for the general get_map_elements instruction Teach the loader to pre-compute the hash value for single-key lookups Optimize use of i_get_map_element/4 beam_emu: Slightly optimize update_map_{assoc,exact} v3_codegen: Don't sort map keys in map creation/update beam_validator: No longer require strict literal term order Sort maps keys in the loader De-optimize the has_map_fields instructions erts/map_SUITE.erl: Add a test case that tests has_map_fields Fully evaluate is_map/1 for literals at load-time map_SUITE: Add tests of is_map/1 with literal maps Run a clone of map_SUITE without optimizations Remove the fail label operand of the new_map instruction Correct transformation of put_map_assoc to new_map Remove support for put_map_exact without a source map
2015-04-15Document the new {badmap,Term} and {badkey,Key} exceptionsBjörn Gustavsson
2015-04-14Fix grammar in docs for multi_call/*Derek Brown
2015-04-14stdlib: Correct orddict(3)Hans Bolinder
fold() and map() handle elements in a well-defined order. Thanks to Rabbe Fogelholm for pointing out the bug.
2015-04-01Merge tag 'OTP-17.5'Henrik Nord
=== OTP-17.5 === Changed Applications: - asn1-3.0.4 - common_test-1.10 - compiler-5.0.4 - crypto-3.5 - debugger-4.0.3 - dialyzer-2.7.4 - diameter-1.9 - eldap-1.1.1 - erts-6.4 - hipe-3.11.3 - inets-5.10.6 - kernel-3.2 - mnesia-4.12.5 - observer-2.0.4 - os_mon-2.3.1 - public_key-0.23 - runtime_tools-1.8.16 - ssh-3.2 - ssl-6.0 - stdlib-2.4 - syntax_tools-1.6.18 - test_server-3.8 - tools-2.7.2 - wx-1.3.3 Unchanged Applications: - cosEvent-2.1.15 - cosEventDomain-1.1.14 - cosFileTransfer-1.1.16 - cosNotification-1.1.21 - cosProperty-1.1.17 - cosTime-1.1.14 - cosTransactions-1.2.14 - edoc-0.7.16 - erl_docgen-0.3.7 - erl_interface-3.7.20 - et-1.5 - eunit-2.2.9 - gs-1.5.16 - ic-4.3.6 - jinterface-1.5.12 - megaco-3.17.3 - odbc-2.10.22 - orber-3.7.1 - ose-1.0.2 - otp_mibs-1.0.10 - parsetools-2.0.12 - percept-0.8.10 - reltool-0.6.6 - sasl-2.4.1 - snmp-5.1.1 - typer-0.9.8 - webtool-0.8.10 - xmerl-1.3.7 Conflicts: OTP_VERSION erts/vsn.mk lib/ssl/vsn.mk
2015-03-31Prepare releaseErlang/OTP
2015-03-20Merge branch 'rickard/time_api/OTP-11997'Rickard Green
* rickard/time_api/OTP-11997: (22 commits) Update primary bootstrap inets: Suppress deprecated warning on erlang:now/0 inets: Cleanup of multiple copies of functions Add inets_lib with common functions used by multiple modules inets: Update comments Suppress deprecated warning on erlang:now/0 Use new time API and be back-compatible in inets Remove unused functions and removed redundant test asn1 test SUITE: Eliminate use of now/0 Disable deprecated warning on erlang:now/0 in diameter_lib Use new time API and be back-compatible in ssh Replace all calls to now/0 in CT with new time API functions test_server: Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API otp_SUITE: Warn for calls to erlang:now/0 Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new API Multiple timer wheels Erlang based BIF timer implementation for scalability Implement ethread events with timeout ... Conflicts: bootstrap/bin/start.boot bootstrap/bin/start_clean.boot bootstrap/lib/compiler/ebin/beam_asm.beam bootstrap/lib/compiler/ebin/compile.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/auth.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/dist_util.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/global.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/hipe_unified_loader.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/inet_db.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/inet_dns.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/inet_res.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/os.beam bootstrap/lib/kernel/ebin/pg2.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/dets.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/dets_utils.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/erl_tar.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/escript.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/file_sorter.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/otp_internal.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/qlc.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/random.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/supervisor.beam bootstrap/lib/stdlib/ebin/timer.beam erts/aclocal.m4 erts/emulator/beam/bif.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_bif_info.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_db_hash.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_init.c erts/emulator/beam/erl_process.h erts/emulator/beam/erl_thr_progress.c erts/emulator/beam/utils.c erts/emulator/sys/unix/sys.c erts/preloaded/ebin/erlang.beam erts/preloaded/ebin/erts_internal.beam erts/preloaded/ebin/init.beam erts/preloaded/src/erts_internal.erl lib/common_test/test/ct_hooks_SUITE_data/cth/tests/empty_cth.erl lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_lib.erl lib/kernel/src/os.erl lib/ssh/test/ssh_basic_SUITE.erl system/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced.xml
2015-03-20Replace usage of erlang:now() with usage of new APIRickard Green