From eece23d7f6b225a6abc3807f9af44d1f742f7eee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Larsson <lukas@erlang.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 14:50:43 +0200
Subject: erts: Polish off erlang:list_to_ref/1

---
 erts/doc/src/erlang.xml       | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'erts')

diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index cb2cdec606..a8836d3cbb 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -2498,6 +2498,24 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
       </desc>
     </func>
 
+    <func>
+      <name name="list_to_ref" arity="1"/>
+      <fsummary>Convert from text representation to a ref.</fsummary>
+      <desc>
+        <p>Returns a reference whose text representation is a
+          <c><anno>String</anno></c>, for example:</p>
+        <pre>
+> <input>list_to_ref("#Ref&lt;0.4192537678.4073193475.71181>").</input>
+#Ref&lt;0.4192537678.4073193475.71181></pre>
+        <p>Failure: <c>badarg</c> if <c><anno>String</anno></c> contains a bad
+          representation of a reference.</p>
+        <warning>
+          <p>This BIF is intended for debugging and is not to be used
+            in application programs.</p>
+        </warning>
+      </desc>
+    </func>
+
     <func>
       <name name="list_to_tuple" arity="1"/>
       <fsummary>Convert a list to a tuple.</fsummary>
diff --git a/erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl b/erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl
index 888d2beee0..12b8afb53e 100644
--- a/erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl
+++ b/erts/preloaded/src/erlang.erl
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ list_to_pid(_String) ->
     erlang:nif_error(undefined).
  
 %% list_to_ref/1
--spec erlang:list_to_ref(String) -> reference() when
+-spec list_to_ref(String) -> reference() when
       String :: string().
 list_to_ref(_String) ->
     erlang:nif_error(undefined).
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