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From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Gustavsson?=
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 15:53:35 +0200
Subject: Update STDLIB documentation
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Language cleaned up by the technical writers xsipewe and tmanevik
from Combitech. Proofreading and corrections by Björn Gustavsson
and Hans Bolinder.
---
lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
(limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml')
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml
index ac41987eaf..58dad7c9e0 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/lib.xml
@@ -29,68 +29,73 @@
lib
- A number of useful library functions
+ Useful library functions.
- This module is retained for compatibility. It may disappear
- without warning in a future release.
+ This module is retained for backward compatibility. It can disappear
+ without warning in a future Erlang/OTP release.
+
-
-
- Flush messages
-
- Flushes the message buffer of the current process.
-
-
- Print error message
+ Print error message.
Prints error message Args in accordance with
- Format. Similar to io:format/2, see
- io(3).
+ Format. Similar to
+ io:format/2.
+
-
- Return name of Erlang start script
+
+ Flush messages.
- Returns the name of the script that started the current
- Erlang session.
+ Flushes the message buffer of the current process.
+
- Remove last newline
+ Remove last newline.
Removes the last newline character, if any, in
String1.
+
+
+
+ Return name of Erlang start script.
+
+ Returns the name of the script that started the current
+ Erlang session.
+
+
+
- Send a message
+ Send a message.
- This function to makes it possible to send a message using
- the apply/3 BIF.
+ Makes it possible to send a message using the apply/3 BIF.
+
- Send a message and wait for an answer
+ Send a message and wait for an answer.
- As send/2, but waits for an answer. It is implemented
- as follows:
+ As send/2,
+ but waits for an answer. It is implemented as follows:
sendw(To, Msg) ->
To ! {self(),Msg},
receive
Reply -> Reply
end.
- The message returned is not necessarily a reply to the
- message sent.
+ The returned message is not necessarily a reply to the sent
+ message.
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