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| author | Raimo Niskanen <raimo@erlang.org> | 2019-08-01 08:57:18 +0200 |
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| committer | Raimo Niskanen <raimo@erlang.org> | 2019-08-01 08:57:18 +0200 |
| commit | 22db0a0d909692f3995760d9eaf1def1aaff14a5 (patch) | |
| tree | 52481331d6b2bd6b79bb6f39da3f2bb58e62b8a7 /system | |
| parent | e806c75e897b100649f1e14f85526408c66d34a3 (diff) | |
| download | erlang-22db0a0d909692f3995760d9eaf1def1aaff14a5.tar.gz | |
Mention action handling details in user's guide
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| -rw-r--r-- | system/doc/design_principles/statem.xml | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/statem.xml b/system/doc/design_principles/statem.xml index 23e9054547..81a0c617f1 100644 --- a/system/doc/design_principles/statem.xml +++ b/system/doc/design_principles/statem.xml @@ -624,6 +624,18 @@ State(S) x Event(E) -> Actions(A), State(S')</pre> and set a time-out to use absolute instead of relative time (using the <c>Opts</c> field). </p> + <p> + Among these <em>transition actions</em> only to reply to a caller + is an immediate action. The others are collected and handled + later during the <em>state transition</em>. + <seealso marker="#Inserted Events">Inserted Events</seealso> + are stored and inserted all together, + and the rest set transition options + where the last of a specific type override the previous. + See the description of a <em>state transition</em> + in the <c>gen_statem(3)</c> manual page for type + <seealso marker="stdlib:gen_statem#type-transition_option"><c>transition_option()</c></seealso>. + </p> </section> <!-- =================================================================== --> |