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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml index f1737f071b..24a8d4c089 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,209 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the STDLIB application.</p> +<section><title>STDLIB 3.13</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Compiling a match specification with excessive nesting + caused the runtime system to crash due to scheduler stack + exhaustion. Instead of crashing the runtime system, + effected functions will now raise a <c>system_limit</c> + error exception in this situation.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16431 Aux Id: ERL-592 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Initialization of record fields using <c>_</c> is no + longer allowed if the number of affected fields is zero. + </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16516</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Fix bugs in <c>eval_bits</c>. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16545</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Improved the printout of single line logger events for + most of the OTP behaviours in STDLIB and Kernel. This + includes <c>proc_lib</c>, <c>gen_server</c>, + <c>gen_event</c>, <c>gen_statem</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c>, + <c>supervisor</c>, <c>supervisor_bridge</c> and + <c>application</c>.</p> + <p> + Improved the <seeerl + marker="kernel:logger_formatter#chars_limit"><c>chars_limit</c></seeerl> + and <seeerl + marker="kernel:logger_formatter#depth"><c>depth</c></seeerl> + handling in <c>proc_lib</c> and when formatting of + exceptions.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15299</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Remove usage and documentation of old requests of the + I/O-protocol.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15695</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Improved ETS scalability of concurrent calls that + change the size of a table, like <c>ets:insert/2</c> and + <c>ets:delete/2</c>.</p> <p>This performance feature was + implemented for <c>ordered_set</c> in OTP 22.0 and does + now apply for all ETS table types.</p> <p>The improved + scalability may come at the cost of longer latency of + <c>ets:info(T,size)</c> and <c>ets:info(T,memory)</c>. A + new table option <c>decentralized_counters</c> has + therefore been added. It is default <c>true</c> for + <c>ordered_set</c> with <c>write_concurrency</c> enabled + and default <c>false</c> for all other table types.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15744 Aux Id: OTP-15623, PR-2229 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Handle Unicode filenames in the <c>zip</c> module. + </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16005 Aux Id: ERL-1003, ERL-1150 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Unicode support was updated to the Unicode 12.1 standard.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16073 Aux Id: PR-2339 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + All of the modules <seemfa + marker="stdlib:proc_lib#start_monitor/3"><c>proc_lib</c></seemfa>, + <seemfa + marker="stdlib:gen_server#start_monitor/3"><c>gen_server</c></seemfa>, + <seemfa + marker="stdlib:gen_statem#start_monitor/3"><c>gen_statem</c></seemfa>, + and <seemfa + marker="stdlib:gen_event#start_monitor/0"><c>gen_event</c></seemfa> + have been extended with a <c>start_monitor()</c> + function. For more information, see the documentation of + <c>start_monitor()</c> for these modules.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16120 Aux Id: ERIERL-402, PR-2427 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Updates for new <c>erlang:term_to_iovec()</c> BIF.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16128 Aux Id: OTP-15618 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Documented a quirk regarding extraction from file + descriptors in <c>erl_tar</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16171 Aux Id: ERL-1057 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Added <c>ok</c> as return value to + <c>gen_server:reply/2</c></p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16210 Aux Id: PR-2411 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>New functions have been added to <seeerl + marker="c"><c>c(3)</c></seeerl> for printing embedded + documentation for Erlang modules. The functions are:</p> + <taglist> <tag>h/1,2,3</tag> <item>Print the + documentation for a Module:Function/Arity.</item> + <tag>ht/1,2,3</tag> <item>Print the type documentation + for a Module:Type/Arity.</item> </taglist> <p>The + embedded documentation is created when building the + Erlang/OTP documentation.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16222</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Add <c>indent</c> and <c>linewidth</c> to the options + of the <c>erl_pp</c> module's functions. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16276 Aux Id: PR-2443 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Minor updates due to the new spawn improvements made.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16368 Aux Id: OTP-15251 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The compiler will now raise a warning when inlining is + used in modules that load NIFs.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16429 Aux Id: ERL-303 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Refactored the internal handling of deprecated and + removed functions.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16469</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Extend <c>erl_parse:abstract/1,2</c> to handle + external fun expressions (<c>fun M:F/A</c>). </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16480</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Added <c>filelib:safe_relative_path/2</c> to replace + <c>filename:safe_relative_path/1</c>, which did not + safely handle symbolic links.</p> + <p><c>filename:safe_relative_path/1</c> has been + deprecated.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16483 Aux Id: PR-2542 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + The module <c>shell_docs</c> has been added. The module + contains functions for rendering, validating and + normalizing embedded documentation.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16500</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Module and function auto-completion in the shell now + looks at all available modules instead of only those + loaded. A module is considered available if it either is + loaded already or would be loaded if called.</p> + <p> + The auto-completion has also been expanded to work in the + new <c>h/1,2,3</c> function in <c>c(3)</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16501 Aux Id: OTP-16494, OTP-16222, + OTP-16406, OTP-16499, OTP-16500, PR-2545, ERL-708 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Updated the internal <c>pcre</c> library to + <c>8.44</c>.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16557</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>STDLIB 3.12.1</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> @@ -653,6 +856,27 @@ </section> +<section><title>STDLIB 3.8.2.4</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + <seemfa marker="stdlib:re#run/3">re:run(Subject, RE, + [unicode])</seemfa> returned <c>nomatch</c> instead of + failing with a <c>badarg</c> error exception when + <c>Subject</c> contained illegal utf8 and <c>RE</c> was + passed as a binary. This has been corrected along with + corrections of reduction counting in <c>re:run()</c> + error cases.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-16553</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>STDLIB 3.8.2.3</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |