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<H2>1 STDLIB Release Notes</H2>
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<H3>1.1 STDLIB 1.13</H3>
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<H4>1.1.1 Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</H4>
<P>
<UL>
<LI>
For the bit syntax, when matching with a size field that
is bound during the same matching, a warning for unused
variable was emitted. This bug has been fixed.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4858<BR>
</LI>
<LI>
When parsing a badly formed file <CODE>epp</CODE> hangs. This
problem has been fixed.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4871 Aux Id: OTP-4870 <BR>
</LI>
<LI>
Bugs concerning guards have been fixed in the Erlang
interpreter.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4885<BR>
</LI>
<LI>
The linter now checks the record name when calling the
function <CODE>erlang:is_record/2</CODE>.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4886<BR>
</LI>
<LI>
Guards of mach specifications are corrected to resemble
the semantics of guards in real code more closely. The
implementation now corresponds to the documentation in
ERTS User's Guide. The following things are corrected:<BR>
<UL>
<LI>
Guard sematics was wrong when it came to logical
operators and exceptions.
<CODE>{'or', {'is_integer','$1'}, {'or', '$1', '$1'}}</CODE>
evaluated to <CODE>true</CODE> with <CODE>'$1'</CODE> bound to an
integer.
</LI>
<LI>
Unary + and - was not implemented
</LI>
<LI>
Calling operators as Bif's was not supported by
<CODE>ets/dbg:fun2ms</CODE> (<CODE>erlang:'or'(A,B)</CODE> etc)
</LI>
<LI>
Old typetests (like <CODE>integer(X)</CODE> instead of
<CODE>is_integer(X)</CODE>) was not supported by
<CODE>ets/dbg:fun2ms</CODE>
</LI>
<LI>
Semicolon (;) in guards was not supported by
<CODE>ets/dbg:fun2ms</CODE>
</LI>
</UL>
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4927<BR>
</LI>
<LI>
A bug that could cause a crash has been fixed in the
<CODE>file_sorter</CODE> module. The crash could only occur
when sorting or merging to a file and the input function
returned <CODE>{end_of_input, Value}</CODE>.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-5009<BR>
</LI>
<LI>
A function clause exit in <CODE>filelib:fold_files/5</CODE> has
been fixed.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-5137<BR>
</LI>
<LI>
<CODE>filelib:fold_files/5</CODE> has been fixed to not include
directories that match the regular expression in the
result. In this process, <CODE>filelib:is_regular/1</CODE> has
been added to the module.<BR>
WARNING the behaviour of <CODE>filelib:fold_files/5</CODE> has
also been changed so the regexp match is tried not on
the full name, but locally in each traversed directory.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-5171 Aux Id: OTP-5128 <BR>
</LI>
</UL>
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<H4>1.1.2 Improvements and New Features</H4>
<P>
<UL>
<LI>
The initial shell process started in parallel with the
<CODE>init</CODE> boot process. This made it possible to pipe
commands to the shell that got evaluated before the system
had booted properly. Also the shell was normally accessible
before <CODE>.erlang</CODE> had been evaluated and this caused
problems especially related to code loading. This has now
been fixed so that the initial shell is not accessible
until after the init boot routine has finished and
<CODE>.erlang</CODE> has been evaluated. Note that the shell
starts before any <CODE>-s</CODE> arguments are executed.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4877<BR>
</LI>
<LI>
It is now possible to compile files with <CODE>erlc</CODE> without
getting a lot of (for compilation) unneccessary code
loaded and executed (like distribution, inet config,
etc). <CODE>erlc</CODE> now also calls <CODE>erl</CODE> with <CODE>-boot
start_clean</CODE> (so that SASL is not started even if
<CODE>start_sasl</CODE> is default boot script).<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4878<BR>
</LI>
<LI>
Dets tables can now be opened or closed in parallel. In
particular, if some table is being repaired, other tables
can still be opened or closed.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4908<BR>
</LI>
<LI>
The new STDLIB module <CODE>qlc</CODE> implements a query
language with a list comprehension syntax completely
embedded in Erlang. There is support for reading data
from ETS, Dets, and Mnesia tables as well as for defining
other sources of data. For easy testing queries can be
stated in the Erlang shell. The <CODE>qlc</CODE> module aims at
replacing Mnemosyne. See <CODE>qlc(3)</CODE> for details and
examples.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-5043<BR>
</LI>
<LI>
Some support for records has been added to the Erlang
shell. There are commands for reading record definitions
from files and for manipulating record definitions in the
shell. The record syntax can be used in the shell and
return values are printed as records when possible using
the records definitions known to the shell. New commands
in the shell are <CODE>rd/2</CODE>, <CODE>rf/0,1</CODE>,
<CODE>rl/0,1</CODE>, <CODE>rp/1</CODE>, and <CODE>rr/1,2,3</CODE>. Existing
functions in <CODE>user_default.erl</CODE> with any of these
names need to be renamed. See <CODE>shell(3)</CODE> for further
details.<BR>
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***<BR>
Own Id: OTP-5063<BR>
</LI>
<LI>
A new function, <CODE>string:to_integer/1,</CODE> has been added.
<BR>
Own Id: OTP-5081 Aux Id: OTP-5136 <BR>
</LI>
<LI>
The new function <CODE>dets:repair_continuation/2</CODE> can be
used for restoring an opaque continuation returned by
<CODE>dets:select/1</CODE> or <CODE>dets:select/3</CODE> if the
continuation has passed through the external term format
(been sent between nodes or stored on disk).<BR>
Own Id: OTP-5126<BR>
</LI>
<LI>
A new function, <CODE>string:to_float/1,</CODE> has been added.
<BR>
Own Id: OTP-5136 Aux Id: OTP-5081 <BR>
</LI>
<LI>
Test cases have been added for <CODE>string</CODE>.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-5138<BR>
</LI>
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<H3>1.2 STDLIB 1.12.8</H3>
<A NAME="1.2.1"><!-- Empty --></A>
<H4>1.2.1 Improvements and New Features</H4>
<P>
<UL>
<LI>
The functions <CODE>ets:insert_new/2</CODE> and
<CODE>dets:insert_new/2</CODE> are added. Please consult
the manual pages for details.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-5075<BR>
</LI>
<LI>
New function: <CODE>proc_lib:hibernate/3.</CODE> Processes spawned
using <CODE>proc_lib</CODE> (also indirectly, such as
<CODE>gen_server</CODE> process), should use this function
instead of the BIF <CODE>erlang:hibernate/3</CODE> directly to
ensure that the exception handler for the process continues
to work when the process is awaken.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-5077<BR>
</LI>
</UL>
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<H3>1.3 STDLIB 1.12.6</H3>
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<H4>1.3.1 Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</H4>
<P>
<UL>
<LI>
If many files or sockets were open (more than 256),
<CODE>beam_lib</CODE> operations could fail. Corrected.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-5046 Aux Id: OTP-4997, seq8590 <BR>
</LI>
</UL>
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<H3>1.4 STDLIB 1.12.5</H3>
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<H4>1.4.1 Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</H4>
<P>
<UL>
<LI>
When opening a Dets table read only an attempt was made
to re-hash the table resulting in an error message. This
problem has been fixed.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4989 Aux Id: seq8536 <BR>
</LI>
</UL>
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<H4>1.4.2 Improvements and New Features</H4>
<P>
<UL>
<LI>
If a <CODE>gen_server</CODE>, <CODE>gen_event</CODE> or <CODE>gen_fsm</CODE>
process exits with <CODE>{undef,[{M,F,A}|...]}</CODE>, the error
report will now state if the function call failed because
the module could not be loaded or because the function was
not exported.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4952 Aux Id: OTP-4925 <BR>
</LI>
</UL>
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<H3>1.5 STDLIB 1.12.4</H3>
<A NAME="1.5.1"><!-- Empty --></A>
<H4>1.5.1 Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</H4>
<P>
<UL>
<LI>
The shell function <CODE>c:regs()</CODE> did crash if there was
a registered port among the registered names. This is now
corrected.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4890<BR>
</LI>
<LI>
A bug has been fixed in <CODE>dets</CODE>: not all objects were
always visible in tables with more than 131072 keys.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4906<BR>
</LI>
<LI>
A bug has been fixed in <CODE>dets</CODE>: when trying to
repair a version 9 table, a <CODE>not_a_dets_file</CODE> error
message was returned unnecessarily often.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4907<BR>
</LI>
</UL>
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<H4>1.5.2 Improvements and New Features</H4>
<P>
<UL>
<LI>
Starting Erlang with the <CODE>+Bi</CODE> flag (to ignore ^C), now
also disables the quit ('q') option in the JCL menu.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4897<BR>
</LI>
</UL>
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<H3>1.6 STDLIB 1.12.3</H3>
<A NAME="1.6.1"><!-- Empty --></A>
<H4>1.6.1 Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</H4>
<P>
<UL>
<LI>
A bug in <CODE>erl_scan</CODE> caused the compiler to hang when
end-of-file in a comment was encountered. This is now
corrected.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4787<BR>
</LI>
<LI>
The linter now reports errors for unsafe variables when
the option <CODE>nowarn_unused_vars</CODE> is given.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4831 Aux Id: seq8202 <BR>
</LI>
<LI>
<CODE>gen_server:cast/2</CODE> now crashes for invalid
arguments.<BR>
<CODE>gen_server:abcast/2-3</CODE> now crashes for invalid
arguments. The behaviour when casting to the name
<CODE>global</CODE> has been corrected. Previously,
<CODE>gen_server:abcast(global,[node@host])</CODE> tried to
cast to the globally registered name <CODE>node@host</CODE>,
which is more of a bug than less. Now such a call will
cast to the registered name <CODE>global</CODE> at the node
<CODE>node@host</CODE> as (probably) expected.<BR>
An <CODE>rpc:call/5</CODE> and <CODE>rpc:block_call/5</CODE> having a
timeout argument has been added.<BR>
<CODE>rpc:abcast/2-3</CODE> has been improved not to get stuck
waiting for connection setup if the remote node is not
connected. In this case the send is spawned off to a
temporary process.<BR>
Two typos in the docs for module <CODE>calendar</CODE> has
been corrected thanks to Bengt Kleberg.<BR>
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4844 Aux Id: seq8226 <BR>
</LI>
</UL>
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<H4>1.6.2 Improvements and New Features</H4>
<P>
<UL>
<LI>
The <CODE>f/1</CODE> shell command did not work correctly with
restricted shell.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4818<BR>
</LI>
</UL>
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<H3>1.7 STDLIB 1.12.2</H3>
<A NAME="1.7.1"><!-- Empty --></A>
<H4>1.7.1 Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</H4>
<P>
<UL>
<LI>
<CODE>gen_server</CODE>: the internal function <CODE>get_parent,</CODE>
called by <CODE>gen_server:enter_loop/[4,5],</CODE> now returns
the pid of parents that are registered processes, instead of
returning their name. The reason for this is that
<CODE>gen_server</CODE> relies on that the parent is represented
as a pid. This error in <CODE>get_parent/0</CODE> had the effect
that the terminate function of the child was not run when
it was shutdown.<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4820 Aux Id: seq8170 <BR>
</LI>
</UL>
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<H3>1.8 STDLIB 1.12.1</H3>
<A NAME="1.8.1"><!-- Empty --></A>
<H4>1.8.1 Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</H4>
<P>
<UL>
<LI>
The code server could hang if invoked early in the startup.
For example if the emulator was started with
"<CODE>-s file eval Filename</CODE> and <CODE>Filename</CODE> contained
a call to <CODE>code:add_patha/1</CODE> the code server
accidentally tried to execute code in an unloaded module
from inside the code that loaded a module - hence hangup.
This bug has now been fixed.<BR>
Note! Starting Erlang through code loading from a remote
Erlang boot server will not work after this patch. It will
be fixed in a later patch. Rumours has it that remote boot
server code loading did not work before this patch either.
It is not a commonly used feature.<BR>
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***<BR>
Own Id: OTP-4802 Aux Id: seq8314 <BR>
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