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authorAndrew Bennett <potatosaladx@meta.com>2023-01-25 10:19:14 -0600
committerAndrew Bennett <potatosaladx@meta.com>2023-01-26 12:19:22 -0600
commitbc5deade16a723202fef4bf40e61b1e6830fd088 (patch)
treed4d6a416412d0e863e5cce41f7a34690892ed3d9 /lib/stdlib/doc
parenta05a451bd15c955046915b4286e39b3c57ece944 (diff)
downloaderlang-bc5deade16a723202fef4bf40e61b1e6830fd088.tar.gz
Update documentation for the io and io_lib modules
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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml40
-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_lib.xml4
2 files changed, 41 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml
index faadbcc574..a4f18e404c 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io.xml
@@ -177,9 +177,43 @@ ok</pre>
<item>
<p><c>Mod</c> is the control sequence modifier. This is
one or more characters that change the interpretation of
- <c>Data</c>. The current modifiers are <c>t</c>, for Unicode
- translation, and <c>l</c>, for stopping <c>p</c> and <c>P</c>
- from detecting printable characters.</p>
+ <c>Data</c>.</p>
+ <p>The current modifiers are:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>t</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>For Unicode translation.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>l</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>For stopping <c>p</c> and <c>P</c> from detecting
+ printable characters.</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>k</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>For use with <c>p</c>, <c>P</c>, <c>w</c>, and <c>W</c>
+ to format maps in map-key <c>ordered</c> order (see
+ <seetype marker="maps#iterator_order">maps:iterator_order()</seetype>).</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>K</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Similar to <c>k</c>, for formatting maps in map-key order,
+ but takes an extra argument that specifies the
+ <seetype marker="maps#iterator_order">maps:iterator_order()</seetype>.</p>
+ <p>For example:</p>
+ <pre>
+> <input>M = #{ a => 1, b => 2 }.</input>
+#{a => 1,b => 2}
+> <input><![CDATA[io:format("~Kp~n", [fun(A, B) -> B =< A end, M]).]]></input>
+#{b => 2,a => 1}
+ok</pre>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ <!-- <list type="bulleted">
+ <item><p><c>t</c>, for Unicode translation.</p></item>
+ <item><p><c>l</c>, for stopping <c>p</c> and <c>P</c>
+ from detecting printable characters.</p></item>
+ </list> -->
</item>
</list>
<p>If <c>F</c>, <c>P</c>, or <c>Pad</c> is a <c>*</c> character,
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_lib.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_lib.xml
index 3b7aea529e..30d02a59a1 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_lib.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/io_lib.xml
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@
<item><p><c>strings</c> is set to <c>false</c> if modifier
<c>l</c> is present.</p>
</item>
+ <item><p><c>maps_order</c> is set to <c>undefined</c> by default,
+ <c>ordered</c> if modifier <c>k</c> is present, or <c>CmpFun</c>
+ if modifier <c>K</c> is present.</p>
+ </item>
</list>
</desc>
</datatype>