iv class="spec">
<p><tt>put_span(Span::<a href="#type-span">span()</a>) -&gt; term()</tt><br></p>
</div><p>Put a span to the process dictionary. This can be used e.g. when
  taking over a span started with the functional API.</p>

<h3 class="function"><a name="start-1">start/1</a></h3>
<div class="spec">
<p><tt>start(Name::<a href="#type-info">info()</a>) -&gt; <a href="#type-span">span()</a></tt><br></p>
</div><p>start a new span on the process dictionary of the current process</p>

<h3 class="function"><a