Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] Add strfromd, strfromf, and strfroml functions

[Rical Jasan <ricaljasan at pacific dot net>]

On 10/05/2016 09:05 AM, Joseph Myers wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Oct 2016, Rical Jasan wrote:
> 
>>> +These functions have been introduced by ISO/IEC TS 18661-1.
>>
>> 20-years later it might be nice if this didn't sound like it just
>> happened.  Perhaps "were introduced", which gives it a solid,
>> future-proofing past tense feel?
> 
> I agree with that comment, but also hope that 20 years later we have 
> something like I suggested at the bottom of 
> <https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-06/msg00039.html> replacing 
> such free-form text (although replacing the free-form text, which requires 
> going through the whole manual, would involve rather more work than moving 
> from @comment to appropriate macros, which would be an essentially 
> automated change).

I was going to make an off-hand comment about adding that kind of
machinery, but bit my tongue, feeling it to be a little out of scope for
this patch's review.  :)

I have that work on my to-do list, in case no one gets to it in 20
years, or before me, whichever is sooner...

Rical