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Re: Prefer C99 names for "long long" limits
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012, Roland McGrath wrote:
> I think the last version is fine enough. But if you think the new wording
> is awkward, you could instead add a separate item:
Thanks, I prefer that version. I've made some corrections to it (e.g.
unsigned types don't have _MIN macros) and committed in the following
form.
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 153d80f..1ade4f1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
2012-02-22 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
+ Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>
+
+ [BZ #5461]
+ * manual/arith.texi (strtoll): Refer to LLONG_MAX and LLONG_MIN,
+ not LONG_LONG_MAX and LONG_LONG_MIN.
+ * manual/lang.texi (LONG_LONG_MIN): Document first as ISO
+ LLONG_MIN. Refer to LONG_LONG_MIN only as older GCC-specific
+ name.
+ (LONG_LONG_MAX, LLONG_MAX, ULONG_LONG_MAX, ULLONG_MAX): Likewise.
+
+2012-02-22 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
[BZ #2547]
[BZ #11365]
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 822caa0..8dfa971 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ Version 2.16
* The following bugs are resolved with this release:
- 174, 350, 411, 2547, 2548, 3335, 4026, 4596, 4822, 5077, 5805, 5993, 6884,
- 6907, 9739, 9902, 10110, 10140, 10210, 11174, 11322, 11365, 11494, 12047,
- 13058, 13525, 13526, 13527, 13528, 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, 13533,
- 13547, 13551, 13552, 13553, 13555, 13559, 13583, 13618, 13695, 13704
+ 174, 350, 411, 2547, 2548, 3335, 4026, 4596, 4822, 5077, 5461, 5805, 5993,
+ 6884, 6907, 9739, 9902, 10110, 10140, 10210, 11174, 11322, 11365, 11494,
+ 12047, 13058, 13525, 13526, 13527, 13528, 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532,
+ 13533, 13547, 13551, 13552, 13553, 13555, 13559, 13583, 13618, 13695,
+ 13704
* ISO C11 support:
diff --git a/manual/arith.texi b/manual/arith.texi
index e160438..e59da41 100644
--- a/manual/arith.texi
+++ b/manual/arith.texi
@@ -2131,7 +2131,7 @@ larger range.
If the string has valid syntax for an integer but the value is not
representable because of overflow, @code{strtoll} returns either
-@code{LONG_LONG_MAX} or @code{LONG_LONG_MIN} (@pxref{Range of Type}), as
+@code{LLONG_MAX} or @code{LLONG_MIN} (@pxref{Range of Type}), as
appropriate for the sign of the value. It also sets @code{errno} to
@code{ERANGE} to indicate there was overflow.
diff --git a/manual/lang.texi b/manual/lang.texi
index 9bc9871..b93ad5b 100644
--- a/manual/lang.texi
+++ b/manual/lang.texi
@@ -827,25 +827,39 @@ These are the maximum values that can be represented by a
@w{@code{signed long int}} and @code{unsigned long int}, respectively.
@comment limits.h
-@comment GNU
-@item LONG_LONG_MIN
+@comment ISO
+@item LLONG_MIN
This is the minimum value that can be represented by a @w{@code{signed
long long int}}. On most machines that the GNU C system runs on,
@w{@code{long long}} integers are 64-bit quantities.
@comment limits.h
-@comment GNU
-@item LONG_LONG_MAX
+@comment ISO
+@item LLONG_MAX
@comment limits.h
@comment ISO
-@itemx ULONG_LONG_MAX
+@itemx ULLONG_MAX
These are the maximum values that can be represented by a @code{signed
long long int} and @code{unsigned long long int}, respectively.
@comment limits.h
@comment GNU
+@item LONG_LONG_MIN
+@comment limits.h
+@comment GNU
+@itemx LONG_LONG_MAX
+@comment limits.h
+@comment GNU
+@itemx ULONG_LONG_MAX
+These are obsolete names for @code{LLONG_MIN}, @code{LLONG_MAX}, and
+@code{ULLONG_MAX}. They are only available if @code{_GNU_SOURCE} is
+defined (@pxref{Feature Test Macros}). In GCC versions prior to 3.0,
+these were the only names available.
+
+@comment limits.h
+@comment GNU
@item WCHAR_MAX
This is the maximum value that can be represented by a @code{wchar_t}.
--
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com