[PATCH] manual: Update the _ISOC99_SOURCE description.
Rical Jasan
ricaljasan@pacific.net
Mon Feb 19 13:06:00 GMT 2018
The current description refers to ISO C99 not being widely adopted,
which it is believed to be now.
* manual/creature.texi (_ISOC99_SOURCE): Update the dated
description.
---
manual/creature.texi | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/manual/creature.texi b/manual/creature.texi
index 483bf85ad7..fe7a7790a2 100644
--- a/manual/creature.texi
+++ b/manual/creature.texi
@@ -167,10 +167,9 @@ This macro was introduced as part of the Large File Support extension
@defvr Macro _ISOC99_SOURCE
@standards{GNU, (none)}
-Until the revised @w{ISO C} standard is widely adopted the new features
-are not automatically enabled. @Theglibc{} nevertheless has a complete
-implementation of the new standard and to enable the new features the
-macro @code{_ISOC99_SOURCE} should be defined.
+If this macro is defined, features from ISO C99 are included. Since
+these features are included by default, this macro is mostly relevant
+when the compiler uses an earlier language version.
@end defvr
@defvr Macro _ISOC11_SOURCE
--
2.16.1
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