Document strftime %Ob and %OB as C2X features
Florian Weimer
fweimer@redhat.com
Thu Aug 15 17:53:00 GMT 2019
* Joseph Myers:
> C2X standardizes strftime %Ob and %OB support. This patch updates the
> glibc manual to say these are C2X features.
>
> Note: C2X seems unclear to me about whether %h being equivalent to %b
> means %Oh is thereby allowed and equivalent to %Ob; I've asked WG14.
>
> Tested with "make info" and "make pdf".
>
> 2019-08-15 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
>
> * manual/time.texi (strftime): Document %Ob and %OB as C2X
> features.
>
> diff --git a/manual/time.texi b/manual/time.texi
> index bfa46dd45b..aeb24382ea 100644
> --- a/manual/time.texi
> +++ b/manual/time.texi
> @@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ alternative numeric symbols.
> With @code{%B}, @code{%b}, and @code{%h}: use the grammatical form for
> month names that is appropriate when the month is named by itself,
> rather than the form that is appropriate when the month is used as
> -part of a complete date. This is a GNU extension.
> +part of a complete date. This is a C2X feature.
> @end table
>
> If the format supports the modifier but no alternative representation
> @@ -1372,13 +1372,13 @@ The full weekday name according to the current locale.
> @item %b
> The abbreviated month name according to the current locale, in the
> grammatical form used when the month is part of a complete date.
> -As a GNU extension, the @code{O} modifier can be used (@code{%Ob})
> +As a C2X feature, the @code{O} modifier can be used (@code{%Ob})
> to get the grammatical form used when the month is named by itself.
>
> @item %B
> The full month name according to the current locale, in the
> grammatical form used when the month is part of a complete date.
> -As a GNU extension, the @code{O} modifier can be used (@code{%OB})
> +As a C2X feature, the @code{O} modifier can be used (@code{%OB})
> to get the grammatical form used when the month is named by itself.
>
> Note that not all languages need two different forms of the month
C2X (in the form of N2385) is ambiguous on the relative meaning of %B
and %OB, so the precise meaning defined in the manual is still a GNU
extension. Not sure if that matters. I do not have objection to this
patch.
Thanks,
Florian
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