manual: Update the _ISOC99_SOURCE description.
Commit Message
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(-)
Comments
On Mon, 19 Feb 2018, Rical Jasan wrote:
> 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.
OK.
On 02/19/2018 08:15 AM, Joseph Myers wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2018, Rical Jasan wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> OK.
Committed; e8d190b9ed81
Thanks,
Rical
@@ -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