... I have no committed this simple doc update. Also, a 4_8-branch
version, attached below.
Thanks,
Paolo.
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2013-06-19 Paolo Carlini <paolo.carl...@oracle.com>
PR c++/56544
* doc/cpp.texi [Standard Predefined Macros, __cplusplus]: Document
that now in C++ the value is correct per the C++ standards.
Index: doc/cpp.texi
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--- doc/cpp.texi (revision 200192)
+++ doc/cpp.texi (working copy)
@@ -1926,11 +1926,9 @@ facilities of the standard C library available.
This macro is defined when the C++ compiler is in use. You can use
@code{__cplusplus} to test whether a header is compiled by a C compiler
or a C++ compiler. This macro is similar to @code{__STDC_VERSION__}, in
-that it expands to a version number. A fully conforming implementation
-of the 1998 C++ standard will define this macro to @code{199711L}. The
-GNU C++ compiler is not yet fully conforming, so it uses @code{1}
-instead. It is hoped to complete the implementation of standard C++
-in the near future.
+that it expands to a version number. Depending on the language standard
+selected, the value of the macro is @code{199711L}, as mandated by the
+1998 C++ standard, or @code{201103L}, per the 2011 C++ standard.
@item __OBJC__
This macro is defined, with value 1, when the Objective-C compiler is in
