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authorJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2019-08-22 12:38:40 +0000
committerJoseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>2019-08-22 12:38:40 +0000
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Document strftime %Ob and %OB as C2X features.
C2X standardizes strftime %Ob and %OB support. This patch updates the glibc manual to say these are C2X features, while noting that the details of what is the alternative form of a month name are not specified in C2X. 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". * manual/time.texi (strftime): Document %Ob and %OB as C2X features.
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diff --git a/manual/time.texi b/manual/time.texi
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@@ -1352,7 +1352,11 @@ 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. The @code{%OB} and @code{%Ob} formats are a
+C2X feature, specified in C2X to use the locale's `alternative' month
+name; @theglibc{} extends this specification to say that the form used
+in a complete date is the default and the form naming the month by
+itself is the alternative.
@end table
If the format supports the modifier but no alternative representation
@@ -1372,14 +1376,16 @@ 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})
-to get the grammatical form used when the month is named by itself.
+As a C2X feature (with a more detailed specification in @theglibc{}),
+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})
-to get the grammatical form used when the month is named by itself.
+As a C2X feature (with a more detailed specification in @theglibc{}),
+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
names, so the text produced by @code{%B} and @code{%OB}, and by