From 06dfd31a41eb76a550bf7124a90d9bef7b878bee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petr Viktorin Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 14:42:10 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] gh-90814: Correct NEWS wording re. optional C11 features The current wording of this entry suggests that CPython won't work if optional compiler features are enabled. That's not the case. The change is that we require C11 rather than C89. Note that PEP 7 does say "Python 3.11 and newer versions use C11 without optional features." It is correct there: that's not a guide for users who compile Python, but for CPython devs who must avoid the features. --- Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst | 3 ++- Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a6.rst | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst index 2159a3175b91f10..7c72ef4d2076dff 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst @@ -1619,7 +1619,8 @@ Changes in the Python API Build Changes ============= -* Building Python now requires a C11 compiler without optional C11 features. +* Building Python now requires a C11 compiler. Optional C11 features are not + required. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`46656`.) * Building Python now requires support of IEEE 754 floating point numbers. diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a6.rst index 24fc5f05666a636..68b80e46690dc90 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a6.rst +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a6.rst @@ -1043,7 +1043,8 @@ Respect `--with-suffix` when building on case-insensitive file systems. .. nonce: MD783M .. section: Build -Building Python now requires a C11 compiler without optional C11 features. +Building Python now requires a C11 compiler. Optional C11 features are not +required. Patch by Victor Stinner. ..