Re: [wwwdocs] Document __has_attribute in /gcc-5/changes.html

[Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>]

On Tue, 7 Apr 2015, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> This change looks problematic to me, as there is no has_attribute macro,
> the "has_attribute macros" phrase was meant to stand for
> "<code>__has_attribute</code> and <code>__has_cpp_attribute</code> macros".
> For <code> I assume we want exact spelling.

Yes, that's a very good point.

On Tue, 7 Apr 2015, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> The referenced SD-6 document shows the values and format:
> http://isocpp.org/std/standing-documents/sd-6-sg10-feature-test-recommendations
> 
> I would expect that most people using the macros are going to be
> referring to that document anyway.

This is a fair point as well.

Thanks for your feedback, Jakub and Jonathan.  This is what I
just committed.

Gerald

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--- changes.html	9 Apr 2015 15:05:01 -0000	1.99
+++ changes.html	9 Apr 2015 23:26:37 -0000
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
         of the standard directive <code>#include</code>
         and the extension <code>#include_next</code> respectively.
     </li>
-    <li>A new built-in function-like macro to detect the existence of an
+    <li>A new built-in function-like macro to determine the existence of an
 	attribute, <code>__has_attribute</code>, has been added.
 	The equivalent built-in macro <code>__has_cpp_attribute</code> was
 	added to C++ to support
@@ -279,11 +279,12 @@
 #endif
 foo(int x);
 </pre></blockquote>
-	If an attribute exists a nonzero constant integer is returned.
+	If an attribute exists, a nonzero constant integer is returned.
 	For standardized C++ attributes a date is returned, otherwise the
 	constant returned is 1.
-	The has_attribute macros will add underscores to an attribute name
-	if necessary to resolve the name.
+	Both <code>__has_attribute</code> and
+	<code>__has_cpp_attribute</code> will add underscores to an
+	attribute name if necessary to resolve the name.
 	For C++11 and onwards the attribute may be scoped.
     </li>
     <li>A new set of built-in functions for arithmetics with overflow checking