cpp.texi (Obsolete Features): Add background on the origin of assertions.

	* doc/cpp.texi (Obsolete Features): Add background on the
	origin of assertions.
	Update copyright years.

From-SVN: r170506

diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
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--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-02-15  Gerald Pfeifer  <gerald@pfeifer.com>
+
+       * doc/cpp.texi (Obsolete Features): Add background on the
+       origin of assertions.
+       Update copyright years.
+
 2011-02-25  Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org>
 
        PR target/45808

diff --git a/gcc/doc/cpp.texi b/gcc/doc/cpp.texi
index 02e2be78c1598b9511418a040681af6ad838a19e..aed7117ca4288ee052afd37e51d4a07e6b0eef09 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/doc/cpp.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/cpp.texi
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 @c man begin COPYRIGHT
 Copyright @copyright{} 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
-2008, 2009, 2010
+2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -4161,9 +4161,10 @@ program will run on.  Assertions are usually predefined, but you can
 define them with preprocessing directives or command-line options.
 
 Assertions were intended to provide a more systematic way to describe
-the compiler's target system.  However, in practice they are just as
-unpredictable as the system-specific predefined macros.  In addition, they
-are not part of any standard, and only a few compilers support them.
+the compiler's target system and we added them for compatibility with
+existing compilers.  In practice they are just as unpredictable as the
+system-specific predefined macros.  In addition, they are not part of
+any standard, and only a few compilers support them.
 Therefore, the use of assertions is @strong{less} portable than the use
 of system-specific predefined macros.  We recommend you do not use them at
 all.