doc: Document that ISO C or POSIX substitutes are supported in C++ mode.

* doc/gnulib-intro.texi (Various Kinds of Modules): Document that ISO C
and POSIX substitutes are supported in C++ mode.
* NEWS: Likewise.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a8bcfe57dac11ddcc5f5a360703ea7f1ac44a428..86e3c82804cd36d77a3cdff35602d04bf5985e97 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2019-12-11  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+       doc: Document that ISO C or POSIX substitutes are supported in C++ mode.
+       * doc/gnulib-intro.texi (Various Kinds of Modules): Document that ISO C
+       and POSIX substitutes are supported in C++ mode.
+       * NEWS: Likewise.
+
 2019-12-11  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
        stddef: Fix compilation error in C++ mode on MSVC.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 30bb22361b1c09d52ba7075d449a12cd7240d0e3..8085c353e647ff5ef3f9943feaf78c088a181fcc 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ Important general notes
 
 Date        Modules         Changes
 
+2019-12-11  Support for     These modules are now supported in C++ mode as well.
+            ISO C or POSIX  This means, while the autoconfiguration uses the C
+            functions       compiler, the resulting header files and function
+                            substitutes can be used with a matching C++ compiler
+                            as well.
+
 2019-02-14  gnulib-tool     If you use multiple --local-dir options at once:
                             The first one now has the highest priority, not the
                             last one.

diff --git a/doc/gnulib-intro.texi b/doc/gnulib-intro.texi
index 26f8cb816d09bbb35c17f2fdfb1d725c20929ab8..5d75c9bb1416537e647fd86d34b8f906eddd0f52 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/gnulib-intro.texi
+++ b/doc/gnulib-intro.texi
@@ -323,6 +323,11 @@ with @samp{.in} inserted before the @samp{.h} extension, so that on
 systems which do provide a correct
 header file the system's one is used.
 
+The modules in this category are supported in C++ mode as well.  This
+means, while the autoconfiguration uses the C compiler, the resulting
+header files and function substitutes can be used with a matching C++
+compiler as well.
+
 @subsection Enhancements of ISO C or POSIX functions
 
 These are sometimes POSIX functions with GNU extensions also found in