From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 18:48:31 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Improve VLA wording in NEWS
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Improve VLA wording in NEWS

Thanks to a suggestion by Werner Lemberg in:
https://lists.gnu.org/r/autoconf/2024-04/msg00009.html
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 60c6dcdd..be7cb8ca 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ GNU Autoconf NEWS - User visible changes.
   alignas, alignof, bool, constexpr, false, nullptr, static_assert,
   thread_local, typeof, typeof_unqual, true.
 
-*** AC_PROG_CC no longer tests for VLAs, or whether __STDC__ is defined.
-  This ports better to MSVC, which does not support variable length
-  arrays and does not define __STDC__.  Although C99 requires VLAs,
-  they are optional in C11 and later.  Programs can use AC_C_VARARRAYS
-  and __STDC_NO_VLA__ to use VLAs if available.
+*** AC_PROG_CC no longer checks __STDC__ or variable length arrays (VLAs).
+  This ports better to MSVC, which does not define __STDC__ and does
+  not support VLAs.  Although C99 requires VLAs, they are optional in
+  C11 and later.  Programs can use AC_C_VARARRAYS and __STDC_NO_VLA__
+  to use VLAs if available.
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release 2.72 (2023-12-22) [release]