Changes to m4/NEWS,v

[Eric Blake]

CVSROOT:        /sources/m4
Module name:    m4
Changes by:     Eric Blake <ericb>      06/09/19 11:41:25

Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /sources/m4/m4/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.14
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -b -r1.14 -r1.15
--- NEWS        18 Sep 2006 13:16:43 -0000      1.14
+++ NEWS        19 Sep 2006 11:41:25 -0000      1.15
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@
   affects only debugmode and traceon output; we should probably deprecate
   the --error-output, and rename it something like --trace-output.
 
+* The builtins `modules' and `symbols', introduced in previous betas,
+  have been renamed `m4modules' and `m4symbols', in order to minimize
+  problems when upgrading from 1.4.x and processing English text.  To
+  prevent future problems, any future macro added as a GNU extension will
+  either be blind (ie. be unrecognized without arguments), or begin with
+  the prefix `m4' or `__'.
+
 * FIXME: `m4wrap' semantics need an update to FIFO.
 
 * FIXME: include the (long) list of changes in 1.4.x that were not already