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Changes to m4/HACKING,v
From: |
Eric Blake |
Subject: |
Changes to m4/HACKING,v |
Date: |
Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:41:26 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /sources/m4
Module name: m4
Changes by: Eric Blake <ericb> 06/09/19 11:41:25
Index: HACKING
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RCS file: /sources/m4/m4/HACKING,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -b -r1.3 -r1.4
--- HACKING 22 Aug 2006 22:36:28 -0000 1.3
+++ HACKING 19 Sep 2006 11:41:25 -0000 1.4
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
* Changes with user-visible effects must be mentioned in NEWS.
+* New macros must be blind, or else prefixed with `m4' or `__', in
+ order to minimize backward compatibility issues with previous
+ releases of M4 when processing English text.
+
* GNU Coding Standards should be followed:
http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/
Additionally, while GNU M4 is not yet POSIX compliant, we are trying
- Changes to m4/HACKING,v,
Eric Blake <=