+2003-05-18 Toon Moene <toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl>
+
+ * intdoc.in: Fix documentation of IDATE.
+ * intdoc.texi: Regenerate.
+ * news.texi: Update due to also fixing it in 3.3.1.
+
2003-05-16 Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@dealii.org>
* g77.texi: Remove most of the of the preface of the
-/* Copyright (C) 1997, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
* This is part of the G77 manual.
* For copying conditions, see the file g77.texi. */
@cindex Year 2000 compliance
@cindex wraparound, Y2K
@cindex limits, Y2K
-This intrinsic is not recommended, due to the year 2000 approaching.
-Therefore, programs making use of this intrinsic
-might not be Year 2000 (Y2K) compliant.
+This intrinsic is not recommended, due to the fact that
+its return value for year wraps around century boundaries
+(change from a larger value to a smaller one).
+Therefore, programs making use of this intrinsic, for
+instance, might not be Year 2000 (Y2K) compliant.
For example, the date might appear,
to such programs, to wrap around
-(change from a larger value to a smaller one)
as of the Year 2000.
@xref{IDate Intrinsic (UNIX)}, for information on obtaining more digits
@cindex Year 2000 compliance
@cindex wraparound, Y2K
@cindex limits, Y2K
-This intrinsic is not recommended, due to the year 2000 approaching.
-Therefore, programs making use of this intrinsic
-might not be Year 2000 (Y2K) compliant.
+This intrinsic is not recommended, due to the fact that
+its return value for year wraps around century boundaries
+(change from a larger value to a smaller one).
+Therefore, programs making use of this intrinsic, for
+instance, might not be Year 2000 (Y2K) compliant.
For example, the date might appear,
to such programs, to wrap around
-(change from a larger value to a smaller one)
as of the Year 2000.
@xref{IDate Intrinsic (UNIX)}, for information on obtaining more digits
@c in the standalone derivations of this file (e.g. NEWS).
@set copyrights-news 1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003
-@set last-update-news 2003-05-11
+@set last-update-news 2003-05-18
@ifset DOC-NEWS
@include root.texi
@table @code
@item 8485
g77 doesn't accept INTEGER*8 constant in PARAMETER multiplication.
-@item 10726
-Documentation for function IDATE Intrinsic (UNIX) is wrong.
@end table
@item
Roger Sayle (@email{roger@@eyesopen.com}) fixed the remaining
ICE caused by invalid PARAMETER in implied DO loop
@item 10197
Direct access files not unformatted by default
+@item 10726
+Documentation for function IDATE Intrinsic (UNIX) is wrong [fixed in 3.3.1].
@end table
@item
Richard Henderson (@email{rth@@redhat.com}) analyzed and improved the handling