perldelta - Fill in one more item and add currently remaining possible TODOs

[perl5.git] / config_h.SH

diff --git a/config_h.SH b/config_h.SH
index 63f9e07..4cb1684 100755 (executable)
--- a/config_h.SH
+++ b/config_h.SH
@@ -927,6 +927,15 @@ sed <<!GROK!THIS! >$CONFIG_H -e 's!^#undef\(.*/\)\*!/\*#define\1 \*!' -e 's!^#un
 #define OSNAME "$osname"               /**/
 #define OSVERS "$osvers"               /**/
 
+/* MULTIARCH:
+ *     This symbol, if defined, signifies that the build
+ *     process will produce some binary files that are going to be
+ *     used in a cross-platform environment.  This is the case for
+ *     example with the NeXT "fat" binaries that contain executables
+ *     for several CPUs.
+ */
+#$multiarch MULTIARCH          /**/
+
 /* USE_CROSS_COMPILE:
  *     This symbol, if defined, indicates that Perl is being cross-compiled.
  */
@@ -939,15 +948,6 @@ sed <<!GROK!THIS! >$CONFIG_H -e 's!^#undef\(.*/\)\*!/\*#define\1 \*!' -e 's!^#un
 #define        PERL_TARGETARCH "$targetarch"   /**/
 #endif
 
-/* MULTIARCH:
- *     This symbol, if defined, signifies that the build
- *     process will produce some binary files that are going to be
- *     used in a cross-platform environment.  This is the case for
- *     example with the NeXT "fat" binaries that contain executables
- *     for several CPUs.
- */
-#$multiarch MULTIARCH          /**/
-
 /* MEM_ALIGNBYTES:
  *     This symbol contains the number of bytes required to align a
  *     double, or a long double when applicable. Usual values are 2,
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ sed <<!GROK!THIS! >$CONFIG_H -e 's!^#undef\(.*/\)\*!/\*#define\1 \*!' -e 's!^#un
  *     This symbol holds the hexadecimal constant defined in byteorder,
  *     in a UV, i.e. 0x1234 or 0x4321 or 0x12345678, etc...
  *     If the compiler supports cross-compiling or multiple-architecture
- *     binaries (eg. on NeXT systems), use compiler-defined macros to
+ *     binaries (e.g. on NeXT systems), use compiler-defined macros to
  *     determine the byte order.
  *     On NeXT 3.2 (and greater), you can build "Fat" Multiple Architecture
  *     Binaries (MAB) on either big endian or little endian machines.
@@ -2733,7 +2733,7 @@ sed <<!GROK!THIS! >$CONFIG_H -e 's!^#undef\(.*/\)\*!/\*#define\1 \*!' -e 's!^#un
 #define        Gid_t_f         $gidformat              /**/
 
 /* Gid_t_sign:
- *     This symbol holds the signedess of a Gid_t.
+ *     This symbol holds the signedness of a Gid_t.
  *     1 for unsigned, -1 for signed.
  */
 #define Gid_t_sign     $gidsign                /* GID sign */
@@ -3292,7 +3292,7 @@ sed <<!GROK!THIS! >$CONFIG_H -e 's!^#undef\(.*/\)\*!/\*#define\1 \*!' -e 's!^#un
 #define        Uid_t_f         $uidformat              /**/
 
 /* Uid_t_sign:
- *     This symbol holds the signedess of a Uid_t.
+ *     This symbol holds the signedness of a Uid_t.
  *     1 for unsigned, -1 for signed.
  */
 #define Uid_t_sign     $uidsign                /* UID sign */
@@ -3365,31 +3365,6 @@ sed <<!GROK!THIS! >$CONFIG_H -e 's!^#undef\(.*/\)\*!/\*#define\1 \*!' -e 's!^#un
 #$d_vendorlib PERL_VENDORLIB_EXP "$vendorlibexp"               /**/
 #$d_vendorlib PERL_VENDORLIB_STEM "$vendorlib_stem"            /**/
 
-/* VOIDFLAGS:
- *     This symbol indicates how much support of the void type is given by this
- *     compiler.  What various bits mean:
- *
- *         1 = supports declaration of void
- *         2 = supports arrays of pointers to functions returning void
- *         4 = supports comparisons between pointers to void functions and
- *                 addresses of void functions
- *         8 = supports declaration of generic void pointers
- *
- *     The package designer should define VOIDUSED to indicate the requirements
- *     of the package.  This can be done either by #defining VOIDUSED before
- *     including config.h, or by defining defvoidused in Myinit.U.  If the
- *     latter approach is taken, only those flags will be tested.  If the
- *     level of void support necessary is not present, defines void to int.
- */
-#ifndef VOIDUSED
-#define VOIDUSED $defvoidused
-#endif
-#define VOIDFLAGS $voidflags
-#if (VOIDFLAGS & VOIDUSED) != VOIDUSED
-#define void int               /* is void to be avoided? */
-#define M_VOID                 /* Xenix strikes again */
-#endif
-
 /* PERL_USE_DEVEL:
  *     This symbol, if defined, indicates that Perl was configured with
  *     -Dusedevel, to enable development features.  This should not be
@@ -4223,8 +4198,10 @@ sed <<!GROK!THIS! >$CONFIG_H -e 's!^#undef\(.*/\)\*!/\*#define\1 \*!' -e 's!^#un
 #$usedl USE_DYNAMIC_LOADING            /**/
 
 /* FFLUSH_NULL:
- *     This symbol, if defined, tells that fflush(NULL) does flush
- *     all pending stdio output.
+ *     This symbol, if defined, tells that fflush(NULL) correctly
+ *     flushes all pending stdio output without side effects. In
+ *     particular, on some platforms calling fflush(NULL) *still*
+ *     corrupts STDIN if it is a pipe.
  */
 /* FFLUSH_ALL:
  *     This symbol, if defined, tells that to flush
@@ -4635,7 +4612,7 @@ sed <<!GROK!THIS! >$CONFIG_H -e 's!^#undef\(.*/\)\*!/\*#define\1 \*!' -e 's!^#un
  *     This variable contains the size of struct stat's st_ino in bytes.
  */
 /* ST_INO_SIGN:
- *     This symbol holds the signedess of struct stat's st_ino.
+ *     This symbol holds the signedness of struct stat's st_ino.
  *     1 for unsigned, -1 for signed.
  */
 #define ST_INO_SIGN $st_ino_sign       /* st_ino sign */