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+2020-10-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ doc: mention ‘restrict’ and C++
+ * doc/gnulib-readme.texi (C99 features assumed): Document
+ that ‘restrict’ should be avoided in C++ code.
+
2020-10-20 Bernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de>
selinux-at, selinux-h: port to SELinux 3.1
diff --git a/doc/gnulib-readme.texi b/doc/gnulib-readme.texi
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@@ -384,6 +384,8 @@ Variadic macros.
@item
The @code{restrict} qualifier, assuming
@code{AC_REQUIRE([AC_C_RESTRICT])} is used.
+This qualifier is sometimes implemented via a macro, so C++ code that
+uses Gnulib should avoid using @code{restrict} as an identifier.
@item
Flexible array members (however, see the @code{flexmember} module).