[Python-checkins] gh-90814: Correct NEWS wording re. optional C11 features (GH-96309)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b2714f05c5cc8765178f296f0f8043410e3a5584
commit: b2714f05c5cc8765178f296f0f8043410e3a5584
branch: main
author: Petr Viktorin <encukou at gmail.com>
committer: encukou <encukou at gmail.com>
date: 2022-08-29T13:10:52+02:00
summary:

gh-90814: Correct NEWS wording re. optional C11 features (GH-96309)

The previous wording of this entry suggests that CPython
won't work if optional compiler features are enabled.
That's not the case. The change is that we require C11 rather
than C89.

Note that PEP 7 does say "Python 3.11 and newer versions use C11
without optional features." It is correct there: that's
not a guide for users who compile Python, but for CPython devs
who must avoid the features.

files:
M Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
M Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a6.rst

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
index 2159a3175b9..7c72ef4d207 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
@@ -1619,7 +1619,8 @@ Changes in the Python API
 Build Changes
 =============
 
-* Building Python now requires a C11 compiler without optional C11 features.
+* Building Python now requires a C11 compiler. Optional C11 features are not
+  required.
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`46656`.)
 
 * Building Python now requires support of IEEE 754 floating point numbers.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a6.rst
index 24fc5f05666..68b80e46690 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a6.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.11.0a6.rst
@@ -1043,7 +1043,8 @@ Respect `--with-suffix` when building on case-insensitive file systems.
 .. nonce: MD783M
 .. section: Build
 
-Building Python now requires a C11 compiler without optional C11 features.
+Building Python now requires a C11 compiler. Optional C11 features are not
+required.
 Patch by Victor Stinner.
 
 ..