Re: misc/58600: man pages lack C17, C23, C++98, C++03, C++11, C++17, C++20, C++23 citation syntax

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From: Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: misc/58600: man pages lack C17, C23, C++98, C++03, C++11, C++17,
 C++20, C++23 citation syntax
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 07:57:16 +0200

 On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 02:40:01PM +0000, campbell+netbsd%mumble.net@localhost wrote:
 > We have
 > 
 > .St -isoC-2011
 > 
 > for C11, and mdoc(7) documents
 > 
 > .St -isoC-2018
 > 
 > but doesn't say what it's for (is it C17, i.e., ISO/IEC 9899:2018?).
 
 On this particular point: Just googling this I found
 https://blog.ansi.org/2018/11/c-language-standard-iso-iec-9899-2018-c18/
 and this page says
 
 "The Current C Programming Language Standard â?? ISO/IEC 9899:2018 (C18)"
 
 so perhaps ANSI just prefers C18 to C17, I don't know.
  Thomas