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@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ provide rationale and make coding recommendations. Txr is written in a language that consists of the common dialect between C90 and C++98. The code can be built with either the GNU C compiler or the GNU C++ -compiler. Use is made of some POSIX.2 functions, which are requested by means -of -D_POSIX_2_SOURCE. Also, the <wchar.h> header is used, which was introduced -by a 1995 addendum to the C language, so it may be said that the actual C -dialect is C95. +compiler. Use is made of some Unix functions from before Unix95, which are +requested by means of -D_XOPEN_SOURCE (POSIX.1, POSIX.2, X/Open Portabiity +Guide 4). Also, the <wchar.h> header is used, which was introduced by a 1995 +addendum to the C language, so it may be said that the actual C dialect is C95. In coding new features or fixing bugs, care must be taken to preserve this. Code must continue to compile as C and C++, and not increase the portability |