Merge branch 'master' into check_swap_again

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/gl/c++defs.h b/gl/c++defs.h
index 8ad46951..eb66967b 100644
--- a/gl/c++defs.h
+++ b/gl/c++defs.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* C++ compatible function declaration macros.
-   Copyright (C) 2010-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2010-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@
    Example:
      _GL_FUNCDECL_RPL (open, int, (const char *filename, int flags, ...)
                                   _GL_ARG_NONNULL ((1)));
+
+   Note: Attributes, such as _GL_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED, are supported in front
+   of a _GL_FUNCDECL_RPL invocation only in C mode, not in C++ mode.  (That's
+   because
+     [[...]] extern "C" <declaration>;
+   is invalid syntax in C++.)
  */
 #define _GL_FUNCDECL_RPL(func,rettype,parameters_and_attributes) \
   _GL_FUNCDECL_RPL_1 (rpl_##func, rettype, parameters_and_attributes)