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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 3ac57eca4e..06ae43d3f0 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ Major new features: Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: - [Add deprecations, removals and changes affecting compatibility here] + * The stdio.h functions 'getc' and 'putc' are no longer defined as macros. + This was never required by the C standard, and the macros just expanded + to call alternative names for the same functions. If you hoped getc and + putc would provide performance improvements over fgetc and fputc, instead + investigate using (f)getc_unlocked and (f)putc_unlocked, and, if + necessary, flockfile and funlockfile. Changes to build and runtime requirements: |