portability: don't assume 8-bit bytes.

[bison.git] / src / system.h

diff --git a/src/system.h b/src/system.h
index 985bbbeed46349fc647588596e95d03df8418a67..8ea5653157fdc72feca09a0324b78b9ae0481f4c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/system.h
+++ b/src/system.h
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 /* System-dependent definitions for Bison.
 
-   Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free
-   Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
+   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-   any later version.
+   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
 
    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
    GNU General Public License for more details.
 
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
-   Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
 #ifndef BISON_SYSTEM_H
 #define BISON_SYSTEM_H
@@ -125,7 +124,10 @@ typedef size_t uintptr_t;
 `-------------*/
 
 /* <assert.h>'s assertions are too heavyweight, and can be disabled
-   too easily, so use aver rather than assert.  */
+   too easily, so use aver rather than assert.  See discussions at
+   <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2006-01/msg00080.html>
+   <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2006-09/msg00111.html>.
+*/
 static inline void
 aver (bool assertion)
 {