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@@ -2114,30 +2114,22 @@ Build Changes
and WASI contributed by Christian Heimes in :gh:`90473`;
platforms promoted in :gh:`95085`)
-* Building Python now requires:
+* Building CPython now requires:
- * A `C11 <https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/11>`_ compiler.
+ * A `C11 <https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/11>`_ compiler and standard library.
`Optional C11 features
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C11_(C_standard_revision)#Optional_features>`_
are not required.
- (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`46656`.)
+ (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`46656`,
+ :issue:`45440` and :issue:`46640`.)
* Support for `IEEE 754 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754>`_
floating point numbers.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`46917`.)
- * Support for `floating point Not-a-Number (NaN)
- <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NaN#Floating_point>`_,
- as the :c:macro:`!Py_NO_NAN` macro has been removed.
- (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`46656`.)
-
- * A `C99 <https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/99>`_
- ``<math.h>`` header file providing the
- :c:func:`!copysign`, :c:func:`!hypot`, :c:func:`!isfinite`,
- :c:func:`!isinf`, :c:func:`!isnan`, and :c:func:`!round` functions
- (contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`45440`);
- and a :c:data:`!NAN` constant or the :c:func:`!__builtin_nan` function
- (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`46640`).
+* The :c:macro:`!Py_NO_NAN` macro has been removed.
+ Since CPython now requires IEEE 754 floats, NaN values are always available.
+ (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`46656`.)
* The :mod:`tkinter` package now requires `Tcl/Tk <https://www.tcl.tk>`_
version 8.5.12 or newer.