Update documentation of prerequisites.

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 4d0cf1353b9b5eaa5a17bcf3387906337ba58ae5..e3fdb7bfda3f1277d1ececd9398f7fce18dfaa1a 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ PREREQUISITES
 GiNaC requires the CLN library by Bruno Haible installed on your system.
 It is available from <ftp://ftpthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/pub/gnu/>.
 
-You will also need a decent ANSI-compliant C++-compiler. We recommend the
-C++ compiler from the GNU compiler collection, GCC >= 3.4. If you have a
+You will also need a decent ISO C++-11 compiler. We recommend the C++
+compiler from the GNU compiler collection, GCC >= 4.9. If you have a
 different or older compiler you are on your own. Note that you may have to
 use the same compiler you compiled CLN with because of differing
 name-mangling schemes.
@@ -20,16 +20,12 @@ TeX are necessary.
 
 Known to work with:
  - Linux on x86 and x86_64 using 
-   - GCC 3.4, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3.x (x >= 1), 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, and 4.9
-   - Clang 2.8
- - Windows on x86 using GCC 3.4 (MinGW)
+   - GCC 4.9, 5.1, and 5.2
+   - Clang 3.5.0
 
 Known not to work with:
  - Clang 2.7 and earlier due to poor C++ support.
- - GCC 4.3.0 due to the compiler bug,
-   see <http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35548>.
- - GCC 2.96 or earlier because proper exception and standard library support
-   is missing there.
+ - GCC < 4.6.0 due to missing C++-11 support
 
 If you install from git, you also need GNU autoconf (>=2.59), automake (>=1.8),
 libtool (>= 1.5), python (>= 2.5), bison (>= 2.3), flex (>= 2.5.33) to be installed.

diff --git a/INSTALL.CMake b/INSTALL.CMake
index 1ea525f63ec762c50606870c21c4f6873cfe4ecc..292f0fb81c36bbb7cb49d2492ac4fa3cdf6facec 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL.CMake
+++ b/INSTALL.CMake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PREREQUISITES
 =============
 
-1. A decent ANSI-compliant C++ compiler. GCC (version >= 4.4) is recommended.
+1. A decent ISO C++-11 compiler. GCC (version >= 4.9) is recommended.
 2. CLN library (http://www.ginac.de/CLN), version >= 1.2.2
 3. CMake, version >= 2.8 (version 2.6.x might work too).
 4. Python, version >= 2.6
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ To install from a source distribution:
 
 1) Unpack the tarball
 
- $ tar xaf GiNaC-x.y.z.tar.bz2
+ $ tar xaf ginac-x.y.z.tar.bz2
 
 2) Create a build directory
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ To install from a source distribution:
 3) Run CMake to generate Makefile's
 
  $ cd ginac_build
- $ cmake ../GiNaC-x.y.z
+ $ cmake ../ginac-x.y.z
 
 4) Actually build GiNaC
 

diff --git a/doc/tutorial/ginac.texi b/doc/tutorial/ginac.texi
index 512209545ebaf85cd4ce394e4925eb430ee7989c..dbbf2359e76764aad30e1615fb08a66d38d2b782 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/tutorial/ginac.texi
+++ b/doc/tutorial/ginac.texi
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ installation.
 
 In order to install GiNaC on your system, some prerequisites need to be
 met.  First of all, you need to have a C++-compiler adhering to the
-ANSI-standard @cite{ISO/IEC 14882:1998(E)}.  We used GCC for development
+ISO standard @cite{ISO/IEC 14882:2011(E)}.  We used GCC for development
 so if you have a different compiler you are on your own.  For the
 configuration to succeed you need a Posix compliant shell installed in
 @file{/bin/sh}, GNU @command{bash} is fine. The pkg-config utility is
@@ -8487,8 +8487,7 @@ really believe that you need to use a different compiler.  We have
 occasionally used other compilers and may be able to give you advice.}
 GiNaC uses recent language features like explicit constructors, mutable
 members, RTTI, @code{dynamic_cast}s and STL, so ANSI compliance is meant
-literally.  Recent GCC versions starting at 2.95.3, although itself not
-yet ANSI compliant, support all needed features.
+literally.
     
 @end itemize
 
@@ -8909,7 +8908,7 @@ $ make install
 @itemize @minus{}
 
 @item
-@cite{ISO/IEC 14882:1998: Programming Languages: C++}
+@cite{ISO/IEC 14882:2011: Programming Languages: C++}
 
 @item
 @cite{CLN: A Class Library for Numbers}, @email{haible@@ilog.fr, Bruno Haible}

diff --git a/ginac/power.cpp b/ginac/power.cpp
index 72806768dea4564b754b912f3734651331559e22..2106b5113c6e26a5c60ebdb57c10991d661a4572 100644 (file)
--- a/ginac/power.cpp
+++ b/ginac/power.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ void power::do_print_latex(const print_latex & c, unsigned level) const
 static void print_sym_pow(const print_context & c, const symbol &x, int exp)
 {
        // Optimal output of integer powers of symbols to aid compiler CSE.
-       // C.f. ISO/IEC 14882:1998, section 1.9 [intro execution], paragraph 15
+       // C.f. ISO/IEC 14882:2011, section 1.9 [intro execution], paragraph 15
        // to learn why such a parenthesation is really necessary.
        if (exp == 1) {
                x.print(c);