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Date:      Fri, 31 Jul 2015 03:28:03 +0000 (UTC)
From:      John-Mark Gurney <jmg@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r286103 - head/share/man/man9
Message-ID:  <201507310328.t6V3S3LC087650@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: jmg
Date: Fri Jul 31 03:28:02 2015
New Revision: 286103
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/286103

Log:
  The implementation note isn't true anymore..
  
  Not that anyone reads it, but those that do, remind them that this
  isn't usable in userland...  I can't wait till this doc is wrong..

Modified:
  head/share/man/man9/CTASSERT.9

Modified: head/share/man/man9/CTASSERT.9
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man9/CTASSERT.9	Fri Jul 31 01:12:31 2015	(r286102)
+++ head/share/man/man9/CTASSERT.9	Fri Jul 31 03:28:02 2015	(r286103)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd September 5, 2008
+.Dd July 30, 2015
 .Dt CTASSERT 9
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -48,14 +48,10 @@ The
 macro is useful for asserting the size or alignment of important
 data structures and variables during compilation, which would
 otherwise cause the code to fail at run time.
-.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
+.Pp
 The
 .Fn CTASSERT
-macro should not be used in a header file.
-It is implemented using a dummy typedef, with a name (based on line number)
-that may conflict with a
-.Fn CTASSERT
-in a source file including that header.
+macro is not usable in userland.
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 Assert that the size of the
 .Vt uuid



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