now that c++ is better supported, let's mention it as a news item

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index bc45dd112866f01549685cf83ac27de2519ac42b..35e27e60997a47f996b524cf5a41d0dcc50cfe35 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -53,4 +53,7 @@ But the inverse is still true.
 ** flex no longer generates C-language scanners with C++-style
    comments
 
+** flex now generates scanners in c++ which are compatible with
+   recent c++ compilers
+
 See the file ONEWS for changes in earlier releases.