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Re: m4_chomp [was: Use newer m4_map_args_{w,sep}]
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Paolo Bonzini |
Subject: |
Re: m4_chomp [was: Use newer m4_map_args_{w,sep}] |
Date: |
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:49:42 +0100 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Macintosh/20080914) |
> I thought about that; it means m4_expand would be slower, and it will be
> able to strip intentional newlines, but it would make m4_expand easier to
> use in isolation. Maybe I go for m4_expand (current semantics, faster,
> and only safe if input doesn't end in unquoted # or dnl) and m4_expand_s
> (always safe, but slower and might strip trailing newlines provided by the
> argument), to mirror m4_esyscmd/m4_esyscmd_s? On the other hand, the user
> can supply @&t@ if that trailing newline is important, so maybe making
> m4_expand always supply/strip an extra newline is the way to go?
I obviously prefer the latter... but why don't you instead simply make
chomp delete only *one* newline?
Paolo
- Re: Use newer m4_map_args_{w,sep}, (continued)
- Re: Use newer m4_map_args_{w,sep}, Eric Blake, 2008/11/11
- Re: Use newer m4_map_args_{w,sep}, Ralf Wildenhues, 2008/11/12
- Re: Use newer m4_map_args_{w,sep}, Paolo Bonzini, 2008/11/12
- Re: Use newer m4_map_args_{w,sep}, Eric Blake, 2008/11/12
- Re: Use newer m4_map_args_{w,sep}, Paolo Bonzini, 2008/11/12
- Re: Use newer m4_map_args_{w,sep}, Ben Pfaff, 2008/11/13
- Re: Use newer m4_map_args_{w,sep}, Paolo Bonzini, 2008/11/13
- m4_chomp [was: Use newer m4_map_args_{w,sep}], Eric Blake, 2008/11/13
- Re: m4_chomp [was: Use newer m4_map_args_{w,sep}], Paolo Bonzini, 2008/11/14
- Re: m4_chomp [was: Use newer m4_map_args_{w,sep}], Eric Blake, 2008/11/14
- Re: m4_chomp [was: Use newer m4_map_args_{w,sep}],
Paolo Bonzini <=
- Re: m4_chomp [was: Use newer m4_map_args_{w,sep}], Eric Blake, 2008/11/14
- Re: m4_chomp, Eric Blake, 2008/11/14
- fewer forks in AC_DEFINE [was: Use newer m4_map_args_{w,sep}], Eric Blake, 2008/11/19
- Re: fewer forks in AC_DEFINE [was: Use newer m4_map_args_{w,sep}], Ralf Wildenhues, 2008/11/20
- Re: fewer forks in AC_DEFINE [was: Use newer m4_map_args_{w,sep}], Eric Blake, 2008/11/20
- Re: fewer forks in AC_DEFINE, Ralf Wildenhues, 2008/11/20
- Re: fewer forks in AC_DEFINE, Eric Blake, 2008/11/20
- case statement style (was: fewer forks in AC_DEFINE), Eric Blake, 2008/11/20
- Re: case statement style, Ralf Wildenhues, 2008/11/21
- Re: case statement style, Eric Blake, 2008/11/21