Re: Patch: gcc-3.0.4 workaround for AS_SPARC64_FLAG/autoconf-2.53

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:33:32AM -0700, Dan Kegel wrote:
 
> Also, I'm pretty sure I've seen projects using macros that start
> with AC_ (orbit has one, I think).  Maybe they do this for macros
> they want to propose for inclusion in autoconf.  Will autoconf
> choke on these, too?

to be consistent, it should.  A quick check with autoconf 2.52 doesn't
show it warning about that sort of thing (perhaps 2.53 changed the
behavior).
 
> (I wonder how to find all of these... I suppose searching through
> the debian source tree and bsd port system for all instances of 
> AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED might be a good start...)

AC_DEFUN is a more apt starting point.

But it's also possible to use 'define' (at least it was, though not sanctioned,
in 2.13 - 2.5x tinkers with the predefined symbols of m4 to make it harder
to do things of that nature).

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