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Re: Suggestion: AC_DEFINE -> m4_pattern_allow
From: |
Akim Demaille |
Subject: |
Re: Suggestion: AC_DEFINE -> m4_pattern_allow |
Date: |
Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:08:23 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi Akim,
> * Akim Demaille wrote on Wed, May 31, 2006 at 04:26:17PM CEST:
>> >>> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> Some time ago I sent this message for which I had no answer.
>> > I suggest that the AC_DEFINE family explicitly allow its $1.
> Not true,
Hm, yes, I have not received answered: apparently I was not in CC.
> your request has been dealt with:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2006-05/msg00087.html
Great news!
> I agreed with it back then, although I do have a vague feeling that all
> the m4_pattern_allow make for a significant runtime overhead.
There are not that many AC_DEFINE, AC_SUBST.
>> I suggest that Automake provide the same feature for AM_CONDITIONAL:
> But you are not likely to use the first argument of AM_CONDITIONAL
> elsewhere in your configure.ac, are you? (I have probably just
> misunderstood this part.)
I meanr that this first arguments appears in the expansion of
AM_CONDITIONAL, so it should be un-forbidden.