Re: HAVE_STDBOOL_H, AC_HEADER_STDBOOL, and AM_STDBOOL_H

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 02/01/2011 04:15 AM, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Paul Eggert<address@hidden>  writes:
>
> > In Gnulib:
>
> > * Rename gnulib's AC_HEADER_STDBOOL to gl_HEADER_STDBOOL.
> > * Remove the AC_DEFINE([HAVE_STDBOOL_H], ...) from gl_HEADER_STDBOOL.
> > * Rename gnulib's AM_STDBOOL_H to gl_STDBOOL_H.
>
> > In Autoconf:
>
> > * Mark AC_HEADER_STDBOOL as obsolescent, and suggest to
> >    Autoconf users that in the future they use gnulib if they want to
> >    be portable to pre-C99 hosts with respect to<stdbool.h>.
>
> Please don't make this last change in Autoconf.  AC_HEADER_STDBOOL in
> Autoconf works well right now for people who do not use gnulib,
Agreed. I am one of these users.

> and I
> don't think that it's a good idea to mark obsolescent a working Autoconf
> macro to try to "push" people towards using gnulib instead.
Agreed, again.

For real-world projects, gnulib often is not a viable alternative.

Ralf