Re: [bug-gnulib] Re: restrict.m4: do not punish autoconf 2.59 users

[Bruno Haible]

Stepan Kasal wrote:
> > Stepan Kasal wrote:
> > > m4_ifndef([AC_C_RESTRICT],
> > > AC_DEFUN([gl_C_RESTRICT],
>
> ...
>
> > > could be better.
> >
> > And what would we put into modules/restrict then?
>
> sorry, this was a mistake, I meant:
>
> m4_ifndef([AC_C_RESTRICT],
> AC_DEFUN([AC_C_RESTRICT],

That should be OK. autoconf <= 2.57 has no AC_C_RESTRICT, and
autoconf >= 2.58 has one equivalent to gnulib's.

> so we would put AC_C_RESTRICT into the configure.ac section.
>
> Would you like this?

That depends on the probability that we find a compiler for which the
current test is not enough. Then we would need to switch back from
AC_C_RESTRICT to gl_C_RESTRICT. How likely is this, Paul?

Bruno