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Re: user upgrade path for renamed macros
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Reuben Thomas |
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Re: user upgrade path for renamed macros |
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Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:33:35 +0100 |
2009/8/15 Peter Simons <address@hidden>:
> Hi Reuben,
>
> > BTW, I note that my previous forwarded reply doesn't address how to
> > change the old macros so that users notice they've been renamed. I'll
> > ask.
>
> Did the Autoconf guys offer any advice on that matter?
No.
> BTW, I noticed that all the examples define the proper macro first and
> the alias second, like this:
>
> AC_DEFUN([AC_CHECK_HEADERS], [...])
> AU_ALIAS([AC_HAVE_HEADERS], [AC_CHECK_HEADERS])
It was both easier to program and easier to read the way I did it (a
casual reader is unlikely to notice an alias at the end of a long
definition), and since m4 is a macro expansion language (one step
better than an untyped scripting language for defining things in any
damn order you please!), I didn't foresee any problems...
We'll find out pretty quickly if it goes wrong.
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- Re: user upgrade path for renamed macros, (continued)
- Re: user upgrade path for renamed macros, Filippo Giunchedi, 2009/08/10
- Re: user upgrade path for renamed macros, Peter Simons, 2009/08/11
- Re: user upgrade path for renamed macros, Reuben Thomas, 2009/08/11
- Re: user upgrade path for renamed macros, Filippo Giunchedi, 2009/08/11
- Re: user upgrade path for renamed macros, Reuben Thomas, 2009/08/11
- Re: user upgrade path for renamed macros, Reuben Thomas, 2009/08/11
- Re: user upgrade path for renamed macros, Reuben Thomas, 2009/08/13
- Re: user upgrade path for renamed macros, Peter Simons, 2009/08/15
- Re: user upgrade path for renamed macros,
Reuben Thomas <=
- Re: user upgrade path for renamed macros, Peter Simons, 2009/08/24