RE: More macro dispatching

[Bernard Dautrevaux]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Akim Demaille [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 2:35 PM
> To: APatche; Autoconf List
> Subject: Re: More macro dispatching
> 
> 
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> In order to properly implement the proposal of Alexandre (expr=false
> when we can't trust it), more responsibility should be moved into
> Mash, in particular things like _AC_INIT_PREPARE_ENVIRONMENT.  It is a
> good thing, it is independent from Autoconf and useful to any Mash
> project (understand `autoscript' or `autosh' here).
> 
> But to be really clean, some form of AC_REQUIRE would be good too.
> This time, it is not related to sh in any way, so I'm proposing to
> move AC_REQUIRE, AC_DEFUN and company into m4sugar.  Again, I think
> this is a good thing, some other projects than Autoconf might want it.
> It'd be m4_defun, m4_require etc.
> 
> Alexandre and Lars think it's a good thing to do.  They emphasized it
> should be done for any other macro which interest is not limited to
> Autoconf.
> 
> Would someone have a different opinion?
> 

I think it would be nice,... as long as the corresponding AC_xxx macros are
still recognised with an "obsoleted by" warning of course :-)

Bernard

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