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Re: Faster AT_CHECK, one less XFAIL


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: Faster AT_CHECK, one less XFAIL
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:56:56 -0700
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According to Paolo Bonzini on 11/21/2008 3:49 AM:
> Eric Blake wrote:
>> Now that m4_expand is more robust, I switched AT_CHECK to start using it.
>>  I had to fix a bit of fallout - a grand total of two tests (one with
>> unbalanced '('
> 
> Should we warn about that?

Was this NEWS entry (part of that patch) good enough?

+** The m4sugar macro m4_expand has been taught to handle unterminated
+   comments and shell case statements.  As a result, it is used in
+   more places, such as AC_DEFINE and AT_CHECK.  Most uses should not
+   behave any differently; however, it may be necessary to add
+   double-quoting around unbalanced `(' where single-quoting used to
+   be sufficient.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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