Re: style

[Patrick Welche]

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 01:58:01PM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote:
>  > Why the change AC_DEFUN -> m4_define ?
> 
> It is lightweight.  I recommend using m4_define for Autoconf authors
> when they can, as it speeds up the process, and in some case, it's
> even better for error messages.  Nevertheless, the users should not
> care about this possibility.

Does that mean that in some package's .m4 files, I should use AC_DEFUN,
but if contributing to lib/autoconf/*.m4 I should use m4_define ?
Or are there specifically things which you aren't allowed to do in
a macro defined using m4_define?

> If it is addressed to novices, then sticking to AC_DEFUN is safer style.

OK - I'll stick to AC_DEFUN !

Cheers,

Patrick