Re: Usage of AS_FOR_TARGET

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 06:51:40PM -0700, Eric Blake wrote:
> >> 2.13 to 2.59), but is it worth excluding AS_FOR_TARGET from the Autoscan 
> >> reserved namespace since it is in heavy use in real-world configure 
> >> scripts?

actually AS_ is reserved for M4sh macros ("advanced shell", I
think), Autoscan uses AN_.

> I don't really have a strong opinion on whether the
> m4_pattern_allow should belong to gcc or to autoconf, but either
> way, it is needed in order for gcc compilation to work.

I think it should be handled on the gcc side.
Remember that the argument is a regular expression, so the minimal
variant looks like:

m4_pattern_allow([^AS_FOR_TARGET$])

Stepan Kasal