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Re: AM_INCLUDE is a bad name.


From: Tom Tromey
Subject: Re: AM_INCLUDE is a bad name.
Date: 06 Feb 2001 12:01:14 -0700

>>>>> "Pavel" == Pavel Roskin <address@hidden> writes:

Pavel> After another consideration I decided that AM_INCLUDE is not
Pavel> meant to be private since it appears in AC_SUBST.

But it is meant to be private.  It is an implementation detail.  If we
change the implementation it might just go away -- leaving user code
using it broken.

There's no way to have a "private" AC_SUBST.  That is what namespaces,
even ad hoc ones, are for.

Pavel> I believe that we should move towards "use strict" in
Pavel> automake.in.  Although it would catch just few errors, strict
Pavel> typing in large projects (which Automake already is) is usually
Pavel> worth it.

I don't have a problem with this.

Tom



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