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Re: AH_VERBATIM isn't really verbatim with backslashes (autoconf 2.49c)


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: AH_VERBATIM isn't really verbatim with backslashes (autoconf 2.49c)
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 11:55:57 -0800 (PST)

> From: Akim Demaille <address@hidden>
> Date: 30 Jan 2001 11:40:42 +0100

> | Apparently AH_VERBATIM isn't really verbatim: it turned two
> | backslashes into one.  This isn't documented anywhere that I can see;
> | is it intended?
> 
> Hm, I had not realized it was a different issue :(
> 
> I really don't know what to do, it has not been specified.  You tell
> me...  There should be at least $var expansion in there.  IMHO.

Whatever it does should be documented, at least, if only to say that
it's the usual expansion for double-quoted shell strings.  (Is that
what it is?)



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