Re: autoconf-2.50 problems with dnl

[Tim Van Holder]

> They are elided when they are not quoted!
> 
> Consider this:
> 
> AC_INIT
> dnl Removed
> [dnl] Not removed
> 
> So somehow, your argument which includes these `dnl' is overquoted,
> and does not get evaluated.   Hence there is no reason for dnl to be
> removed.

In other words, if you have

MACRO(blah, foo,
[# Code starts here
...
...
...
dnl Hello - I'm a comment that needs to be here but should be elided
dnl And so am I
...
...
...
])

then simply changing the middle part to

...]
dnl Hello - I'm a comment that needs to be here but should be elided
dnl And so am I
[...

should do what Bruno wants, right?
Of course, I'm assuming the block where Bruno's dnl's are is actually
quoted; if it isn't (i.e. if the quoting is introduced behind his back
by autoconf), I would consider this an autoconf bug.