RE: Forbidden strings

[Bernard Dautrevaux]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Akim Demaille [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 4:55 PM
> To: Pavel Roskin
> Cc: address@hidden; address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Forbidden strings
> 
> 
> >>>>> "Pavel" == Pavel Roskin <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> Pavel> Hello, Akim!
> >> In Autoconf, the words which include _A?_, A?_, _m4_, m4_ are
> >> forbidden, in order to diagnose unexpanded macros.  There is
> >> (currently) no escape to this rule.
> 
> Pavel> Not _m4_.
> 
> Then we should, shouldn't we?  Not necessarily *_m4_*, but at least
> _m4_*.
> 
> >> What should we do?
> 
> Pavel> Return to A[CHMSTU]
> 
> I'd rather take almost the full range and except AR if we need to.
> 

I know of libtool use of AR_FLAGS, I also know of others using AS_FLAGS for
assembler flags (true these are not so frequent but...)

Whar is AS_xxx used for in autoconf?

BTW, rejecting _A?_ seems acceptable, but A?_ should be restricted to those
we *really* need 

Regards,

        Bernard

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