Re: AC_FUNC_ALLOCA -- where to get alloca.c?

[Paul Eggert]

Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> writes:

> Which alloca.c is AC_FUNC_ALLOCA supposed to go with?  The one in
> gnulib requires several xmalloc() and other stuff.

I'd say that it could be any alloca that you like.  (The simplest one
would be malloc.  :-)

> The AC_FUNC_ALLOCA test appear rather closely tied to a specific
> implemention of alloca.c

Yes, that's true.  One of the long-term goals is to unify Autoconf
with that part of gnulib where this would make sense.  In the short
run, though, perhaps it'd make more sense to move most of the guts of
AC_FUNC_ALLOCA from Autoconf into gnulib.