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Re: AutoConf web documentation bug.
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Eric Blake |
Subject: |
Re: AutoConf web documentation bug. |
Date: |
Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:17:09 -0700 |
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On 01/11/2011 11:09 AM, Mostafa wrote:
> In
> http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html#Conditional-constructs
> , under the definition for m4_ifval, I believe the following clause is
> erroneous:
>
> This is shorthand for:
>
> m4_if([cond], [], [if-true], [if-false])
>
> Since the latter expands to if-true if cond is empty, while the definition
> for m4_ifval says m4_ifval([cond], [if-true], [if-false]) expands to if-true
> if cond is NOT empty.
>
> This was rather confusing and I had to verify the correct behaviour via a
> configure.ac template.
>
> Hope this is corrected.
Thanks for the report; it is indeed a doc bug.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mostafa
I will push this once I know how to credit your name in THANKS (that is,
do you have a preferred name longer than just "Mostafa"?).
diff --git i/ChangeLog w/ChangeLog
index cad88b0..2ea3fb4 100644
--- i/ChangeLog
+++ w/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-01-11 Eric Blake <address@hidden>
+
+ docs: fix description of m4_ifval
+ * doc/autoconf.texi (Conditional constructs) <m4_ifval>: Use
+ correct argument order.
+ Reported by Mostafa.
+
2011-01-10 Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden>
docs: link to Gnulib configmake documentation.
diff --git i/doc/autoconf.texi w/doc/autoconf.texi
index b999f03..9f5494e 100644
--- i/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ w/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -11881,7 +11881,7 @@ Conditional constructs
Expands to @var{if-true} if @var{cond} is not empty, otherwise to
@var{if-false}. This is shorthand for:
@example
-m4_if(address@hidden, [], address@hidden, address@hidden)
+m4_if(address@hidden, [], address@hidden, address@hidden)
@end example
@end defmac
--
Eric Blake address@hidden +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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