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Re: [bug-gnulib] standards.texi error function
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [bug-gnulib] standards.texi error function |
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Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:17:09 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
> Why is it complex to tell whether `error' is in libc, why does it need
> a special macro? Isn't AC_CHECK_FUNC sufficient?
I suspect it's not, because "error" is such a common name, and it's
likely that some operating system defines it to mean something else.
Historically this Autoconf code has always checked for "error_at_line"
instead, making sure that it accepts arguments compatible with the
glibc API. I don't know the exact history behind this, but I'd be a
bit dubious about simply checking for "error".
- Re: [bug-gnulib] standards.texi error function, (continued)
- Re: [bug-gnulib] standards.texi error function, Paul Eggert, 2004/12/06
- Re: [bug-gnulib] standards.texi error function, Richard Stallman, 2004/12/07
- Re: [bug-gnulib] standards.texi error function, Paul Eggert, 2004/12/07
- Re: [bug-gnulib] standards.texi error function, Richard Stallman, 2004/12/09
- Re: [bug-gnulib] standards.texi error function, Paul Eggert, 2004/12/08
- Re: [bug-gnulib] standards.texi error function, Richard Stallman, 2004/12/09
- Re: [bug-gnulib] standards.texi error function, Paul Eggert, 2004/12/09
- Re: [bug-gnulib] standards.texi error function, Richard Stallman, 2004/12/13
- Re: [bug-gnulib] standards.texi error function, Paul Eggert, 2004/12/13
- Re: [bug-gnulib] standards.texi error function, Richard Stallman, 2004/12/14
- Re: [bug-gnulib] standards.texi error function,
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