On 02/01/11 07:58, Eric Blake wrote: > I've already spent too long writing this email
Oh my yes. But how about another alternative: in Autoconf, split AC_HEADER_STDBOOL into two pieces. The large piece (with a new name) would be identical to what's in gl_HEADER_STDBOOL. The small piece, still named AC_HEADER_STDBOOL, would invoke the gl_HEADER_STDBOOL-equivalent, and would also set HAVE_STDBOOL_H. This wouldn't affect existing Autoconf usage, and would allow us to keep Autoconf in sync with gnulib as far as gl_HEADER_STDBOOL's contents go. I am less optimistic that gl_HEADER_STDBOOL's contents won't need further changes, given that MSVC still doesn't support stdbool, and may support it in the future.
