On 07/02/2012 07:22 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
>> How about the name AC_DEF_ONCE instead?
>
> Yes, this name is equally good, possibly better than AC_ONCE.
Technically, the AC_ namespace is reserved for autoconf, and introducing
a new AC_ name (whether AC_ONCE or AC_DEF_ONCE) in gnulib
Hi Paul,
> How about the name AC_DEF_ONCE instead?
Yes, this name is equally good, possibly better than AC_ONCE.
Thanks.
Bruno
On 07/02/2012 06:08 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> About the naming: The macro FOO in case (C) cannot take arguments and
> cannot be invoked; it is far from a "function" - and 'defun' in Lisp
> is meant to define a function.
Thanks for your careful analysis.
I worry that the name AC_ONCE is a bit cryp
Hi Eric,
> The canonical
> fix in gnulib is to use AC_DEFUN_ONCE instead of AC_DEFUN for any
> function that we want to guarantee that it gets expanded without
> triggering the older autoconf bug.
You're right; I should revert the patch and use
AC_DEFUN_ONCE([gl_FUNC_LOG],...) instead.
But I hav
