On Feb 29, 2000, Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gosh, it feels good when m4 finally agrees to do what you wanted to
> :-)
:-)
> I have implemented support for $.@, which is [$1].[$2]. etc. (`.' is
> the separator, defaults to comma), and for $.*, which is
> smash($1).smash($2). etc., where `.' defaults to `:', and `smash'
> singles out all the white spaces.
Amazing. Truly amazing. Great work :-)
> Bwahaha :) So I think we will be able to start using this in
> Automake, no?
Most definitely :-)
> PS/ Beware there is a literal ^Q in it, which you need if you want
> this to work properly. BTW, is it normal that bash does not split
> around ^A? I found nothing like this in the doc:
I don't think it's good practice to embed such weird characters in
shell scripts. I'd rather expand the trace commands into $trace_m4 as
they come in.
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