>>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Hm, right, but it is so common, that providing a means to shorten
>> the configure.in would be welcome.
Alexandre> As long as there's a way to avoid having them defined, I'm
Alexandre> all for it.
OK.
>> AC_SUBST is cost less indeed
Alexandre> Not if you use automake. It will cause every single
Alexandre> Makefile to contain a definition of the AC_SUBSTed
Alexandre> variable.
I meant not expensive in terms of work done by the user, but I hear
you.
>> AC_DEFINE is painful: you have to set the value, and give the doc
>> string.
Alexandre> I don't recall having ever needed the PACKAGE name
Alexandre> #defined. The VERSION usually comes in handy, but I don't
Alexandre> see a reason to define them both by default.
I admit I never needed it, but I still use it religiously. Maybe
someday my package will have to be renamed, and it will be a precious
win to change its name only in configure.in instead of changing it
both in configure.in *and* main.c! That's a price I'm not ready to
pay :).
>> About AC_SUBST, I always wondered why we don't have
>> AC_SUBST(Var, Val)
Alexandre> Because you haven't posted a patch that implements this
Alexandre> yet? :-)
OK, will do :)
Akim
