> It is worth noting that:
>
> 1999-01-09 J"orn Rennecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> * acgeneral.m4 (AC_CHECK_FUNC): Don't actually call the function.
>
> unfortunately there is no further information :( J_rn, can you explain
> this? Is it to make the difference between macros and functions?
Basically, when you call a function with the wrong number of arguments,
there is at least one linker that will complain, thus making the test
fail.
See http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/1998-10/msg00712.html for details.
By not actually calling the function, the mismatch of the arguments
is avoided.
