>>>>> "Lars" == Lars J Aas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Lars> On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 03:27:20PM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote:
Lars> :
Lars> : | #ifdef HAVE_SIGNAL_H : | # include <signal.h> : | #endif
Lars> :
Lars> : We promote #if over #ifdef.
Lars> Why?
Mostly elegance, and since the introduction of AC_CHECK_DECL, for good
reasons.
Lars> Isn't that only the case for "boolean" defines (either 0 or 1,
Lars> not defined or not defined)? I think the Borland compiler has
Lars> problems with "#if <DEFINE>" if <DEFINE> isn't defined to
Lars> something... I'll have to check again to be sure, though...
Many GNU packages use this and no problem has ever been reported.
