>>>>> "Lars" == Lars J Aas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Lars> No, you got the idea, except *_IF() isn't good since it's a
Lars> predicate that "evaluates" to true or false, not a macro that
Lars> has IF and IF-NOT arguments to run depending on a test...
I'm not sure what sense you'd give to true and false in our case...
Lars> In lisp/scheme, you name predicates e.g. "is-integer?" or just
Lars> "integer?". The C convention is for Guile to use names like
Lars> SCM_INTEGER_P(value) where _P means it is a predicate. I don't
Lars> think _P is something we should use,
That's what I would have chosen :)
Lars> and using "?" means changing the m4 word syntax, so it's
Lars> probably not an option either. We're really left with using
Lars> IS_* to mark predicates, so something like
Lars> AS_IS_EXECUTABLE(file) would be my suggestion.
Why do you want to departure from our sh ground?
Lars> Sure, but test is in a slightly different category. Since we're
Lars> working with non-portable flags here, is it always the case that
Lars> the flag is either supported or does not exist, or can a flag
Lars> have different meanings for different shells?
Good point, but not met yet. In addition, we try to present a ``POSIX
interface'', or say GNU interface, which will decide what is the
``right'' flag.
