On 8/9/07, Joshua Hoblitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 08:43:54PM -0400, John W. Eaton wrote: > > Ugh. Don't do it like that. Instead, write something like > > > > your-config-header.h: > > -------------------- > > #ifdef __GNUC__ > > #define ATTR_MALLOC __attribute__((malloc)) > > #else > > #define ATTR_MALLOC > > #endif > > > > and then in your code, just use > > > > #include "your-config-header.h" > > ... > > void *myfunc (char *myvar) ATTR_MALLOC; > > The more I think about it the more I think this is a bad idea for > library code. It certainly makes the code more tidy but doesn't this > end up screwing any application that tries to link against your code? I > don't ever install config.h. >
I don't see it as more harmful than putting #ifdef in .c files. You must not install config.h, indeed. Anyway, ax_gcc_malloc_call should do that exact thing for you behind the scenes. I think. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
