> -----Original Message-----
> From: Akim Demaille [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 4:55 PM
> To: Pavel Roskin
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Forbidden strings
>
>
> >>>>> "Pavel" == Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Pavel> Hello, Akim!
> >> In Autoconf, the words which include _A?_, A?_, _m4_, m4_ are
> >> forbidden, in order to diagnose unexpanded macros. There is
> >> (currently) no escape to this rule.
>
> Pavel> Not _m4_.
>
> Then we should, shouldn't we? Not necessarily *_m4_*, but at least
> _m4_*.
>
> >> What should we do?
>
> Pavel> Return to A[CHMSTU]
>
> I'd rather take almost the full range and except AR if we need to.
>
I know of libtool use of AR_FLAGS, I also know of others using AS_FLAGS for
assembler flags (true these are not so frequent but...)
Whar is AS_xxx used for in autoconf?
BTW, rejecting _A?_ seems acceptable, but A?_ should be restricted to those
we *really* need
Regards,
Bernard
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