-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Paul Eggert on 8/23/2006 4:43 PM: > >>> 3. Whether 'define' implies 'undefine' or 'popdef'. >>> ... >>> For (3) perhaps we can ask POSIX to allow the GNU behavior; then >>> we can remove the POSIXLY_CORRECT dependency. >> Actually, for (3), I'm not even sure POSIX has an opinion one way or the >> other - it is only the NEWS file of GNU m4 that claims that POSIX required >> the undefine() behavior, > > I just now read the POSIX spec and I agree with you: it does not > clearly state the behavior one way or the other. Therefore GNU m4 can > and should do it the "right" way, regardless of POSIXLY_CORRECT. Or, > if you want to be more conservative about this, we can ask for a > ruling that this is OK (I'm pretty sure the answer will be "yes" given > the longstanding default behavior of GNU M4).
Hmm, that's not quite what we thought earlier: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/m4-patches/2003-06/msg00035.html I'll go ahead and file that aardvark. - -- Life is short - so eat dessert first! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE7RU984KuGfSFAYARAu8oAKCbXGAPd+Tuu4HtymtdnfVD5h3KPgCgzFhb OZjyMnsH4zQqXZ8pL0Wk9BM= =IYGf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ M4-discuss mailing list M4-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/m4-discuss
