On 20/10/2017 12:27, Laszlo Ersek wrote: >> +if compile_object "-Werror" "" ; then >> + : >> +else > Is this an established idiom for the configure script, in place of: > > if ! compile_object "-Werror" "" ; then > > ? > > Looks good to me otherwise.
I tend not use "if !". In general that's just me, but in this case I think it's useful to point out that a successful compile does nothing; generally it's the successful compile that adjusts command line arguments. Paolo