Re: Revamping AC_CHECK_FUNC and AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC

2000-07-24 Thread Joern Rennecke
> It is worth noting that: > > 1999-01-09 J"orn Rennecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * acgeneral.m4 (AC_CHECK_FUNC): Don't actually call the function. > > unfortunately there is no further information :( J_rn, can you explain > this? Is it to make the difference between macros and function

Revamping AC_CHECK_FUNC and AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC

2000-07-24 Thread Akim Demaille
I never understood why the code between the two was different. I think it should not be, and the proposal from Paul (using `return !the_function') seems like a very nice idea. Translated from 2.13 into 2.50 the difference between those two macros is expressed by the existence of the two followi