Re: m4_set_contains cannot find key

2016-03-19 Thread Eric Blake
On 03/18/2016 05:39 AM, Petre Pircalabu wrote: > Please disregard this question. The m4 preprocessing is done before > "configure", so the m4 preprocessor has no way of knowing about the > variable. Correct - you were mixing two languages (m4 and shell), and which gets run when. >> m4_set_add([fo

m4_set_contains cannot find key

2016-03-19 Thread Petre Pircalabu
Hello, I'm getting a false negative when trying to test if a set contains a key. The key is specified as a variable in configure.ac. Can you please take a look at the following code snippet? m4_set_add([food], [fish]) m4_set_add([food], [steak]) m4_set_add([food], [junk]) meal=junk AC_MSG_CHEC

Re: m4_set_contains cannot find key

2016-03-18 Thread Petre Pircalabu
Please disregard this question. The m4 preprocessing is done before "configure", so the m4 preprocessor has no way of knowing about the variable. Many thanks, Petre On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 2:47 AM, Petre Pircalabu wrote: > Hello, > > I'm getting a false negative when trying to test if a set con