Re: macro-writer macro up for adoption...

2000-02-25 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Lars" == Lars J Aas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Lars> Wouldn't think that would be necessary (except for readability), Lars> unless you have some sh eval use that looks like the builting Lars> eval macro given arguments? Huh? Sorry, I don't understand. Are your referring to the fact t

Re: macro-writer macro up for adoption...

2000-02-25 Thread Lars J. Aas
On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 11:43:15AM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote: : > "Lars" == Lars J Aas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : : Lars> I figured that using illegal macro-names and indir'ing : Lars> everything could help me avoid "accidental" macro-expansions and : Lars> keep the sub-macros "local" in

Re: macro-writer macro up for adoption...

2000-02-25 Thread Akim Demaille
Well, if you're brand new to m4, you're work is even more impressive :) > "Lars" == Lars J Aas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Lars> I figured that using illegal macro-names and indir'ing Lars> everything could help me avoid "accidental" macro-expansions and Lars> keep the sub-macros "local" in

Re: macro-writer macro up for adoption...

2000-02-25 Thread Lars J. Aas
On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 10:31:06AM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote: : Hi Lars, : : | I've written a macro which makes it easier to write more flexible : | autoconf-macros, and I thought some of you might find it interesting. : : It's interesting work which might be useful someday in Autoconf, but : f

Re: macro-writer macro up for adoption...

2000-02-25 Thread Akim Demaille
Hi Lars, | I've written a macro which makes it easier to write more flexible | autoconf-macros, and I thought some of you might find it interesting. It's interesting work which might be useful someday in Autoconf, but for now, I don't think we want to introduce ``complications''. In fact, we'r

macro-writer macro up for adoption...

2000-02-23 Thread Lars J. Aas
I've written a macro which makes it easier to write more flexible autoconf-macros, and I thought some of you might find it interesting. It's in the public domain so do whatever you want with it (except pornographic stuff - I won't have any of that... ;) I've called it SIM_PARSE_MODIFIER_LIST() an