Re: c99

2001-10-14 Thread vishnu
On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 09:44:46PM +0200, Guido Draheim wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Of course but i can't go back. The ability to declare variables > > anywhere is fantastic. i'm not even tempted to use C++ anymore. :-) > > if only I had enough time to work and extend the substruct-c

Re: AC_CHECK_LIB

2001-10-14 Thread Paul Eggert
> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 10:14:17 +0200 > From: Holger Veit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > AC_CHECK_LIB(cposix,strerror) > > ... > > But please don't ask me why AC_CHECK_LIB successes on OS/2 while it > > fails on Linux (both don't have a cposix). > > This test is Linuxish-only, and entirely WRONG! We'

Re: c99

2001-10-14 Thread vishnu
On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 09:07:54PM +0200, Guido Draheim wrote: > make a macro (after AC_PROG_CC) that includes a check like > TESTC99DECLARATIONS > if notOK and test $GCC = yes :: > save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" > CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -std=gnu99" > TESTC99DECLARATIONS > if stillnotOK :: > CFLAGS=s

Re: c99

2001-10-14 Thread Guido Draheim
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > {..} > Is this stylistically acceptable? *fg* oh well, speaking about style is (of course) a matter of taste and then a matter of whose taste it shall please. For a macro that you want to reuse in your own projects, yes looks good. Speaking as a maintainer of the (gnu

How can I keep CXXFLAGS in sync in all the directories in a shallow pacakge?

2001-10-14 Thread Eric Hanchrow
I like to pass certain flags, such as `-Wall', to the C++ compiler in all the directories of my package. Originally I had `CXXFLAGS=-Wall' in each of the Makefile.ams, but that duplication seemed wrong, and I sought a cleaner way to do it. I haven't yet found one. Here's how I'm now doing it, w