Re: Warnings for excessive macro arguments

2010-08-24 Thread Yavor Doganov
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Yavor Doganov wrote on Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 09:10:49PM CEST: > > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > AC_INIT([Pkg], [1.0], [bug], [pkg], [website]) > > > > > > Do you think that 'autoconf-2.63 -Wall -Werror' should have errored out > > > for the website argument? > > > > Of

Re: Warnings for excessive macro arguments

2010-08-24 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Yavor Doganov wrote on Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 09:10:49PM CEST: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > Let's use a specific example: > > > > AC_INIT([Pkg], [1.0], [bug], [pkg], [website]) > > > > Do you think that 'autoconf-2.63 -Wall -Werror' should have errored out > > for the website argument? > > Of

Re: Warnings for excessive macro arguments

2010-08-24 Thread Yavor Doganov
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Let's use a specific example: > > AC_INIT([Pkg], [1.0], [bug], [pkg], [website]) > > Do you think that 'autoconf-2.63 -Wall -Werror' should have errored out > for the website argument? Of course it should not and it would not error out. 2.63 is history, so there's no

Re: Warnings for excessive macro arguments

2010-08-23 Thread Eric Blake
On 08/23/2010 03:45 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: * Yavor Doganov wrote on Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 09:42:54PM CEST: Eric Blake wrote: I have to wonder if there are cases where rejecting extra arguments might not be advisable, No, the behavior should remain the same (silently ignoring them); any cha

Re: Warnings for excessive macro arguments

2010-08-23 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Yavor Doganov wrote on Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 09:42:54PM CEST: > Eric Blake wrote: > > I have to wonder if there are cases where rejecting extra arguments > > might not be advisable, > > No, the behavior should remain the same (silently ignoring them); any > change smells like a dangerous path to