Re: AC_DEFINE statements in glib-gettext.m4

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

James Henstridge <james daa com au> writes:

> Owen Taylor wrote:
> 
> >James Henstridge <james daa com au> writes:
> >
> >>It would be quite useful to add the third argument (the description)
> >>to the two AC_DEFINE() calls in glib-gettext.m4.  This would mean that
> >>if someone adds a call to AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT to their app, they don't
> >>have to remember to put anything extra in their acconfig.h file (in
> >>fact, the acconfig.h file is considered a deprecated for newer
> >>autoconf versions).
> >>
> >>This change would not affect any existing configure scripts (it is not
> >>an error to list the config var in both acconfig.h and pass the third
> >>arg to AC_DEFINE).
> >>
> >>Any objections to adding the descriptions?
> >>
> >
> >Is the 3rd argument allowed with autoconf-2.13. While we
> >
> yes it does work with 2.13.  From the 2.13 info pages:
>  - Macro: AC_DEFINE (VARIABLE [, VALUE [, DESCRIPTION]])
>      Define C preprocessor variable VARIABLE.  If VALUE is given, set
>      VARIABLE to that value (verbatim), otherwise set it to 1.  VALUE ...
> 
> (I am not even sure if m4 macros can check if they have been passed
> too many arguments anyway).

OK, feel free to go ahead and the descriptions then.

Regards,
                                        Owen