Hi, On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 12:23:13AM -0800, Noah Misch wrote: > In general, always double-quote a macro argument that you wish to make a > literal; that is, an argument in which m4 should not expand quotation or macro > calls. Quote an argument only once to simply protect internal commas and > unmatched parentheses. The node ``Autoconf Language'' describes this. of course, we all omit the double-quoting brackets for simple strings where we don't expect that m4 expansion might interfere. But as Noah said, there is no point to single-quote them. Please note that there is a trap: the ``description texts'', like in AS_HELP_STRING or AC_DEFINE. These strings are subject to line breaking, so they are not ``literal strings'' and you may not double-quote them. (I'm writing a patch to the autoconf manual which would mention this.) Have a nice day, Stepan _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
