Ohh thank you for telling me. Sorry i read too fast the manual. I just
copied and pasted the AS_IF function from the pdf autoconf manual, and i
kept the space. Too lazy :)
I am Juan Carlos Hurtado to introduce myself to the list :).
Thank you very much.
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Eric Blake <ebb9@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> [adding autoconf-patches; replies can drop autoconf]
>
> According to adso 0000 on 1/8/2010 5:48 AM:
> > maybe i am saying some none sense but....
> > Have you check to don't leave any space between the name of the macro and
> > their arguments.
> > for example:
> > "AS_IF (" fails for me but
> > "AS_IF(" it works.
>
> Correct. This is an artifact of m4's parsing rules, and the autoconf
> manual is explicit about this fact, in the second paragraph of:
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html#Autoconf-Language
>
> Actually, that paragraph would work better with an explicit example, so
> I'm considering adding this patch. It is currently incomplete: do you
> have a preferred name that you would like to be credited as in the THANKS
> and ChangeLog entry?
>
> --
> Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
>
> Eric Blake ebb9@xxxxxxx
>
> From e468c08f9e3b3ed27f9e5c6d9fb4f92c7a931982 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Eric Blake <ebb9@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 06:52:58 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH] WIP: Clarify language handling of opening parenthesis.
>
> FIXME - waiting for feedback on attribution name
>
> * doc/autoconf.texi (Autoconf Language): Give an example of
> improper argument passing.
> * THANKS: Update.
> Reported by adso_0000.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> ChangeLog | 8 ++++++++
> doc/autoconf.texi | 9 ++++++++-
> 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
> index 2765bda..0699db0 100644
> --- a/ChangeLog
> +++ b/ChangeLog
> @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
> +2010-01-08 Eric Blake <ebb9@xxxxxxx>
> +
> + Clarify language handling of opening parenthesis.
> + * doc/autoconf.texi (Autoconf Language): Give an example of
> + improper argument passing.
> + * THANKS: Update.
> + Reported by adso_0000.
> +
> 2010-01-05 Eric Blake <ebb9@xxxxxxx>
>
> Improve release automation.
> diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
> index cc19284..41d0443 100644
> --- a/doc/autoconf.texi
> +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
> @@ -1132,7 +1132,14 @@ Autoconf Language
> quotation.
>
> When calling macros that take arguments, there must not be any white
> -space between the macro name and the open parenthesis. Arguments should
> +space between the macro name and the open parenthesis.
> +
> +@example
> +AC_INIT ([oops], [1.0]) # incorrect
> +AC_INIT([hello], [1,0]) # good
> +@end example
> +
> +Arguments should
> be enclosed within the quote characters @samp{[} and @samp{]}, and be
> separated by commas. Any leading blanks or newlines in arguments are
> ignored,
> unless they are quoted. You should always quote an argument that
> --
> 1.6.4.2
>
>
>
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