On 02/01/2011 04:15 AM, Russ Allbery wrote:
Paul Eggert<eggert@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
In Gnulib:
* Rename gnulib's AC_HEADER_STDBOOL to gl_HEADER_STDBOOL.
* Remove the AC_DEFINE([HAVE_STDBOOL_H], ...) from gl_HEADER_STDBOOL.
* Rename gnulib's AM_STDBOOL_H to gl_STDBOOL_H.
In Autoconf:
* Mark AC_HEADER_STDBOOL as obsolescent, and suggest to
Autoconf users that in the future they use gnulib if they want to
be portable to pre-C99 hosts with respect to<stdbool.h>.
Please don't make this last change in Autoconf. AC_HEADER_STDBOOL in
Autoconf works well right now for people who do not use gnulib,
Agreed. I am one of these users.
and I
don't think that it's a good idea to mark obsolescent a working Autoconf
macro to try to "push" people towards using gnulib instead.
Agreed, again.
For real-world projects, gnulib often is not a viable alternative.
Ralf
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