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Re: Comments on auto* macros
- To: hans dot plesser at itf dot nlh dot no
- Subject: Re: Comments on auto* macros
- From: Brian Gough <bjg at network-theory dot co dot uk>
- Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 22:10:45 +0100 (BST)
- Cc: gsl-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <15113.27065.87202.662706@itfhep.nlh.no>
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Hans Ekkehard Plesser writes:
> But I must admit that (as an auto* layman), I am still quite confused
> after reading these pages. E.g., I just spent some half hour to find
> out that the AM_PATH_GSL test has to come before the AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
> switch, because the c++ compiler otherwise complains about an implicit
> cast in line 74 of gsl.m4. The same seems to hold for the inline
> tests. Is this ordering of tests absolutely trivial for anyone
> experienced with autoconf? If not, could you include a hint in the
> documentation?
I think the macros had only been used with a C compiler not C++, so
that problem hadn't been encountered before. I'll add that to the
documentation.
regards
Brian Gough