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From: Greg Stein <gstein@lyra.org>
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Subject: Re: Apache autoconf leakage :-)
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<nit-mode>

How about just AC_P_DEFINE(APR, HAVE_STDIO). I think we'll always be
adding the "_", so let's remove it for clarity.

</nit-mode>

I like this idea for a solution. +1

I *really* don't think we should dump auto*, as Ryan as provided for an
option. That is where we are today. And that is where we are trying to
*leave*.

Cheers,
-g


On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Jim Jagielski wrote:

> Ryan Bloom wrote:
> > 
> > Yeah, my intention was to create the patches and send them off to the
> > autoconf guys.  I have no desire to maintain a bunch of patches against
> > their code.
> > 
> > If you've got a way to do this already cool, if not I don't think it will
> > be hard to add, but I can't look too closely at it yet, or I may be
> > infected by the GPL.  :-)  I love those lawyers.
> > 
> 
> Yeah... basically the idea was/is to create another macro, AC_P_DEFINE
> which added a prefix to the arguments. For example:
> 
>    AC_P_DEFINE(APR_,HAVE_STDIO)
> 
> would result in #define APR_HAVE_STDIO
> 
> I looked at extending AC_DEFINE but that required forcing the number
> of arguments; not good. Also looked at addining something like
> AC_AUTOPREFIX(APR_) and then AC_P_DEFINE(HAVE_STDIO) but I saw
> times when that would be limiting and result in trouble if anyone
> ever had the need for more than one "auto" prefix :/
> 

-- 
Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/