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List:       autoconf
Subject:    Re: strncasecmp dcl
From:       Werner LEMBERG <wl () gnu ! org>
Date:       2001-06-28 19:52:02
Message-ID: 20010628.215202.23029639.wl () gnu ! org
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> Now, I took some more time to think about it, and here is my
> proposal: when $4 is not given (was introduced in 2.50a, did not
> exist before, so we are free to do whatever we want with it), just
> do what Autoconf always did: merely check it can be preprocessed ---
> yuck, how sad CPP was chosen here :-( ---, but when $4 is given,
> test with the compiler.

I like this.  If it is properly documented (with an example), I don't
see any problems.

Will you add a predefined test for string.h/strings.h (which I would
like to see)?


    Werner


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