Re: Emit copyright notices in Autotest test suites

[Noah Misch]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 04:27:50PM +0100, Stepan Kasal wrote:
>       m4_define([a], [b])
>       m4_define([b], [[c]])
>       m4_define([c], [[d]])
> 
> then I'd use the term ``expand once'' for the change  a --> b.
> 
> I understand the term ``evaluate once'' as the full expansion  a --> c.

Hmmm, I had not thought to distinguish.

> So I'd use the term ``evaluated once''.
> I wasn't able to find any support for this in the m4 manual, though.

The M4 (1.4) manual always uses `expand', and I that is probably why I did the
same.  Either word is fine by me, though.