Re: optional features and AC_ARG_WITH

[Gregorio Guidi]

On Wednesday 16 February 2005 16:31, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 06:05:12PM +0100, Gregorio Guidi wrote:
> > Note: as you can see, the patch assumes there will be a solution for the
> > "AC_REQUIRE in shell conditional" issue.
>
> actually, I believe that both my proposals will get actually implemented.
> But the AS_IF solution is already checked in to the autoconf CVS.

If there will be another solution, I would prefer to avoid AS_IF. After all, 
an example is meant to be a way to demonstate how easy it is to do something, 
and using another macro can only scare away people that are already 
intimidated by autoconf :)