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Re: value of a macro parameter and position of )


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: value of a macro parameter and position of )
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:52:24 -0700
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According to Vincent Torri on 2/15/2009 2:45 AM:
>> See node Macro Arguments in the m4 documentation: only leading unquoted
>> whitespace is skipped when collecting macro arguments.  All other
>> whitespace will become part of the argument.
> 
> ok, thank you

Autoconf also provides some whitespace manipulation macros, such as
m4_strip and m4_flatten.  Additionally, autoconf.git (the eventual 2.64
release) adds a new macro m4_chomp that can remove a trailing newline.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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