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Re: AC_PROG_CXX_C_O


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: AC_PROG_CXX_C_O
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 14:33:51 -0700
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That looks good to me, except let's not remove this comment:

> -# The usefulness of this macro is questionable, as I can't really see
> -# why anyone would use it.  The only reason I include it is for
> -# completeness, since a similar test exists for the C compiler.



> I actually don't know whether there exists a losing
> Fortran compiler outside of the Cray-Cyber museum, but if Automake
> is going to use the macros, it's IMHO not suitable to suggest that
> Autoconf could remove them.

Welllll, strictly speaking, the comment doesn't suggest that Autoconf
could remove the macro.  Autoconf could turn it into a
backward-compatibility no-op, for example.




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