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Re: more m4 quoting


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: more m4 quoting
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:26:28 +0100
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Eric Blake wrote:
> > What's the rationale of quoting purely numeric m4 arguments, like in
> >    AC_DEFINE([FOO], [1], ...)  ?
> > It looks a bit like clutter to me, since quoting does not matter here. But
> > if you and Eric and Simon are willing to do this purely for consistency,
> > I'm going with it as well.
> 
> I like the consistency - it's easier to quote everything than it is to
> explain why some arguments don't need quoting.

OK, I've updated all the configure.ac files in packages that I maintain,
to match this coding style.

Bruno




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