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Re: more m4 quoting
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: more m4 quoting |
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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