Re: RFC: support m4 lists more widely

[Eric Sunshine]

On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 14:52:19 +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> This patch allows one to use m4 lists together with AC_CHECK_FUNCS and
> friend.  This is mostly an RFC because I also intend to
> replace existing uses of AC_CHECK_FUNCS and friends to use m4 lists, and to
> attack the autoupdate issue which I mention in the (patched) TODO file.

Excerpt from patch:

+AC_CHECK_PROGS(AWK, [gawk, awk, mawk, nawk])
+AC_CHECK_PROGS(AWK, gawk awk mawk nawk)

I noticed several places in the patch for autoconf.texi where inconsistent  
quoting is used, such as in the above example.  Since proper quoting is now  
the recommended Autoconf "way", I would have expected the examples to quote  
both arguments, rather than just one or neither.  For instance:

AC_CHECK_PROGS([AWK], [gawk, awk, mawk, nawk])
AC_CHECK_PROGS([AWK], [gawk awk mawk nawk])

Was the inconsistent quoting just a simple oversight?

-- ES