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Re: Adding an external project to autoconf


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: Adding an external project to autoconf
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:15:46 -0600
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According to Dan Smithers on 9/14/2009 3:18 AM:
> I had been using
> AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(zlib dir1 dir2)
> 
> I never really worked out whether there is any difference between () and
> ([]).

If none of zlib, dir1, nor dir2 is a macro, then your above line has no
semantic difference.  But it is a good habit to get into ALWAYS using the
([]) notation, to protect yourself from the day you DO pass a macro argument.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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