Re: adding bison's warning.m4

[Jim Meyering]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Any objection to adding a slight generalization of bison's warning.m4, below?
>
> No objection here.  But the only non-whitespace change in the file you

I've added it.

> sent was to change its name from BISON_WARNING to gl_C_WARNING, so
> that "slight generalization" has me confused.  Did you intend some
> other change too?

No.

> One idea, since we're going to change the name anyway: how about
> changing the name from gl_WARNING_CFLAGS instead, since it operates by
> setting CFLAGS and it sets WARNING_CFLAGS?

I prefer that name, too.

>> BTW, who's the author?  Paul?
>
> I think it's Jesse Thilo.  At least, he checked it into CVS in 2000,
> and was the principal maintainer of Bison until 2000.

I tried to reach him, but neither his pobox.com nor
gnu.org addresses works.