Re: 08-builtins-in-m4.patch

[Pavel Roskin]

On 30 Oct 2000, Akim Demaille wrote:

> 
> Index: ChangeLog
> from  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
>       
>       In M4sugar, move `define', `undefine', and `defn' into the `m4_'
>       name space.
>       
>       * m4sugar.m4 (m4_define, m4_defn, m4_undefine): New macros.
>       (define, defn, undefine): Undefine.
>       Adjust all uses.
>       * m4sh.m4: Adjust.
>       * autoconf.m4: Reenable these builtins.
>       * m4sugar.m4 (m4_expansion_stack_dump): Use m4_copy.

Ok.

> +# M4sugar and M4sh use exclusively the `m4_' prefix, but Autoconf,
> +# for historical reasons, uses the old names.

I'm not sure I understand the historical reasons. You mean the user code
(configure.in, alclocal.m4)?

> +m4_undefine([define])

I trust your judgement, but doing such things now can delay Autoconf-2.50
by another month or two :-(

Regards,
Pavel Roskin