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Re: 18-m4-regexp.patch


From: Akim Demaille
Subject: Re: 18-m4-regexp.patch
Date: 03 Nov 2000 09:46:51 +0100
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>>>>> "Pavel" == Pavel Roskin <address@hidden> writes:

Pavel> Hello, Akim!
>> * autoconf.m4 (m4exit, patsubst, regexp, substr, translit):
>> Reestablish them.

Pavel> So, we are going to have "m4exit" in the old files (ac*.m4,
Pavel> configure.in) and "m4_exit" in the new files (m4*.m4)? Isn't it
Pavel> confusing?

Yes it is, but do we really care?  Shall we really strictly stick to
history, or we will give us a chance to have something uniform?

Anyway, these macros are reestablished only for user macros, Autoconf
itself uses just m4_exit.

Pavel> I must admit that I don't understand the concept behind all
Pavel> your hard renaming work

Uniformity.



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