Re: EXEEXT: `cc -o' (Was: AC_CYGWIN etc.)

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Mo" == Mo DeJong <address@hidden> writes:

Mo> I have to wonder why you are setting the ac_exe_ext again in
Mo> _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_O? I mean, if the _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_DEFAULT
Mo> macro finds .exe as the suffix, why would you need to run "gcc -o
Mo> prog.exe foo.c" again and reset the suffix to .exe?

Since that's the one we want to use, I use a.exe to have a hint, and
then check it works.

Mo> If the _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_O macro is only meant to check that
Mo> compiling with the suffix found in _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_DEFAULT
Mo> works, then why should it set the suffix again (and possibly get
Mo> it wrong)?

I'd be fine with an error message if you prefer.