Re: Allow explicit actions for AC_FUNC_MEMCMP

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Eisentraut <address@hidden> writes:

Peter> Akim Demaille writes:
>> I would like to suggest, instead, that you install two new macros
>> named AC_REPLACE_FUNC_MEMCMP and AC_CHECK_FUNC_MEMCMP.  Neither
>> take arguments (that's for later).

Peter> What would be the effects of these macros?  My guess would be
Peter> that AC_REPLACE_FUNC_MEMCMP would be the same as the current
Peter> AC_FUNC_MEMCMP, and AC_CHECK_FUNC_MEMCMP would simply define
Peter> HAVE_[WORKING_]?_MEMCMP.  Unfortunately, neither of these
Peter> satisfy my requirements.  I really need to be able to specify
Peter> an arbitrary action.

I understand that, but this is a risk for a future in which Autoconf
will have a uniform way to handle that for all the tested features.

In other words my answer is to be read ``no as this will cause
backward compatibility issues in the future''.