Re: [RFA] autotest speedup

[Paolo Bonzini]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > +[test -n "$at_traceon" && at_check_newline "AS_ESCAPE([$1], [`\"])"])])[]dnl
>
> One minor thing: at_check_newline is trace-specific (it doesn't merely
> check newlines; it does other stuff).  So we might as well migrate the
> "test -n" business into at_check_newline, no?  It'll make the code
> shorter and easier to read.  And perhaps its name could be changed to
> "at_check_traceable" or something like that.

I disagree because you can omit the test completely if the 
nontraceability is determined at m4 time.

Anyway I have to rush so I'll commit tomorrow and wait for your opinion 
if any.

Paolo