>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 21:07:10 +1100 (EST) From: Jeroen van den >> Muyzenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > Seems to me that there has been a great deal of effort into >> dealing with > > "brain-damaged" compilers. Why stop now? >> > >> > Because the code is working now. In the case of the other >> compilers I > mentioned, the resulting code didn't work. >> >> Well, some of us are willing to put in the effort. Paul> That's fine, and you can certainly talk us into further Paul> improvements here, but we need something that continues to work Paul> with those brain-damaged compilers (as well as with the Cray Paul> compiler, which is merely irritating). Simply checking the Paul> compiler's exit status isn't enough, unfortunately. Also, please include exact reference to the version of Autoconf you are running, as things have changed in this area.
