On Thursday 26 January 2012 23:39:36 Paul Eggert wrote: > On 01/26/2012 05:46 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > as a higher level response, i don't see why AC_CHECK_SIZEOF in your > > example is attempting to execute code at all. the latest autoconf is > > much much nicer and can deduce type sizes purely based on compile tests. > > It can, but AC_CHECK_SIZEOF prefers runtime tests when not cross-compiling, > as that's faster (no need for a binary search).
ah, i did not realize that. i was so enamored by the awesomely simplistic array checking i must have missed it :). -mike
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