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commit c8d2326a71e420cd57e2b7100d70135437577c3a
Author: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
Date:   Fri Sep 28 10:44:16 2012 -0700

    AC_PROG_CC: clarify documentation, encourage -qlanglvl=extc1x
    
    * doc/autoconf.texi (C Compiler): Document the intent of AC_PROG_CC
    better.  It's not meant to check for strict conformance, only to
    get the latest version with extensions.
    (Running the Preprocessor, Present But Cannot Be Compiled):
    Document new diagnostic wording.
    * lib/autoconf/c.m4 (_AC_C_STD_TRY): Change diagnostic wording from
    "checking for gcc option to accept ISO C11" to
    "checkint for gcc option to enable C11 features", as this better
    reflects what is actually happening.
    (_AC_PROG_CC_C99): Put -qlanglvl=extc1x here ...
    (_AC_PROG_CC_C11): ... rather than here, as it doesn't pass the C11
    test with IBM XL C V12.1, and the point is to enable features not to
    test for strict conformance.

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Summary of changes:
 doc/autoconf.texi |   19 ++++++++++---------
 lib/autoconf/c.m4 |   18 +++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 08082aa..e0666d4 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -7247,17 +7247,18 @@ this:
 AC_PROG_CC([gcc cl cc])
 @end example
 
-If the C compiler cannot compile ISO Standard C (currently
-C11), try to add an option to output variable @code{CC} to make it work.
-If the compiler does not support C11, fall back to supporting
-ISO C99; if C99 does not work, fall back to ANSI C89 (ISO C90).
-When testing for ISO C versions, use GNU extensions if available.
+If necessary, add an option to output variable @code{CC} to enable
+support for ISO Standard C features with extensions.  Prefer the newest
+C standard that is supported.  Currently the newest standard is ISO C11,
+with ISO C99 and ANSI C89 (ISO C90) being the older versions.
 After calling this macro you can check whether the C compiler has been
 set to accept Standard C; if not, the shell variable
 @code{ac_cv_prog_cc_stdc} is set to @samp{no}.
 
 When attempting to add compiler options, prefer extended functionality
-modes over strict conformance modes.  Test for C11 support by checking
+to strict conformance: the goal is to enable whatever standard features
+that are available, not to check for full conformance to the standard or
+to prohibit incompatible extensions.  Test for C11 support by checking
 for @code{_Alignas}, @code{_Alignof}, @code{_Noreturn},
 @code{_Static_assert}, UTF-8 string literals, duplicate @code{typedef}s,
 and anonymous structures and unions.  Test for C99 support by checking
@@ -9289,7 +9290,7 @@ checking whether we are cross compiling... no
 checking for suffix of object files... o
 checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
 checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
-checking for gcc option to accept ISO C11... -std=gnu11
+checking for gcc option to enable C11 features... -std=gnu11
 checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -std=gnu11 -E
 OK
 @end example
@@ -25923,7 +25924,7 @@ checking whether we are cross compiling... no
 checking for suffix of object files... o
 checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
 checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
-checking for gcc option to accept ISO C11... -std=gnu11
+checking for gcc option to enable C11 features... -std=gnu11
 checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -std=gnu11 -E
 checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
 checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
@@ -25972,7 +25973,7 @@ checking whether we are cross compiling... no
 checking for suffix of object files... o
 checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
 checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
-checking for gcc option to accept ISO C11... -std=gnu11
+checking for gcc option to enable C11 features... -std=gnu11
 checking for number.h... yes
 checking for pi.h... yes
 @end example
diff --git a/lib/autoconf/c.m4 b/lib/autoconf/c.m4
index 0309416..ad40527 100644
--- a/lib/autoconf/c.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/c.m4
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ dnl SVR4                  -Xc -D__EXTENSIONS__
 # helps, append it to CC.  If eventually successful, run ACTION-IF-AVAILABLE,
 # else ACTION-IF-UNAVAILABLE.
 AC_DEFUN([_AC_C_STD_TRY],
-[AC_MSG_CHECKING([for $CC option to accept ISO ]m4_translit($1, [c], [C]))
+[AC_MSG_CHECKING([for $CC option to enable ]m4_translit($1, [c], [C])[ 
features])
 AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_prog_cc_$1,
 [ac_cv_prog_cc_$1=no
 ac_save_CC=$CC
@@ -1347,7 +1347,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([_AC_PROG_CC_C99],
 [_AC_C_C99_TEST_BODY],
 dnl Try
 dnl GCC                -std=gnu99 (unused restrictive modes: -std=c99 
-std=iso9899:1999)
-dnl IBM XL C   -qlanglvl=extc99 (unused restrictive mode: -qlanglvl=stdc99)
+dnl IBM XL C   -qlanglvl=extc1x (V12.1; does not pass C11 test)
+dnl IBM XL C   -qlanglvl=extc99
+dnl            (pre-V12.1; unused restrictive mode: -qlanglvl=stdc99)
 dnl HP cc      -AC99
 dnl Intel ICC  -std=c99, -c99 (deprecated)
 dnl IRIX       -c99
@@ -1364,7 +1366,7 @@ dnl               good enough.  For more, please see the 
thread starting at:
 dnl            http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2010-12/msg00059.html
 dnl Tru64      -c99
 dnl with extended modes being tried first.
-[[-std=gnu99 -std=c99 -c99 -AC99 -D_STDC_C99= -qlanglvl=extc99]], [$1], 
[$2])[]dnl
+[[-std=gnu99 -std=c99 -c99 -AC99 -D_STDC_C99= -qlanglvl=extc1x 
-qlanglvl=extc99]], [$1], [$2])[]dnl
 ])# _AC_PROG_CC_C99
 
 
@@ -1432,9 +1434,15 @@ struct anonymous
 ]],
 dnl Try
 dnl GCC                -std=gnu11 (unused restrictive mode: -std=c11)
-dnl IBM XL C   -qlanglvl=extc1x (no extc11 or (unused) stdc11 in V12.1)
 dnl with extended modes being tried first.
-[[-std=gnu11 -qlanglvl=extc1x]], [$1], [$2])[]dnl
+dnl
+dnl Do not try -qlanglvl=extc1x, because IBM XL C V12.1 (the latest version as
+dnl of September 2012) does not pass the C11 test.  For now, try extc1x when
+dnl compiling the C99 test instead, since it enables _Static_assert and
+dnl _Noreturn, which is a win.  If -qlanglvl=extc11 or -qlanglvl=extc1x passes
+dnl the C11 test in some future version of IBM XL C, we'll add it here,
+dnl preferably extc11.
+[[-std=gnu11]], [$1], [$2])[]dnl
 ])# _AC_PROG_CC_C11
 
 


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