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Re: AM_GNU_GETTEXT working with autoconf 2.50, yet again


From: Akim Demaille
Subject: Re: AM_GNU_GETTEXT working with autoconf 2.50, yet again
Date: 15 Jun 2001 10:45:27 +0200
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| Akim Demaille writes:
| > First, formatting changes.  There are *only* formatting changes.  Not
| > obvious given the length of the diffs, but trust me, there is not a
| > single change other than formatting (and changequote actually).
| 
| This is not helpful. Everyone has a different taste. De gustibus not
| disputandum est.

As you like, that's your problem.

| >     * configure.in: Do not use changequote.
| >     * m4/gettext.m4: Do not use changequote.
| 
| This is a regression. You are replacing a reliable method, changequote,
| by a less reliable one, namely duplicating random occurrences of brackets.

That's your opinion, if you don't care about mine on Autoconf, I won't
insist any longer.

| This is unreliable, as we have seen recently with the fileutils regex.m4
| macro, which uses unbalanced brackets. With changequote no problems. Without
| changequote, bugs.

Sure.



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