divert(-1) does not work in argument

[Enshan Wang]

enswan@ws/bin$ m4 <<<'changequote()changequote([,])divert(-1)good[]divert[]show'

show

enswan@ws/bin$ m4 <<<'changequote()changequote([,])include(divert(-1)good[]divert[]show)'

m4:stdin:1: cannot open `goodshow': No such file or directory

 

Maybe it’s not a bug, but I think the 2^nd m4 call should show that `show’: No such file or directory.

Looks include call still see the `good’ which I want to divert to -1 i.e. it should be discarded.

 

My version is 1.4.18. I did not try 1.6 version of m4. (BTW what’s the status of m4 1.6? should I use m4 1.6 or 1.4…?)

 

$ m4 --version

m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.18

 

Thanks.

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