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Re: m4 ./ChangeLog ./TODO m4/Makefile.am m4/builtin...
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Re: m4 ./ChangeLog ./TODO m4/Makefile.am m4/builtin... |
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Tue, 17 Jun 2003 10:02:53 +0100 |
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> Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> > Log message:
> > Begin work on lifting the curse of the global variables. To start
> > with create a `struct m4' context container, and replace
> > `m4__symtab' with `context->symtab' throughout. This means
> > initialising a context container in main, and adjusting many
> > functions between main and the module entry points so that the
> > container gets passed through. It would have been nice to
> > defer this until after 1.5, but it has a major effect on the
> > user's module writing ABI, so it needs to be addressed now - at
> > least in the areas that impact the ABI. An interrelatated change
> > in the symtab API removes the dependency on a global symbol table,
> > and instead focuses on a passed table (from the context
> > container).
>
> Since the m4 discussion lists seem dead, I thought I'd email you
> directly on a question I had. Once installed, will m4-1.5 work with
> older autoconfs/libtools? Just out of curiosity...
>
> Cheers,
> Nicholas
Yep. It is fully backwards compatible with m4-1.4. Or at least, if it isn't
then that is a showstopper bug!
The lists aren't dead, they are just very quiet. I've been rather busy for the
last 18 months...
Cheers,
Gary
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