> * Paolo Bonzini wrote on Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:16:12PM CET: >> Ralf Wildenhues wrote: >>> It looks to me like overall, the shell function changes will make user >>> code even more reliant on correct M4 quotation than before. >> Why? > > Because the changes introduce more elaborate M4 constructions overall, > relying more on correct user-side quoting than was needed before. > At least that's my impression, I do not have hard data for this.
But the elaborate stuff is hidden in the definition of shell functions, which is the same for all configure scripts; the actual expansion of macros (which now just do calls to the functions) is simplified, do not go through zillions of macros before something is actually done. So I expected the other way round, though I don't have hard data either. > Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to criticize. I knew. :-) Paolo
