At Tuesday 25 May 2010, Eric Blake <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 05/25/2010 09:15 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> > A nitpicking consistency patch.
> >
> > * doc/autoconf.texi (Runtime) <AC_RUN_IFELSE>: Suggest to use
> > `./conftest$ac_exeext' rather than `./conftest$EXEEXT' to run
> > the compiled program. This is done for consistency with the
> > documentation of AC_LINK_IFELSE.
>
> I'd actually rather go the other way - it is better to document
> external variables like $EXEEXT than to expose internal details
> like $ac_exeext;
Right.
> so it seems like AC_LINK_IFELSE should be the subject of the patch.
And AC_COMPILE_IFELSE too, since its documentation mentions
$ac_object.
I think I can amend the patch this evening, if that's ok for you.
Thanks,
Stefano
