At Tuesday 01 June 2010, Ralf Wildenhues <ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de> wrote: > > I don't mind this patch, and it has been applied since, but I'll > note that we cannot reasonably expect $ac_objext and $ac_exeext to > be internal details, subject to change. The contents of > $ac_compile and $ac_link are, unfortunately, exposed and > practically part of the API. Well, Eric referred to them as "internal details" in a previous mail. And while they might not be exactly "internal", I think that relying on them in third-party code is bad practice, and I agree with Eric that we should suggest the use of $EXEEXT and $OBJEXT (which are AC_SUBST, and are used also by Automake IIRC).
Maybe the ChangeLog entry and the git commit message could have been expressed better, though. But that's not a big deal IMHO. Regards, Stefano