>>>>> "Ian" == Ian Lance Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ian> That's because the macro was intended for use with GNU make, to
Ian> decide what the default compilation rule should be.
Ah, OK. Thanks Ian!
Ian> On the other hand, changing it breaks backward compatibility for
Ian> no real advantage.
I was led to this question while prospecting how to finish cleaning
the interlingualization :) of Autoconf. We already have a source
producing layer which is OK, but we need to abstract the search for
the compiler, preprocessor and so on.
Hence the need for uniformity. But you are right:
Ian> You could just mark it obsolete, and invent a new macro with a
Ian> better name.
since we'll introduce new names, there's no big problem but of ethic:
seeing tests which pretend to be more general than the appear to be.
Akim
