> From: Jens Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 19 Dec 2001 18:32:57 +0900 > > Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > It's called "underquoting". > > However I note that this seems to be a change of behaviour > compared to 2.52. autoconf-2.52 on my configure.ac file > generates a good configure file.
If you underquote, the results are undefined. They might work, and they might not. They might work in one release and they might stop working in the next release. I suppose it'd be nice if Autoconf could detect underquoting automatically, or at least the common instances....
