> From: Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 05 Feb 2002 11:46:29 +0100 > > Bruce> Ah, the light dimly dawns. We need M4 to support > Bruce> pushquote/popquote. > > changecom, changequote, changeword and changesyntax are only command > line options which are moved into the M4 language.... Using these > guys during the execution is wrong.
Aren't you two in violent agreement? I think Bruce now understands why changequote doesn't work, and he is thinking of a new GNU M4 feature that should do what he wants. This feature cannot be implemented in terms of changequote; it has to be a primitive. Obviously users can't employ the proposed GNU M4 primitive in Autoconf now, since it doesn't exist yet, but I don't see why it would have to be avoided if it did its job well.
