> That makes it not the best choice to limit oneself to a list of compiler > names and choose the options by that - it is the very same scheme why > autoconf people have always argued against using "case $host" sequences > and have generic feature tests all around. In real life, well, we use > a mixed style - but a real feature test should always be preferred, and > I was hoping that the presented scheme is good enough in this respect.
Agreed. Not only is your scheme more robust (it works on a larger set of compilers with no changes), but the code is also a lot shorter and more concise. Bravo :-) -- http://www.iki.fi/vl/
