AC_PROG_[CC,CXX] are able to detect and use cl (the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler); but things fall apart quickly as soon as one tries to do something like check for a library. cl doesn't understand POSIX compiler command line arguments, so the likes of AC_CHECK_LIB just don't work.
The Coin <http://coin3d.org> folks have solved this by using a wrapper that translates the POSIX arguments to cl-ese. I'm wondering (1) if such a thing as this would be considered a useful addition to autoconf itself; and (2), if so, what kind of requirements it would need to meet (i.e., presumably it ought to be written in sh). -- Braden McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Software Engineer, Object Sciences Corporation
