Hi,
On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 12:23:13AM -0800, Noah Misch wrote:
> In general, always double-quote a macro argument that you wish to make a
> literal; that is, an argument in which m4 should not expand quotation or macro
> calls. Quote an argument only once to simply protect internal commas and
> unmatched parentheses. The node ``Autoconf Language'' describes this.
of course, we all omit the double-quoting brackets for simple strings where we
don't expect that m4 expansion might interfere.
But as Noah said, there is no point to single-quote them.
Please note that there is a trap: the ``description texts'', like in
AS_HELP_STRING or AC_DEFINE. These strings are subject to line breaking, so
they
are not ``literal strings'' and you may not double-quote them.
(I'm writing a patch to the autoconf manual which would mention this.)
Have a nice day,
Stepan
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