On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Zack Weinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 1:54 AM, Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Zack Weinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Would it be possible for autoconf to notice when AC_CHECK_SIZEOF has > > > been applied to one of these types and issue a warning? > > > > Sure, autoconf could look for those textual patterns. > > Also for "char unsigned", and for "char signed".
But not "char *" or "char [20]". > Any or all of the above. I'm for user education, though, which is why > I suggested the warning; I think that'll get more attention than a > note in the manual (though if you do do the warning, a more detailed > explanation in the manual would be good as well). There's a lot of "foo * sizeof (char)" floating around too - in C source. Not even with a typedef obscuring the char-ness. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
