Hi,
as a reaction to
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/m4-discuss/2005-02/msg00000.html
I've written the attached patch. Would you check it to m4 CVS?
Have a nice day,
Stepan Kasal
2005-02-03 Stepan Kasal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* TODO: Add two items.
Index: TODO
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RCS file: /cvsroot/m4/m4/TODO,v
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -r1.13 TODO
--- TODO 12 Aug 2003 15:33:56 -0000 1.13
+++ TODO 3 Feb 2005 07:03:10 -0000
@@ -59,6 +59,21 @@
* FEATURES OR PROBLEMS
+ + We need a way to ask for one level of expansion; this is somewhat
+ similar, but not identical, to `defn'. For example:
+ expandonce(`macro(a, b, c)')
+ would return the body of the macro, quoted, with parameters substituted;
+ expandonce(`include(`file')')
+ would return the contents of the file, in a quote pair.
+ This would help with problems like
+ http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/m4-discuss/2005-02/msg00000.html
+ and perhaps could also address this
+ http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2004-12/msg00095.html
+ http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2004-12/msg00094.html
+
+ + m4 should keep an ``execution stack'' of macros, which could applications
+ use in their error messages.
+
+ Implement discarding comment delimiters with the syntax table.
+ The $ used in user defined macros cannot be changed through
@@ -68,7 +83,7 @@
some warnings, but it passes the tests.
+ Make m4 show include dependencies like gcc so Makefile targets are
- updated When their (included) input files are updated (Erick B).
+ updated when their (included) input files are updated (Erick B).
+ Sort out all the weird forms of interaction between changesyntax,
changecom and changequote. What happens if you install a quote with
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