Re: What can be done when you have an M4 string end?

[Dan Kegel]

Tim Van Holder wrote:
> 
> > This is all you get:
> >
> > > $ autoheader
> > > /usr/bin/m4: ERROR: EOF in string
> > > autoconf: tracing failed
> >
> > Any hints about what to do?
> 
> That is a very annoying message indeed.
> One thing you should check for is unbalanced
> brackets.  That often seems to be the cause
> for that error.
> 
> Akim, is there any way you can avoid this and
> get a nice 'unbalanced brackets' message instead?

That was very nearly the error message I got when using
a filename that included dnl.  No doubt the dnl in the
filename caused a parenthesis matching problem.

- Dan