Re: conditionally compiling C++ code

[Thomas E. Dickey]

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Bob Proulx wrote:

> Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
...nonsense
> As I read Peter's post I believe the point was that the tool was
> generally considered to require readline functionality.  Not having it

readline is a library (if the configure script fails, readline wouldn't
be linked except if the configure script is doubly-incorrect).

The supposedly analogous example of an external program is implausible
as well (it's common practice to distinguish between nice "optional"
stuff versus essentials - configure is properly used for the latter).

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