Re: to conditionally test, or not to conditionally test?

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello Ed,

> This code seems to work fine, but am I missing something?

I guess that if you experience no problems, you can use the code.

The advice ``perform all tests unconditionally'' is a workaround
to fix current limitations of the implementation.

On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 08:08:30PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> There is AS_IF, but it's rather a kludge than a solution.

Ralf, please note that AS_IF fixes this only in CVS version of autoconf.
Autoconf 2.59 has m4_define([AS_IF], which means it is no better than
shell if.

(Sorry, Ed, if this paragraph is to cryptic.)

Have a nice day,
        Stepan Kasal