Re: What is an unquoted macro call?

[Harlan Stenn]

> >           [AC_ARG_WITH([foo],
> >                        AS_HELP_STRING([--with-foo],
> >                                       [use foo (default is NO)]),
> >                        [ac_cv_use_foo=$withval], [ac_cv_use_foo=no])
> >           AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether to use foo],
> >                          [ac_cv_use_foo], [ac_cv_use_foo=no])])
> >
> >      Please note that the call to `AS_HELP_STRING' is *unquoted*.

> It says at the end that the call to `AS_HELP_STRING' is *unquoted*. What
> does "unquoted" mean here?

It's AS_HELP_STRING(...), not [AS_HELP_STRING(...)].

By default, the autoconf quote strings are [].

H