Re: Detailed structure checks

[Tim Post]

Hi Peter,

On Sat, 2008-11-29 at 00:22 -0600, Peter O'Gorman wrote:
> Tim Post wrote:
> > Hi Eric,
> > 
> > On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 20:53 -0700, Eric Blake wrote:
> > 
> >> AC_CHECK_MEMBERS does what you want.
> > 
> > Thank you. I'm not sure how I could have missed that. Autoconf is
> > probably one of the best documented projects available .. the manual is
> > so massive that sometimes its easy to get lost :)
> 
> I agree, if I get the time, I will create a 'quick reference' that lists
> not-deprecated autoconf macros, their arguments, and a short (1 line?)
> description, and submit it to the -patches list.

That would be extremely handy, a quick search would then be just a
ctrl-f away. Once I find the macro that I need, Google is good to
clarify usage questions, often leading me to a project that can serve as
an example.

Sometimes, its just difficult to figure out what to search for :)

Cheers,
--Tim