Re: stdlib: provide random_data for mingw

[Simon Josefsson]

Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:

> Simon Josefsson wrote:
>>    gl_CHECK_NEXT_HEADERS([stdlib.h])
>>    AC_CHECK_TYPES([struct random_data], [], [], [[#include <stdlib.h>]])
>> +  if test $ac_cv_type_struct_random_data = yes; then
>> +    HAVE_STRUCT_RANDOM_DATA=1
>> +  else
>> +    HAVE_STRUCT_RANDOM_DATA=0
>> +  fi
>>  ])
>
> Thanks. I'm adding this tweak to match the usual coding style: Initialize the
> HAVE_STRUCT_RANDOM_DATA variable to 1, and set it to 0 when we see it's
> missing. This looks pointless in this case, but is a useful convention when a
> HAVE_* variable needs to be set to 0 at various places, for various possible
> reasons (see e.g. REPLACE_CLOSE and gl_REPLACE_CLOSE).

I agree, thanks.

/Simon