Re: HAVE_STDBOOL_H, AC_HEADER_STDBOOL, and AM_STDBOOL_H

[Paul Eggert]

On 02/01/11 07:58, Eric Blake wrote:
> I've already spent too long writing this email

Oh my yes.  But how about another alternative:
in Autoconf, split AC_HEADER_STDBOOL into two pieces.
The large piece (with a new name) would be identical to
what's in gl_HEADER_STDBOOL.  The small piece, still named
AC_HEADER_STDBOOL, would invoke the gl_HEADER_STDBOOL-equivalent,
and would also set HAVE_STDBOOL_H.

This wouldn't affect existing Autoconf usage, and would
allow us to keep Autoconf in sync with gnulib as far as
gl_HEADER_STDBOOL's contents go.  I am less optimistic
that gl_HEADER_STDBOOL's contents won't need further changes,
given that MSVC still doesn't support stdbool, and may
support it in the future.