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Re: AC_DEFUN_ONCE and maintainability


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: AC_DEFUN_ONCE and maintainability
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:14:42 -0700
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On 07/02/2012 06:08 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> About the naming: The macro FOO in case (C) cannot take arguments and
> cannot be invoked; it is far from a "function" - and 'defun' in Lisp
> is meant to define a function.

Thanks for your careful analysis.

I worry that the name AC_ONCE is a bit cryptic,
and loses the connotation that we're defining
something (even if the something is not a function).
How about the name AC_DEF_ONCE instead?



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