Re: gl_DISABLE_THREADS placement

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

() Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
() Sat, 24 Jan 2015 13:21:50 -0800

   Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:
   > - Is there any way to get "./configure --help" to output:
   >
   >     --disable-threads build without multithread safety (default)

   Without having looked at it, I suspect you need to change
   Gnulib to do that.  It sounds like a worthwhile change.

Hmm, the initial comments in threadlib.m4 suggest another way to
obtain the "disable by default" state.  So, this:
                                        
 AC_DEFUN([gl_THREADLIB_DEFAULT_NO],[]) dnl hmmmmmmm
 gl_EARLY
 gl_INIT

is also valid, and as a bonus, omits the "--disable-threads"
line in the "./configure --help" output completely.  Cool.
Thus, my doubts now shift from implementation to design:

- Why are there two methods?

- What is the preferred method?  (Why?)

- What would be a good scenario to use the non-preferred method?

- (if answer to "why two methods" is "it was a mistake")
  What are the long-term plans to rectify?

If i can get authoritative answers to these questions, i'm
willing to summarize them, and contribute to gnulib a @(sub-)
section of texinfo, so the last question is: Would gnulib accept
such a contribution?

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