From: Godmar Back (gback@cs.utah.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 03 1999 - 11:50:36 EST
>
> > There are no tests, I think.
> > He sets the variable in his config.frag file.
> > ac_cv_typedef_int8=yes
> > etc.
>
> This is a very bad idea. If any code relies on these variables, they
> should probably be tested on any platform, not arbitrarily set on a
> port. Maybe I can design appropriate tests (I've done it once for
> Japhar :-), but I'd prefer to get the proper tests from the author of
> the patch.
>
I think he supplied them, and I rejected them because they seemed
too beos specific and silly to me.
How would you write such a test?
Also, what do you mean by "if any code relies on these variables"?
configure code? That's what they're there for, no?
- Godmar
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