From: Godmar Back (gback@cs.utah.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 03 1999 - 13:29:04 EST
>
> On Feb 3, 1999, Godmar Back <gback@cs.utah.edu> wrote:
>
> >> 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.
>
> > Also, what do you mean by "if any code relies on these variables"?
> > configure code?
>
> Nope, I mean C code.
How can C code use shell variables that are not exported?
I'm confused.
>
> If nothing ever uses these variables, why are they set, anyway?
>
They're used here:
if test x"$ac_cv_typedef_int8" = xyes; then
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_INT8, 1, [Do we have int8])
fi
Which leads to definitions in config.h
-- Godmar
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