[Omake] Should we provide AC_MSG_* and other autoconf-style functions?

[Nathaniel Gray]

On Feb 15, 2007, at 8:37 PM, Aleksey Nogin wrote:

> On 15.02.2007 17:27, Nathaniel Gray wrote:
>
>> I like the idea of more configuration functions, but I'm not so  
>> hot on
>> the autoconf-style names.
>
> What naming scheme would you propose?
>
> So far I have added the following - AC_MSG_CHECKING AC_MSG_ERROR
> AC_MSG_FOUND AC_MSG_RESULT AC_MSG_WARN AC_MSG_YES_NO AC_RUN_PROG
> AC_TRY_COMPILE AC_TRY_LINK AC_TRY_RUN

I would propose the usual omake convention of camelcase, possibly  
replacing AC with something like Conf:

ConfChecking, ConfMsgError, ConfMsgFound, etc.

>>
>> Perhaps you could put them in an autoconf.om
>> compatibility module?
>
> Well, they are not that compatible - it's really more
> autoconf-style/autoconf-inspired.

If they're not compatible then it's probably a bad idea to keep the  
autoconf names.  It would just lull autoconf-familiar people into a  
false sense of security.

Cheers,
-n8

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