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To: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
Cc: "Alexandre Oliva" <oliva AT lsd DOT ic DOT unicamp DOT br>,
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Subject: Re: updated win32 macro
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From: Akim Demaille <akim AT epita DOT fr>
Date: 15 Mar 2001 13:45:25 +0100
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>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au> writes:

>> | What does the high level interface do ? (I suggest it sets the
Robert> variables
>> | named above, setting them to " " as a minimum if WIN32 is found,
>> and | nothing if it is not.
>> 
>> What's the point?  Just define a user var to the proper flags if
>> needed, and set the current compiler to use it.

Robert> To enable the user to test for the win32 API in
Robert> configure.in. 
Robert> (A few emails back now - the second half of the issue). I know
Robert> a lot of users will just be compiling a win32 only program and
Robert> don't care, but I work openBSD to windows _all the time_... On
Robert> second thought, lets just set WIN32="yes" if we found
Robert> it. That's fairly intuitive.

Then there is yet another thing to introduce IMHO, AC_SYS_WIN32 or so,
which does define this symbol to yes/no.  You high level macro
ac_requires it.