From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tom Tromey Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Merging bignum to master Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2018 18:20:41 -0600 Message-ID: <8736vjjew6.fsf@tromey.com> References: <877ekwu1mn.fsf@tromey.com> <48742e8c-fffb-7fe0-bb12-2ce3dc171603@cs.ucla.edu> <837ekvlau2.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1534119577 28220 195.159.176.226 (13 Aug 2018 00:19:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 00:19:37 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , ulm@gentoo.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 13 02:19:32 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fp0Zz-00076v-R3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Aug 2018 02:19:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36866 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fp0c4-0002NO-TR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 20:21:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38199) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fp0bH-0002Mm-4h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 20:20:47 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fp0bD-0004sy-VC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 20:20:47 -0400 Original-Received: from gateway32.websitewelcome.com ([192.185.145.115]:44498) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fp0bD-0004sd-M9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 20:20:43 -0400 Original-Received: from cm13.websitewelcome.com (cm13.websitewelcome.com [100.42.49.6]) by gateway32.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88416B8301 for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 19:20:42 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from box5379.bluehost.com ([162.241.216.53]) by cmsmtp with SMTP id p0bCfOVtd79N3p0bCfg3YJ; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 19:20:42 -0500 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tromey.com; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=IoxfS4hPBMBf2c1Q44cGn3xOsUUFtx6JpgkkhQa76i0=; b=F7/nCEhJbHfLsNEChR5mk0jEaS HNEFbyeOH3pohUxheDY4PqplfT8T2QnC9zCWt7Rum6uxT6DL47Ee8wLJ2NwGXI5aGB1GXY4rdAuky /tu6Lmy47Wr9dEoYjHWKM72NB; Original-Received: from 75-166-85-72.hlrn.qwest.net ([75.166.85.72]:60112 helo=bapiya) by box5379.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1fp0bC-002LkL-5U; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 19:20:42 -0500 X-Attribution: Tom In-Reply-To: (Paul Eggert's message of "Sun, 12 Aug 2018 16:53:07 -0700") X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - box5379.bluehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tromey.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 75.166.85.72 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1fp0bC-002LkL-5U X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: 75-166-85-72.hlrn.qwest.net (bapiya) [75.166.85.72]:60112 X-Source-Auth: tom+tromey.com X-Email-Count: 4 X-Source-Cap: ZWx5bnJvYmk7ZWx5bnJvYmk7Ym94NTM3OS5ibHVlaG9zdC5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 192.185.145.115 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:228462 Archived-At: >>>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert writes: Paul> That being said, the distinction between --with-FOO and --enable-FOO Paul> has long been a confusing area of the GNU coding standards -- as Paul> witnessed by the other packages you're thinking about. I find it pretty hard to guess if a given option is --with or --enable, and normally if I do guess, I pick the wrong one. So I've thought for a while now that autoconf should simply treat them identically and this subtle distinction be erased. Tom