Re: gmacros.h patch

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Eric Lemings <eric b lemings lmco com> writes:

> A software package that uses GLib and GNU C++ with the AC_C_CONST
> macro will cause compile errors because AC_C_CONST says that the
> const keyword is broken and undefines it.

Can you explain in more detail?

Is this GCC or G++? Why is const being defined as a macro?

                                        Owen

> --- gmacros.h.orig      Thu Apr 12 13:50:57 2001
> +++ gmacros.h   Thu Apr 12 13:52:08 2001
> @@ -59,8 +59,10 @@
>    __attribute__((format_arg (arg_idx)))
>  #define G_GNUC_NORETURN                         \
>    __attribute__((noreturn))
> +#ifdef const
>  #define G_GNUC_CONST                            \
>    __attribute__((const))
> +#endif
>  #define G_GNUC_UNUSED                           \
>    __attribute__((unused))
>  #else   /* !__GNUC__ */