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Re: x-files must die: alloca
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 06:36:59PM +0000, Neil Booth wrote:
> Zack Weinberg wrote:-
>
> > This patch eliminates all the xm-*.h and x-* gunk relating to alloca.
> > There are three basic chunks.
>
> This looks great. Could you explain briefly for newbies like me what
> the xm-* and x-* files are intended to achieve over and above the
> standard *.h files?
They're effectively override files for what autoconf determines. But
they predate autoconf, so there's a huge amount of junk in them that
is now being handled there. We can get within spitting distance of
eliminating them entirely.
zw