Re: [htdig-dev] 3.2.0b5 Next progress check :)

[Gabriele B. <bar...@in...>]

At 22.23 24/06/2003 +1000, Lachlan Andrew wrote:
> > I agree with Geoff.  I don't know though if at this time it is
> > better to wait for 3.2.0b5 to be out.
>
>Hear, hear! :)

Hi there,

    I gave a look at autotools stuff (autoconf, autoheader, autoscan, 
automake ...) and I must confess that now life is sooooooo much *easier* 
than a couple of years ago.

    First (thanks to my friend Marco's work) I could port configure scripts 
to a clearer situation: I remember when I first introduced it to ht://Check 
it was more a cut+paste operation, sniffing code from basically Loic's work 
on ht://Dig.

    Now, especially with autoscan and autoheader, the situation is much better.

    Having said this, I have a few proposals to do: during this week-end I 
will bring my laptop to my countryhouse (where I don't have the Internet so 
I may not answer you) and try and hack the code in order to include at 
least these 2 things:

- check for C++ standard library
- check for C++ namespaces

    Essentially these two m4 macros (taken from the configure archive) will 
define 2 preprocessor variables in config.h (we must get rid of acconfig.h 
according to new autoconf's directives because it is deprecated) called 
HAVE_STD and HAVE_NAMESPACES and I'll modify the code whenever iostream.h 
(and similar like 'iomanip', etc.) is called.

    Sounds good?

    However, I really hope I can contribute this patch early next week.

Ciao and thanks
-Gabriele
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