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[Quantlib-dev] Purpose of .m4 files

[MoonDragon <phi...@gm...>]

Hi,

I would like to know the purpose of .m4. Using google i've understood that
they are for information, however their contains for QuantLib are codes.
Also i would to know how they are called in QuantLib C++ core codes.

Thanks in advance for your help,

MoonDragon
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Re: [Quantlib-dev] Purpose of .m4 files

[Luigi B. <lui...@gm...>]

They's for autotools, see <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>.
You won't use them on Windows.

Luigi

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 5:35 PM, MoonDragon <phi...@gm...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to know the purpose of .m4. Using google i've understood that
> they are for information, however their contains for QuantLib are codes.
> Also i would to know how they are called in QuantLib C++ core codes.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
>
> MoonDragon
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Re: [Quantlib-dev] Purpose of .m4 files

[Luigi B. <lui...@gm...>]

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Luigi Ballabio
<lui...@gm...> wrote:
> They's for autotools

"They're", of course.  A botched edit.  I wasn't trying to do a
regional impression :)

Re: [Quantlib-dev] Purpose of .m4 files

[MoonDragon <phi...@gm...>]

Cheers.

MoonDragon wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to know the purpose of .m4. Using google i've understood that
> they are for information, however their contains for QuantLib are codes.
> Also i would to know how they are called in QuantLib C++ core codes.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> 
> MoonDragon
> 

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