Cache a result.

diff --git a/gettext-runtime/m4/ChangeLog b/gettext-runtime/m4/ChangeLog
index 751df55585eca5ff65bc31b44b7d57412b9ca850..22cc9bf1523b36f7a2a944e1e4337c7f009751cf 100644 (file)
--- a/gettext-runtime/m4/ChangeLog
+++ b/gettext-runtime/m4/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-10-19  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+       * size_max.m4 (gl_SIZE_MAX): Cache the result.
+
 2006-10-15  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
        * gettext.m4 (AM_GNU_GETTEXT): Don't use 'eval' on commands, only on

diff --git a/gettext-runtime/m4/size_max.m4 b/gettext-runtime/m4/size_max.m4
index 029e471950b82b8223b459904422c9523e697d20..bfba811eb6ed2416c69d4ca7f38cf0c026c2663a 100644 (file)
--- a/gettext-runtime/m4/size_max.m4
+++ b/gettext-runtime/m4/size_max.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# size_max.m4 serial 4
+# size_max.m4 serial 5
 dnl Copyright (C) 2003, 2005-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_SIZE_MAX],
   AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stdint.h)
   dnl First test whether the system already has SIZE_MAX.
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for SIZE_MAX])
-  result=
-  AC_EGREP_CPP([Found it], [
+  AC_CACHE_VAL([gl_cv_size_max], [
+    gl_cv_size_max=
+    AC_EGREP_CPP([Found it], [
 #include <limits.h>
 #if HAVE_STDINT_H
 #include <stdint.h>
@@ -20,41 +21,42 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_SIZE_MAX],
 #ifdef SIZE_MAX
 Found it
 #endif
-], result=yes)
-  if test -z "$result"; then
-    dnl Define it ourselves. Here we assume that the type 'size_t' is not wider
-    dnl than the type 'unsigned long'. Try hard to find a definition that can
-    dnl be used in a preprocessor #if, i.e. doesn't contain a cast.
-    _AC_COMPUTE_INT([sizeof (size_t) * CHAR_BIT - 1], size_t_bits_minus_1,
-      [#include <stddef.h>
+], gl_cv_size_max=yes)
+    if test -z "$gl_cv_size_max"; then
+      dnl Define it ourselves. Here we assume that the type 'size_t' is not wider
+      dnl than the type 'unsigned long'. Try hard to find a definition that can
+      dnl be used in a preprocessor #if, i.e. doesn't contain a cast.
+      _AC_COMPUTE_INT([sizeof (size_t) * CHAR_BIT - 1], size_t_bits_minus_1,
+        [#include <stddef.h>
 #include <limits.h>], size_t_bits_minus_1=)
-    _AC_COMPUTE_INT([sizeof (size_t) <= sizeof (unsigned int)], fits_in_uint,
-      [#include <stddef.h>], fits_in_uint=)
-    if test -n "$size_t_bits_minus_1" && test -n "$fits_in_uint"; then
-      if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
-        dnl Even though SIZE_MAX fits in an unsigned int, it must be of type
-        dnl 'unsigned long' if the type 'size_t' is the same as 'unsigned long'.
-        AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stddef.h>
-          extern size_t foo;
-          extern unsigned long foo;
-          ], [], fits_in_uint=0)
-      fi
-      dnl We cannot use 'expr' to simplify this expression, because 'expr'
-      dnl works only with 'long' integers in the host environment, while we
-      dnl might be cross-compiling from a 32-bit platform to a 64-bit platform.
-      if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
-        result="(((1U << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
+      _AC_COMPUTE_INT([sizeof (size_t) <= sizeof (unsigned int)], fits_in_uint,
+        [#include <stddef.h>], fits_in_uint=)
+      if test -n "$size_t_bits_minus_1" && test -n "$fits_in_uint"; then
+        if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
+          dnl Even though SIZE_MAX fits in an unsigned int, it must be of type
+          dnl 'unsigned long' if the type 'size_t' is the same as 'unsigned long'.
+          AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stddef.h>
+            extern size_t foo;
+            extern unsigned long foo;
+            ], [], fits_in_uint=0)
+        fi
+        dnl We cannot use 'expr' to simplify this expression, because 'expr'
+        dnl works only with 'long' integers in the host environment, while we
+        dnl might be cross-compiling from a 32-bit platform to a 64-bit platform.
+        if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
+          gl_cv_size_max="(((1U << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
+        else
+          gl_cv_size_max="(((1UL << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
+        fi
       else
-        result="(((1UL << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
+        dnl Shouldn't happen, but who knows...
+        gl_cv_size_max='((size_t)~(size_t)0)'
       fi
-    else
-      dnl Shouldn't happen, but who knows...
-      result='((size_t)~(size_t)0)'
     fi
-  fi
-  AC_MSG_RESULT([$result])
-  if test "$result" != yes; then
-    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([SIZE_MAX], [$result],
+  ])
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$gl_cv_size_max])
+  if test "$gl_cv_size_max" != yes; then
+    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([SIZE_MAX], [$gl_cv_size_max],
       [Define as the maximum value of type 'size_t', if the system doesn't define it.])
   fi
 ])