2 dnl Copyright (C) 2002-2004, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
4 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
5 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
7 AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_ALLOCA],
9 dnl Work around a bug of AC_EGREP_CPP in autoconf-2.57.
10 AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CPP])
11 AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_EGREP])
13 AC_REQUIRE([AC_FUNC_ALLOCA])
14 if test $ac_cv_func_alloca_works = no; then
18 # Define an additional variable used in the Makefile substitution.
19 if test $ac_cv_working_alloca_h = yes; then
20 AC_CACHE_CHECK([for alloca as a compiler built-in], [gl_cv_rpl_alloca], [
21 AC_EGREP_CPP([Need own alloca], [
22 #if defined __GNUC__ || defined _AIX || defined _MSC_VER
25 ], [gl_cv_rpl_alloca=yes], [gl_cv_rpl_alloca=no])
27 if test $gl_cv_rpl_alloca = yes; then
28 dnl OK, alloca can be implemented through a compiler built-in.
29 AC_DEFINE([HAVE_ALLOCA], 1,
30 [Define to 1 if you have 'alloca' after including <alloca.h>,
31 a header that may be supplied by this distribution.])
34 dnl alloca exists as a library function, i.e. it is slow and probably
35 dnl a memory leak. Don't define HAVE_ALLOCA in this case.
43 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ALLOCA_H, 1,
44 [Define HAVE_ALLOCA_H for backward compatibility with older code
45 that includes <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.])
48 # Prerequisites of lib/alloca.c.
49 # STACK_DIRECTION is already handled by AC_FUNC_ALLOCA.
50 AC_DEFUN([gl_PREREQ_ALLOCA], [:])