2 dnl Copyright (C) 2003, 2009, 2010 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.
9 AC_DEFUN([gl_SIZE_MAX],
11 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stdint.h)
12 dnl First test whether the system already has SIZE_MAX.
13 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for SIZE_MAX])
15 AC_EGREP_CPP([Found it], [
24 if test -z "$result"; then
25 dnl Define it ourselves. Here we assume that the type 'size_t' is not wider
26 dnl than the type 'unsigned long'.
27 dnl The _AC_COMPUTE_INT macro works up to LONG_MAX, since it uses 'expr',
28 dnl which is guaranteed to work from LONG_MIN to LONG_MAX.
29 _AC_COMPUTE_INT([~(size_t)0 / 10], res_hi,
30 [#include <stddef.h>], result=?)
31 _AC_COMPUTE_INT([~(size_t)0 % 10], res_lo,
32 [#include <stddef.h>], result=?)
33 _AC_COMPUTE_INT([sizeof (size_t) <= sizeof (unsigned int)], fits_in_uint,
34 [#include <stddef.h>], result=?)
35 if test "$fits_in_uint" = 1; then
36 dnl Even though SIZE_MAX fits in an unsigned int, it must be of type
37 dnl 'unsigned long' if the type 'size_t' is the same as 'unsigned long'.
38 AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stddef.h>
40 extern unsigned long foo;
41 ], [], fits_in_uint=0)
43 if test -z "$result"; then
44 if test "$fits_in_uint" = 1; then
45 result="$res_hi$res_lo"U
47 result="$res_hi$res_lo"UL
50 dnl Shouldn't happen, but who knows...
54 AC_MSG_RESULT([$result])
55 if test "$result" != yes; then
56 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([SIZE_MAX], [$result],
57 [Define as the maximum value of type 'size_t', if the system doesn't define it.])