[m-dev.] diff: update configure.in to work with MSVC

[Fergus Henderson]

On 23-Jun-2000, Peter Ross <petdr at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 06:50:52AM +1000, Fergus Henderson wrote:
> > On 22-Jun-2000, Peter Ross <petdr at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> > > configure.in:
> > >     When testing for a usable mercury compiler, strip any carriage
> > >     returns from the output string.
> > >     If compiling under Windows use hlc.gc for the default grade and
> > >     don't build the libraries in any other grades (as those grades aren't
> > >     supported yet).
> > 
> > Is that parenthetical comment correct?
> > Why aren't the none.* grades supported?
> > 
> Note the work yet, I fully intend to get the none.* grades compiling,
> but unfortunately they don't compile yet.

What goes wrong?  The none.* grades are supposed to be pretty much
standard ANSI/ISO C.

> > > +# If we are using the MS compiler currently the only interesting grade
> > > +# is hlc.gc, which is what we install by default.
> > > +if test $ac_microsoft = yes; then
> > > +	LIBGRADES=
> > > +fi
> > 
> > That comment is wrong.  The grades `none.gc.tr.debug',
> > `none.gc.prof', etc. are interesting, because they let
> > the user do debugging, profiling (for test coverage analysis),
> > trailing, etc.
> > 
> > For that reason, it would make sense to install those grades
> > in addition to hlc.gc.
> > 
> I will, as soon as I can get them compiling.
> 
OK, in that case s/interesting/working/

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