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Errors in gnu m4 manual pdf + suggestions


From: Barry Davidson
Subject: Errors in gnu m4 manual pdf + suggestions
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 21:41:12 -0000

Hello,
Page 116: when talking about forloop and forloop2, the text incorrectly
calls them foreach and foreach2. "... improved version used '_$0' rather
than '_foreach' to...".

My suggestions:
# 1. Add example macro to print current left and right quote symbols
literally:
define(`lquo', `ifelse(`$#', `0', ``$0'', `changequote(`[',`]')`dnl'
changequote([`], ['])')')

define(`rquo', `ifelse(`$#', `0', ``$0'', `changequote(`[', `]')dnl`
'changequote([`], ['])')')

lquo()rquo()

# 2. Add example macro of settable counters:
define(`countup', `ifelse(`$#', `0',
  `define(`_$0', `0')define(`$0', `_$0`'define(`_$0', incr(_$0))')',
  `define(`_$0', `$1')define(`$0', `_$0`'define(`_$0', incr(_$0))')')')

define(`countdown', `ifelse(`$#', `0',
  `define(`_$0', `0')define(`$0', `_$0`'define(`_$0', decr(_$0))')',
  `define(`_$0', `$1')define(`$0', `_$0`'define(`_$0', decr(_$0))')')')

define(`counter', defn(`countup'))
# set counter
counter(`42')
# use counter
counter counter counter counter

define(`counter', defn(`countdown'))
# set counter
counter(`22')
# use counter
counter counter counter counter

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M4 package" of GNU m4 manual.

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