ax_check_compiler_flags.m4

#serial 1000
dnl @synopsis AX_CHECK_COMPILER_FLAGS(FLAGS, EXTRAFLAGS, [ACTION-SUCCESS], [ACTION-FAILURE])
dnl
dnl @summary check whether FLAGS are accepted by the compiler
dnl
dnl Check whether the given compiler FLAGS work with the current
dnl language's compiler, or whether they give an error. (Warnings,
dnl however, are ignored.)
dnl
dnl EXTRAFLAGS will be added for the check, and can be used to, for
dnl example, for warnings to produce an error.
dnl
dnl ACTION-SUCCESS/ACTION-FAILURE are shell commands to execute on
dnl success/failure.
dnl
dnl @category Misc
dnl @author Steven G. Johnson <stevenj@alum.mit.edu> and Matteo Frigo.
dnl @version 2005-05-30
dnl @license GPLWithACException

AC_DEFUN([AX_CHECK_COMPILER_FLAGS],
[AC_PREREQ(2.59) dnl for _AC_LANG_PREFIX
AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether _AC_LANG compiler accepts $1])
dnl Some hackery here since AC_CACHE_VAL can't handle a non-literal varname:
AS_LITERAL_IF([$1],
  [AC_CACHE_VAL(AS_TR_SH(ax_cv_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]_flags_$1), [
      ax_save_FLAGS=$[]_AC_LANG_PREFIX[]FLAGS
      _AC_LANG_PREFIX[]FLAGS="$1 $2"
      AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM()],
        AS_TR_SH(ax_cv_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]_flags_$1)=yes,
        AS_TR_SH(ax_cv_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]_flags_$1)=no)
      _AC_LANG_PREFIX[]FLAGS=$ax_save_FLAGS])],
  [ax_save_FLAGS=$[]_AC_LANG_PREFIX[]FLAGS
   _AC_LANG_PREFIX[]FLAGS="$1 $2"
   AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM()],
     eval AS_TR_SH(ax_cv_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]_flags_$1)=yes,
     eval AS_TR_SH(ax_cv_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]_flags_$1)=no)
   _AC_LANG_PREFIX[]FLAGS=$ax_save_FLAGS])
eval ax_check_compiler_flags=$AS_TR_SH(ax_cv_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]_flags_$1)
AC_MSG_RESULT($ax_check_compiler_flags)
if test "x$ax_check_compiler_flags" = xyes; then
	m4_default([$3], :)
else
	m4_default([$4], :)
fi
])dnl AX_CHECK_COMPILER_FLAGS