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diff --git a/m4/size_max.m4 b/m4/size_max.m4
index 029e47195..bfba811eb 100644
--- a/m4/size_max.m4
+++ b/m4/size_max.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# size_max.m4 serial 4
+# size_max.m4 serial 5
dnl Copyright (C) 2003, 2005-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_SIZE_MAX],
AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stdint.h)
dnl First test whether the system already has SIZE_MAX.
AC_MSG_CHECKING([for SIZE_MAX])
- result=
- AC_EGREP_CPP([Found it], [
+ AC_CACHE_VAL([gl_cv_size_max], [
+ gl_cv_size_max=
+ AC_EGREP_CPP([Found it], [
#include <limits.h>
#if HAVE_STDINT_H
#include <stdint.h>
@@ -20,41 +21,42 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_SIZE_MAX],
#ifdef SIZE_MAX
Found it
#endif
-], result=yes)
- if test -z "$result"; then
- dnl Define it ourselves. Here we assume that the type 'size_t' is not wider
- dnl than the type 'unsigned long'. Try hard to find a definition that can
- dnl be used in a preprocessor #if, i.e. doesn't contain a cast.
- _AC_COMPUTE_INT([sizeof (size_t) * CHAR_BIT - 1], size_t_bits_minus_1,
- [#include <stddef.h>
+], gl_cv_size_max=yes)
+ if test -z "$gl_cv_size_max"; then
+ dnl Define it ourselves. Here we assume that the type 'size_t' is not wider
+ dnl than the type 'unsigned long'. Try hard to find a definition that can
+ dnl be used in a preprocessor #if, i.e. doesn't contain a cast.
+ _AC_COMPUTE_INT([sizeof (size_t) * CHAR_BIT - 1], size_t_bits_minus_1,
+ [#include <stddef.h>
#include <limits.h>], size_t_bits_minus_1=)
- _AC_COMPUTE_INT([sizeof (size_t) <= sizeof (unsigned int)], fits_in_uint,
- [#include <stddef.h>], fits_in_uint=)
- if test -n "$size_t_bits_minus_1" && test -n "$fits_in_uint"; then
- if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
- dnl Even though SIZE_MAX fits in an unsigned int, it must be of type
- dnl 'unsigned long' if the type 'size_t' is the same as 'unsigned long'.
- AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stddef.h>
- extern size_t foo;
- extern unsigned long foo;
- ], [], fits_in_uint=0)
- fi
- dnl We cannot use 'expr' to simplify this expression, because 'expr'
- dnl works only with 'long' integers in the host environment, while we
- dnl might be cross-compiling from a 32-bit platform to a 64-bit platform.
- if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
- result="(((1U << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
+ _AC_COMPUTE_INT([sizeof (size_t) <= sizeof (unsigned int)], fits_in_uint,
+ [#include <stddef.h>], fits_in_uint=)
+ if test -n "$size_t_bits_minus_1" && test -n "$fits_in_uint"; then
+ if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
+ dnl Even though SIZE_MAX fits in an unsigned int, it must be of type
+ dnl 'unsigned long' if the type 'size_t' is the same as 'unsigned long'.
+ AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stddef.h>
+ extern size_t foo;
+ extern unsigned long foo;
+ ], [], fits_in_uint=0)
+ fi
+ dnl We cannot use 'expr' to simplify this expression, because 'expr'
+ dnl works only with 'long' integers in the host environment, while we
+ dnl might be cross-compiling from a 32-bit platform to a 64-bit platform.
+ if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
+ gl_cv_size_max="(((1U << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
+ else
+ gl_cv_size_max="(((1UL << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
+ fi
else
- result="(((1UL << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
+ dnl Shouldn't happen, but who knows...
+ gl_cv_size_max='((size_t)~(size_t)0)'
fi
- else
- dnl Shouldn't happen, but who knows...
- result='((size_t)~(size_t)0)'
fi
- fi
- AC_MSG_RESULT([$result])
- if test "$result" != yes; then
- AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([SIZE_MAX], [$result],
+ ])
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([$gl_cv_size_max])
+ if test "$gl_cv_size_max" != yes; then
+ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([SIZE_MAX], [$gl_cv_size_max],
[Define as the maximum value of type 'size_t', if the system doesn't define it.])
fi
])