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cristy964cb7f2010-04-25 23:18:00 +00001# ===========================================================================
2# http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_cxx_bool.html
3# ===========================================================================
4#
5# SYNOPSIS
6#
7# AX_CXX_BOOL
8#
9# DESCRIPTION
10#
11# If the compiler recognizes bool as a separate built-in type, define
12# HAVE_BOOL. Note that a typedef is not a separate type since you cannot
13# overload a function such that it accepts either the basic type or the
14# typedef.
15#
16# LICENSE
17#
18# Copyright (c) 2008 Todd Veldhuizen
19# Copyright (c) 2008 Luc Maisonobe <luc@spaceroots.org>
20#
21# Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
22# permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice
23# and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any
24# warranty.
25
26#serial 6
27
28AU_ALIAS([AC_CXX_BOOL], [AX_CXX_BOOL])
29AC_DEFUN([AX_CXX_BOOL],
30[AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the compiler recognizes bool as a built-in type,
31ax_cv_cxx_bool,
32[AC_LANG_SAVE
33 AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
34 AC_TRY_COMPILE([
35int f(int x){return 1;}
36int f(char x){return 1;}
37int f(bool x){return 1;}
38],[bool b = true; return f(b);],
39 ax_cv_cxx_bool=yes, ax_cv_cxx_bool=no)
40 AC_LANG_RESTORE
41])
42if test "$ax_cv_cxx_bool" = yes; then
43 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOL,,[define if bool is a built-in type])
44fi
45])