m4 complains about undocumented, unimplemented functions

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2 total messages Started by Arnold Robbins Thu, 14 Mar 1985 18:42

#416

Author: Arnold Robbins
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1985 18:42

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This happened to me on vax running 4.1BSD, but I would be willing to bet it
will happen with any version of m4.

I was using m4 to process some text (/lib/cpp wasn't working right for some
reason), and the text had the word `shift' in it.  M4 told me "shift: not
implemented yet".  I just put it in m4 quotes (`'), and it worked fine, but
I really think it should just ignore what isn't documented or implemented.
I checked some V7 source, and this goes all the way back to there.  I can't
even blame it on Berkeley!
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Re: m4 complains about undocumented, unimplemented functions

#420

Author: Thomas M. Breuel
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1985 04:18

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> I was using m4 to process some text (/lib/cpp wasn't working right for some
> reason), and the text had the word `shift' in it.  M4 told me "shift: not
> implemented yet".  I just put it in m4 quotes (`'), and it worked fine, but

Well, I needed 'shift' and '$*' for 'S'. It takes about 5' to implement them.
I don't know why anyone bothered putting in the printf's... If you need 
the diffs, mail me a letter.

							Thomas.

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