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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!swrinde!gatech!bloom-beacon!bloom-picayune.mit.edu!pegasus.mit.edu!bri From: bri@pegasus.mit.edu (Brian D. Carlstrom) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: m4 Bug(?) Keywords: m4 bug Message-ID: <1992Aug16.031714.21845@athena.mit.edu> Date: 16 Aug 92 03:17:14 GMT Sender: bri@pegasus.mit.edu Organization: mit Lines: 14 Nntp-Posting-Host: pegasus.mit.edu This is the first time i've had to mess with m4 on a large scale, so i want to ask a few questions. anyone else had any problems with m4? i'm trying to use it to make MIT-Scheme work under 386bsd. since i hadnt used it before, i assumed it was a problem with different machines. but eval is failing on things like: eval(2 ** 4) and eval(2 ^ 4) both of which return 16 under another bsd-like environment. took me a while to be sure because THERE IS NO M4 MAN PAGE. also, it gets errors on several other macros, but i want to check this more, as i said i'm no m4 wiz. if any one can suggest another m4 to try or has patches for 386bsd m4, i'd appreciate info. If people do agree this is a bug, i guess i better start fixing it...in any case, feel free to post here or to bri@pegasus.mit.edu... -bri