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1# size_max.m4 serial 2
2dnl Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
4dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
5dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
6
7dnl From Bruno Haible.
8
9AC_DEFUN([gl_SIZE_MAX],
10[
11  AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stdint.h)
12  dnl First test whether the system already has SIZE_MAX.
13  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for SIZE_MAX])
14  result=
15  AC_EGREP_CPP([Found it], [
16#include <limits.h>
17#if HAVE_STDINT_H
18#include <stdint.h>
19#endif
20#ifdef SIZE_MAX
21Found it
22#endif
23], result=yes)
24  if test -z "$result"; then
25    dnl Define it ourselves. Here we assume that the type 'size_t' is not wider
26    dnl than the type 'unsigned long'.
27    dnl The _AC_COMPUTE_INT macro works up to LONG_MAX, since it uses 'expr',
28    dnl which is guaranteed to work from LONG_MIN to LONG_MAX.
29    _AC_COMPUTE_INT([~(size_t)0 / 10], res_hi,
30      [#include <stddef.h>], result=?)
31    _AC_COMPUTE_INT([~(size_t)0 % 10], res_lo,
32      [#include <stddef.h>], result=?)
33    _AC_COMPUTE_INT([sizeof (size_t) <= sizeof (unsigned int)], fits_in_uint,
34      [#include <stddef.h>], result=?)
35    if test "$fits_in_uint" = 1; then
36      dnl Even though SIZE_MAX fits in an unsigned int, it must be of type
37      dnl 'unsigned long' if the type 'size_t' is the same as 'unsigned long'.
38      AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stddef.h>
39        extern size_t foo;
40        extern unsigned long foo;
41        ], [], fits_in_uint=0)
42    fi
43    if test -z "$result"; then
44      if test "$fits_in_uint" = 1; then
45        result="$res_hi$res_lo"U
46      else
47        result="$res_hi$res_lo"UL
48      fi
49    else
50      dnl Shouldn't happen, but who knows...
51      result='~(size_t)0'
52    fi
53  fi
54  AC_MSG_RESULT([$result])
55  if test "$result" != yes; then
56    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([SIZE_MAX], [$result],
57      [Define as the maximum value of type 'size_t', if the system doesn't define it.])
58  fi
59])
60