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# SYNOPSIS
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# AX_GCC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
#
# DESCRIPTION
#
# The macro will compile a test program to see whether the compiler does
# understand the per-function postfix pragma.
#
# LICENSE
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# Copyright (c) 2008 Guido U. Draheim <guidod@gmx.de>
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AC_DEFUN([AX_GCC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT],[dnl
AC_CACHE_CHECK(
[whether the compiler supports function __attribute__((__warn_unused_result__))],
ax_cv_gcc_warn_unused_result,[
AC_TRY_COMPILE([__attribute__((__warn_unused_result__))
int f(int i) { return i; }],
[],
ax_cv_gcc_warn_unused_result=yes, ax_cv_gcc_warn_unused_result=no)])
if test "$ax_cv_gcc_warn_unused_result" = yes; then
AC_DEFINE([GCC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT],[__attribute__((__warn_unused_result__))],
[most gcc compilers know a function __attribute__((__warn_unused_result__))])
fi
])