# Process this -*- Autotest -*- file with autom4te. # Macros for the GNU Bison Test suite. # Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free # Software Foundation, Inc. # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . # We want a recent Autotest. m4_version_prereq([2.58]) ## ------------- ## ## Basic tests. ## ## ------------- ## # AT_MATCHES_CHECK(FILE, PERL-REGEXP, COUNT) # ------------------------------------------ # Expect COUNT matches of the PERL-REGEXP in FILE. The file is # taken in "slurp" mode, i.e., one can match end-of-lines. m4_define([AT_MATCHES_CHECK], [AT_CHECK([perl -0777 -ne ' my $count = 0; s{$2}{ ++$count; "" }gem; printf "$count\n";' $1], [0], [$3 ])]) ## ------------------------------- ## ## Macros decoding Bison options. ## ## ------------------------------- ## # AT_LOC_PUSHDEF(FIRST-LINE, FIRST-COLUMN, LAST-LINE, LAST-COLUMN) # ---------------------------------------------------------------- # Pushdef AT_LOC_(FIRST|LAST)_(LINE|COLUMN). m4_define([AT_LOC_PUSHDEF], [m4_pushdef([AT_LOC_FIRST_LINE], [AT_LOC.$1]) m4_pushdef([AT_LOC_FIRST_COLUMN], [AT_LOC.$2]) m4_pushdef([AT_LOC_LAST_LINE], [AT_LOC.$3]) m4_pushdef([AT_LOC_LAST_COLUMN], [AT_LOC.$4])]) # AT_LOC_POPDEF # ------------- # Popdef AT_LOC_(FIRST|LAST)_(LINE|COL). m4_define([AT_LOC_POPDEF], [m4_popdef([AT_LOC_FIRST_LINE]) m4_popdef([AT_LOC_FIRST_COLUMN]) m4_popdef([AT_LOC_LAST_LINE]) m4_popdef([AT_LOC_LAST_COLUMN])]) # AT_BISON_OPTION_PUSHDEFS([BISON-OPTIONS]) # ----------------------------------------- m4_define([AT_BISON_OPTION_PUSHDEFS], [_AT_BISON_OPTION_PUSHDEFS($[1], $[2], [$1])]) # _AT_BISON_OPTION_PUSHDEFS($1, $2, [BISON-OPTIONS]) # -------------------------------------------------- # This macro works around the impossibility to define macros # inside macros, because issuing `[$1]' is not possible in M4 :(. # This sucks hard, GNU M4 should really provide M5 like $$1. m4_define([_AT_BISON_OPTION_PUSHDEFS], [m4_if([$1$2], $[1]$[2], [], [m4_fatal([$0: Invalid arguments: $@])])dnl m4_pushdef([AT_DEFINES_IF], [m4_bmatch([$3], [%defines], [$1], [$2])]) m4_pushdef([AT_SKEL_CC_IF], [m4_bmatch([$3], [%language "[Cc]\+\+"\|%skeleton "[a-z0-9]+\.cc"], [$1], [$2])]) m4_pushdef([AT_SKEL_JAVA_IF], [m4_bmatch([$3], [%language "[Jj][Aa][Vv][Aa]"\|%skeleton "[a-z0-9]+\.java"], [$1], [$2])]) m4_pushdef([AT_GLR_IF], [m4_bmatch([$3], [%glr-parser\|%skeleton "glr\.], [$1], [$2])]) m4_pushdef([AT_LALR1_CC_IF], [AT_SKEL_CC_IF([AT_GLR_IF([$2], [$1])], [$2])]) m4_pushdef([AT_GLR_CC_IF], [AT_SKEL_CC_IF([AT_GLR_IF([$1], [$2])], [$2])]) # Using yacc.c? m4_pushdef([AT_YACC_IF], [m4_bmatch([$3], [%language\|%glr-parser\|%skeleton], [$2], [$1])]) m4_pushdef([AT_LEXPARAM_IF], [m4_bmatch([$3], [%lex-param], [$1], [$2])]) m4_pushdef([AT_LOCATION_IF], [m4_bmatch([$3], [%locations], [$1], [$2])]) m4_pushdef([AT_LOCATION_TYPE_IF], [m4_bmatch([$3], [%define location_type], [$1], [$2])]) m4_pushdef([AT_PARAM_IF], [m4_bmatch([$3], [%parse-param], [$1], [$2])]) m4_pushdef([AT_PURE_IF], [m4_bmatch([$3], [%define *api\.pure\|%pure-parser], [m4_bmatch([$3], [%define *api\.pure *"?false"?], [$2], [$1])], [$2])]) m4_pushdef([AT_PURE_AND_LOC_IF], [m4_bmatch([$3], [%locations], [AT_PURE_IF($@)], [$2])]) m4_pushdef([AT_GLR_OR_PARAM_IF], [m4_bmatch([$3], [%glr-parser\|%parse-param], [$1], [$2])]) m4_pushdef([AT_NAME_PREFIX], [m4_bmatch([$3], [%name-prefix ".*"], [m4_bregexp([$3], [name-prefix "\([^"]*\)"], [\1])], [yy])]) # yyerror receives the location if %location & %pure & (%glr or %parse-param). m4_pushdef([AT_YYERROR_ARG_LOC_IF], [AT_GLR_OR_PARAM_IF([AT_PURE_AND_LOC_IF([$1], [$2])], [$2])]) # yyerror always sees the locations (when activated), except if # (yacc & pure & !param). FIXME: This is wrong. See the manual. m4_pushdef([AT_YYERROR_SEES_LOC_IF], [AT_LOCATION_IF([AT_YACC_IF([AT_PURE_IF([AT_PARAM_IF([$1], [$2])], [$1])], [$1])], [$2])]) # The interface is pure: either because %define api.pure, or because we # are using the C++ parsers. m4_pushdef([AT_PURE_LEX_IF], [AT_PURE_IF([$1], [AT_SKEL_CC_IF([$1], [$2])])]) AT_PURE_LEX_IF( [m4_pushdef([AT_LOC], [(*llocp)]) m4_pushdef([AT_VAL], [(*lvalp)]) m4_pushdef([AT_LEX_FORMALS], [YYSTYPE *lvalp[]AT_LOCATION_IF([, YYLTYPE *llocp])]) m4_pushdef([AT_LEX_ARGS], [lvalp[]AT_LOCATION_IF([, llocp])]) m4_pushdef([AT_USE_LEX_ARGS], [(void) lvalp;AT_LOCATION_IF([(void) llocp])]) m4_pushdef([AT_LEX_PRE_FORMALS], [AT_LEX_FORMALS, ]) m4_pushdef([AT_LEX_PRE_ARGS], [AT_LEX_ARGS, ]) ], [m4_pushdef([AT_LOC], [[(]AT_NAME_PREFIX[lloc)]]) m4_pushdef([AT_VAL], [[(]AT_NAME_PREFIX[lval)]]) m4_pushdef([AT_LEX_FORMALS], [void]) m4_pushdef([AT_LEX_ARGS], []) m4_pushdef([AT_USE_LEX_ARGS], []) m4_pushdef([AT_LEX_PRE_FORMALS], []) m4_pushdef([AT_LEX_PRE_ARGS], []) ]) # Handle the different types of location components. AT_SKEL_CC_IF( [AT_LOCATION_TYPE_IF( [AT_LOC_PUSHDEF([first.l], [first.c], [last.l], [last.c])], [AT_LOC_PUSHDEF([begin.line], [begin.column], [end.line], [end.column])])], [AT_LOC_PUSHDEF([first_line], [first_column], [last_line], [last_column])]) ])# _AT_BISON_OPTION_PUSHDEFS # AT_BISON_OPTION_POPDEFS # ----------------------- m4_define([AT_BISON_OPTION_POPDEFS], [m4_popdef([AT_LEX_PRE_ARGS]) m4_popdef([AT_LEX_PRE_FORMALS]) m4_popdef([AT_USE_LEX_ARGS]) m4_popdef([AT_LEX_ARGS]) m4_popdef([AT_LEX_FORMALS]) m4_popdef([AT_VAL]) m4_popdef([AT_LOC]) m4_popdef([AT_PURE_LEX_IF]) m4_popdef([AT_YYERROR_SEES_LOC_IF]) m4_popdef([AT_YYERROR_ARG_LOC_IF]) m4_popdef([AT_NAME_PREFIX]) m4_popdef([AT_GLR_OR_PARAM_IF]) m4_popdef([AT_PURE_AND_LOC_IF]) m4_popdef([AT_LOCATION_TYPE_IF]) m4_popdef([AT_LOCATION_IF]) m4_popdef([AT_PARAM_IF]) m4_popdef([AT_LEXPARAM_IF]) m4_popdef([AT_YACC_IF]) m4_popdef([AT_GLR_IF]) m4_popdef([AT_SKEL_CC_IF]) m4_popdef([AT_SKEL_JAVA_IF]) m4_popdef([AT_GLR_CC_IF]) m4_popdef([AT_LALR1_CC_IF]) m4_popdef([AT_DEFINES_IF]) AT_LOC_POPDEF ])# AT_BISON_OPTION_POPDEFS ## -------------------------- ## ## Generating Grammar Files. ## ## -------------------------- ## # AT_DATA_SOURCE_PROLOGUE # ------------------------ # The prologue that should be included in any source code that is # meant to be compiled. m4_define([AT_DATA_SOURCE_PROLOGUE], [[#include /* We don't need perfect functions for these tests. */ #undef malloc #undef memcmp #undef realloc ]]) # AT_DATA_GRAMMAR_PROLOGUE # ------------------------ # The prologue that should be included in any grammar which parser is # meant to be compiled. m4_define([AT_DATA_GRAMMAR_PROLOGUE], [[%code top { ]AT_DATA_SOURCE_PROLOGUE[]dnl [} ]]) # AT_DATA_SOURCE(NAME, CONTENT) # ----------------------------- # Generate the file NAME, which CONTENT is preceded by # AT_DATA_SOURCE_PROLOGUE. m4_define([AT_DATA_SOURCE], [AT_DATA([$1], [AT_DATA_SOURCE_PROLOGUE $2]) ]) # AT_DATA_GRAMMAR(NAME, CONTENT) # ------------------------------ # Generate the file NAME, which CONTENT is preceded by # AT_DATA_GRAMMAR_PROLOGUE. m4_define([AT_DATA_GRAMMAR], [AT_DATA([$1], [AT_DATA_GRAMMAR_PROLOGUE $2]) ]) # AT_BISON_CHECK(BISON_ARGS, [OTHER_AT_CHECK_ARGS]) # ------------------------------------------------- # Check Bison by invoking `bison BISON_ARGS'. OTHER_AT_CHECK_ARGS are the # usual remaining arguments to AT_CHECK: STATUS, STDOUT, etc. # # This macro or AT_BISON_CHECK_NO_XML should always be used whenever invoking # Bison in the test suite. For now it ensures that: # # 1. Valgrind doesn't report reachable memory when Bison is expected to have # a non-zero exit status since Bison doesn't always try to free all memory # in that case. # # 2. In the case of maintainer-xml-check, XML/XSLT output is compared with # --graph and --report=all output for every working grammar. # # 3. If stderr contains a warning, -Werror and --warnings=error # convert the warning to an error. m4_define([AT_BISON_CHECK], [m4_if(m4_quote($2), [0], [AT_BISON_CHECK_XML($@)], m4_quote($2), [], [AT_BISON_CHECK_XML($@)]) AT_BISON_CHECK_NO_XML($@)]) m4_define([AT_BISON_WERROR_MSG], [[bison: warnings being treated as errors]]) # AT_BISON_CHECK_NO_XML(BISON_ARGS, [OTHER_AT_CHECK_ARGS]) # -------------------------------------------------------- # Same as AT_BISON_CHECK except don't perform XML/XSLT checks. This is useful # when a tortured grammar's XML is known to be too large for xsltproc to # handle. m4_define([AT_BISON_CHECK_NO_XML], [AT_CHECK(m4_if(m4_quote($2), [0], [], m4_quote($2), [], [], [AT_QUELL_VALGRIND ])[[bison ]]$@) m4_if(m4_bregexp([$4], [: warning: ]), [-1], [], [m4_if(m4_quote(m4_if(m4_quote($2), [], [0], [$2])), [0], [[# Don't interfere with caller's files. if test -f stderr; then mv stderr at-bison-check-stderr.bak fi if test -f experr; then mv experr at-bison-check-experr.bak fi # Run with -Werror. ]AT_CHECK(AT_QUELL_VALGRIND[[ bison -Werror ]$1], [[1]], [$3], [stderr])[ # Build expected stderr up to and including the "warnings # being treated as errors" message. ]AT_DATA([[at-bison-check-warnings]], [$4])[ at_bison_check_first="` \ sed -n '/: warning: /=' at-bison-check-warnings \ | sed -n 1p \ `" if test $at_bison_check_first -gt 1; then sed -n "1,`expr $at_bison_check_first - 1`"p \ at-bison-check-warnings > experr fi echo ']AT_BISON_WERROR_MSG[' >> experr # Finish building expected stderr and check. Unlike # warnings, complaints cause bison to exit early. Thus, # with -Werror, bison does not necessarily report all # warnings that it does without -Werror, but it at least # reports one. at_bison_check_last="`sed -n '$=' stderr`" if test x"$at_bison_check_last" = x; then at_bison_check_last=1 fi at_bison_check_last="`expr $at_bison_check_last - 1`" sed -n "$at_bison_check_first,$at_bison_check_last"p \ at-bison-check-warnings >> experr ]AT_CHECK([[sed 's,.*/\(]AT_BISON_WERROR_MSG[\)$,\1,' \ stderr 1>&2]], [[0]], [[]], [experr])[ # Now check --warnings=error. cp stderr experr ]AT_CHECK(AT_QUELL_VALGRIND[[ bison --warnings=error ]$1], [[1]], [$3], [experr])[ # Restore caller's files. if test -f at-bison-check-experr.bak; then mv at-bison-check-experr.bak experr fi if test -f at-bison-check-stderr.bak; then mv at-bison-check-stderr.bak stderr fi ]]) ]) ]) # AT_BISON_CHECK_XML(BISON_ARGS, [OTHER_AT_CHECK_ARGS]) # ----------------------------------------------------- # Run AT_BISON_CHECK's XML/XSLT checks if $BISON_TEST_XML=1 and $XSLTPROC is # defined. It doesn't make sense to invoke this macro if Bison is expected to # have a non-zero exit status. m4_define([AT_BISON_CHECK_XML], [[if test x"$BISON_TEST_XML" = x1 && test x"$XSLTPROC" != x""; then mkdir xml-tests] m4_pushdef([AT_BISON_ARGS], [m4_bpatsubsts([[$1]], [--report(-file)?=[^][ ]*], [], [--graph=[^][ ]*], [], [--xml=[^][ ]*], [])])dnl # Don't combine these Bison invocations since we want to be sure that # --report=all isn't required to get the full XML file. AT_CHECK([[bison --report=all --report-file=xml-tests/test.output \ --graph=xml-tests/test.dot ]]AT_BISON_ARGS, [[0]], [ignore], [ignore]) AT_CHECK([[bison --xml=xml-tests/test.xml ]]AT_BISON_ARGS, [[0]], [ignore], [ignore]) m4_popdef([AT_BISON_ARGS])dnl [cp xml-tests/test.output expout] AT_CHECK([[$XSLTPROC \ `]]AT_QUELL_VALGRIND[[ bison --print-datadir`/xslt/xml2text.xsl \ xml-tests/test.xml]], [[0]], [expout]) [cp xml-tests/test.dot expout] AT_CHECK([[$XSLTPROC \ `]]AT_QUELL_VALGRIND[[ bison --print-datadir`/xslt/xml2dot.xsl \ xml-tests/test.xml]], [[0]], [expout]) [rm -rf xml-tests expout fi]]) # AT_QUELL_VALGRIND # ----------------- # Put this before a Bison invocation to keep Valgrind from complaining about # reachable memory. # # Do not quote invocations of this macro within the first argument of AT_CHECK. # The triple quoting below will cause test cases to fail if you do. If you do # so anyway but also decrease the quoting below to avoid that problem, AT_CHECK # will then fail to shell-escape its contents when attempting to print them. # The testsuite verbose output, at least, will be incorrect, but nothing may # fail to make sure you notice. m4_define([AT_QUELL_VALGRIND], [[[VALGRIND_OPTS="$VALGRIND_OPTS --leak-check=summary --show-reachable=no"; export VALGRIND_OPTS;]]]) ## ------------------------ ## ## Compiling C, C++ Files. ## ## ------------------------ ## # AT_COMPILE(OUTPUT, [SOURCES = OUTPUT.c]) # ---------------------------------------- # Compile SOURCES into OUTPUT. If OUTPUT does not contain '.', # assume that we are linking too; this is a hack. m4_define([AT_COMPILE], [AT_CHECK([$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS m4_bmatch([$1], [[.]], [], [$LDFLAGS ])-o $1 m4_default([$2], [$1.c])[]m4_bmatch([$1], [[.]], [], [ $LIBS])], 0, [ignore], [ignore])]) # AT_COMPILE_CXX(OUTPUT, [SOURCES = OUTPUT.cc]) # -------------------------------------------- # Compile SOURCES into OUTPUT. If OUTPUT does not contain '.', # assume that we are linking too; this is a hack. # If the C++ compiler does not work, ignore the test. m4_define([AT_COMPILE_CXX], [AT_KEYWORDS(c++) AT_CHECK([$BISON_CXX_WORKS], 0, ignore, ignore) AT_CHECK([$CXX $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS m4_bmatch([$1], [[.]], [], [$LDFLAGS ])-o $1 m4_default([$2], [$1.cc])[]m4_bmatch([$1], [[.]], [], [ $LIBS])], 0, [ignore], [ignore])]) # AT_JAVA_COMPILE(SOURCES) # ------------------------ # Compile SOURCES into Java class files. Skip the test if java or javac # is not installed. m4_define([AT_JAVA_COMPILE], [AT_KEYWORDS(java) AT_CHECK([[test -n "$CONF_JAVA" || exit 77 test -n "$CONF_JAVAC" || exit 77]]) AT_CHECK([[$SHELL ../../../javacomp.sh ]$1], [[0]], [ignore], [ignore])]) # AT_FULL_COMPILE(OUTPUT, [OTHER]) # -------------------------------- # Compile OUTPUT.y to OUTPUT.c, OUTPUT.cc, or OUTPUT.java, and then # compile it to OUTPUT or OUTPUT.class. If OTHER is specified, compile # OUTPUT-OTHER.c, OUTPUT-OTHER.cc, or OUTPUT-OTHER.java to OUTPUT or # OUTPUT.java along with it. Relies on AT_SKEL_CC_IF and # AT_SKEL_JAVA_IF. m4_define([AT_FULL_COMPILE], [ AT_SKEL_JAVA_IF([ AT_BISON_CHECK([[-o ]$1[.java ]$1[.y]]) AT_JAVA_COMPILE([$1[.java]]m4_ifval($2, [[$1[.java ]$1[-]$2[.java]]])) ], [ AT_SKEL_CC_IF([ AT_BISON_CHECK([[-o ]$1[.cc ]$1[.y]]) AT_COMPILE_CXX([$1]m4_ifval($2, [, [$1[.cc ]$1[-]$2[.cc]]])) ], [ AT_BISON_CHECK([[-o ]$1[.c ]$1[.y]]) AT_COMPILE([$1]m4_ifval($2, [, [$1[.c ]$1[-]$2[.c]]])) ]) ]) ]) ## ---------------------------- ## ## Running a generated parser. ## ## ---------------------------- ## # AT_PARSER_CHECK(COMMAND, EXIT-STATUS, EXPOUT, EXPERR, [PRE]) # ------------------------------------------------------------ # So that we can run `./testsuite PREPARSER='valgrind -q' for instance. m4_define([AT_PARSER_CHECK], [AT_CHECK([$5 $PREPARSER $1], [$2], [$3], [$4])]) # AT_JAVA_PARSER_CHECK(COMMAND, EXIT-STATUS, EXPOUT, EXPERR, [PRE]) # ----------------------------------------------------------------- m4_define([AT_JAVA_PARSER_CHECK], [AT_CHECK([$5[ $SHELL ../../../javaexec.sh ]$1], [$2], [$3], [$4])]) # AT_TEST_TABLES_AND_PARSE(TITLE, COND-VALUE, TEST-SPEC, # DECLS, GRAMMAR, INPUT, # BISON-STDERR, TABLES-OR-LAST-STATE, # [OTHER-CHECKS], # [PARSER-EXIT-VALUE], # [PARSER-STDOUT], [PARSER-STDERR]) # ------------------------------------------------------------- # Using TITLE as the test group title, check the generated parser tables # and parser for a specified grammar file under a condition labeled by # COND-VALUE. # # TEST-SPEC is a comma-delimited list of attributes of this test. Each # recognized attribute is described below where it is relevant. # # Insert DECLS and GRAMMAR into the declarations and grammar section of # the grammar file. Insert basic yyerror, yylex, and main function # definitions as well. Hardcode yylex to return the (possibly empty) # comma-delimited series of tokens in INPUT followed by token 0. # # If TEST-SPEC contains the attribute no-xml, then invoke bison using # AT_BISON_CHECK_NO_XML. Otherwise, invoke bison using AT_BISON_CHECK. # On the bison command-line, specify `--report=all --defines'. Check # that Bison exits with value 0, has no stdout, and has stderr # BISON-STDERR. # # If TEST-SPEC contains the attribute `last-state', check that the value # of TABLES-OR-LAST-STATE is the index of the last state generated for # the grammar; in other words, check the number of states (minus one). # Otherwise, check that everything in the `.output' file starting with # the definition of state 0 is the same as the entire value of # TABLES-OR-LAST-STATE. # # Expand the M4 in OTHER-CHECKS to perform additional checks of the # `.output' file, which is named `input.output', and/or grammar file, # which is named `input.y'. # # Finally, compile the generated parser and then run it using # AT_PARSER_CHECK with PARSER-EXIT-VALUE, PARSER-STDOUT, and # PARSER-STDERR as the 2nd-4th arguments. # # As a precondition, you must properly double-quote all arguments that # are to be interpreted as strings. # # AT_COND_CASE (when appearing in single-quoted segments of arguments) # invokes m4_case with its own arguments but COND-VALUE inserted as the # first argument. This is useful, for example, when wrapping multiple # AT_TEST_TABLES_AND_PARSE invocations, each representing a different # condition, in another macro. # # For example: # # # AT_TEST_SYNTAX_ERROR(DESCRIPTION, DECLS, GRAMMAR, INPUT, LAST-STATE, # # PARSER-EXIT-VALUE, PARSER-STDOUT, PARSER-STDERR) # # --------------------------------------------------------------------- # m4_define([AT_TEST_SYNTAX_ERROR], # [ # AT_TEST_TABLES_AND_PARSE([$1[ with %error-verbose]], [[verbose]], # [[last-state]], # [[%error-verbose ]$2], [$3], [$4], # [[]], [$5], [], [$6], [$7], [$8]) # AT_TEST_TABLES_AND_PARSE([$1[ with no %error-verbose]], [[no verbose]], # [[last-state]], # [$2], [$3], [$4], # [[]], [$5], [], [$6], [$7], [$8]) # ]) # # AT_TEST_SYNTAX_ERROR([[Single Char Grammar]], # [[%token 'b']], [[start: 'a' ;]], [['a', 'b']], # [[3]], # [[1]], [[]], # [AT_COND_CASE([[no verbose]], # [[syntax error # ]], # [[syntax error, unexpected 'b', expecting $end # ]])]) m4_define([AT_TEST_TABLES_AND_PARSE], [m4_pushdef([AT_COND_CASE], [m4_case([$2], $][@)]) AT_SETUP([$1]) AT_DATA_GRAMMAR([[input.y]], [[%code { #include static void yyerror (char const *msg); static int yylex (void); } ]$4[ %% ]$5[ %% static void yyerror (char const *msg) { fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", msg); } static int yylex (void) { static int const input[] = { ]m4_if([$6], [], [], [$6], [[]], [], [$6[, ]])[0 }; static int const *inputp = input; return *inputp++; } int main (void) { return yyparse (); } ]]) # In some versions of Autoconf, AT_CHECK invokes AS_ESCAPE before # expanding macros, so it corrupts some special characters in the # macros. To avoid this, expand now and pass it the result with proper # string quotation. Assume args 7 thru 12 expand to properly quoted # strings. m4_if(m4_index(m4_quote($3), [no-xml]), -1, [AT_BISON_CHECK], [AT_BISON_CHECK_NO_XML])([[--report=all --defines -o input.c input.y]], [0], [], m4_dquote($7)) m4_if(m4_index(m4_quote($3), [last-state]), -1, [AT_CHECK([[sed -n '/^state 0$/,$p' input.output]], [[0]], m4_dquote($8))], [AT_CHECK([[sed -n 's/^state //p' input.output | tail -1]], [[0]], m4_dquote($8)[[ ]])]) $9 AT_COMPILE([[input]]) AT_PARSER_CHECK([[./input]], m4_ifval([$10], [m4_dquote($10)]), m4_ifval([$11], [m4_dquote($11)]), m4_ifval([$12], [m4_dquote($12)])) AT_CLEANUP m4_popdef([AT_COND_CASE])]) ## ----------------------- ## ## Launch the test suite. ## ## ----------------------- ## AT_INIT AT_TESTED([bison])