+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl Checks for compiler characteristics
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+dnl defines const to be empty if c-compiler does not support const fully
+AC_C_CONST
+dnl defines inline to a sensible value for the c-compiler
+AC_C_INLINE
+
+dnl check the sizes of integral types (give some reasonable default values for
+dnl cross-compiling)
+dnl defines the size of certain types of variables in SIZEOF_<TYPE>
+AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(char, 1)
+AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(short, 2)
+AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(void *, 4)
+AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(int, 4)
+AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long, 4)
+
+case "${host}" in
+ arm-*-linux* )
+ AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long long, 8)
+ ;;
+ * )
+ AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long long, 0)
+esac
+
+
+dnl we have to do it ourselves because SGI/Irix's stdio.h does not include
+dnl wchar_t and AC_CHECK_SIZEOF only includes stdio.h
+dnl Mac OS X does not provide wchar.h and wchar_t is defined by stdlib.h (GD)
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([size of wchar_t], wx_cv_sizeof_wchar_t,
+[
+ AC_TRY_RUN(
+ [
+ #ifdef HAVE_WCHAR_H
+ # ifdef __CYGWIN__
+ # include <stddef.h>
+ # endif
+ # include <wchar.h>
+ #endif
+ #ifdef HAVE_STDLIB_H
+ # include <stdlib.h>
+ #endif
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ int main()
+ {
+ FILE *f=fopen("conftestval", "w");
+ if (!f) exit(1);
+ fprintf(f, "%i", sizeof(wchar_t));
+ exit(0);
+ }
+ ],
+ wx_cv_sizeof_wchar_t=`cat conftestval`,
+ wx_cv_sizeof_wchar_t=0,
+ wx_cv_sizeof_wchar_t=4
+ )
+])
+
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SIZEOF_WCHAR_T, $wx_cv_sizeof_wchar_t)
+
+dnl check for large file support
+AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
+
+dnl check for bytesex stuff (don't use AC_C_BIGENDIAN to allow cross-compiling)
+WX_C_BIGENDIAN
+
+dnl check for iostream (as opposed to iostream.h) standard header
+WX_CPP_NEW_HEADERS(, AC_DEFINE(wxUSE_IOSTREAMH))
+
+dnl check whether C++ compiler supports bool built-in type
+WX_CPP_BOOL
+