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authorNiels Möller <nisse@lysator.liu.se>2020-11-30 21:20:42 +0100
committerNiels Möller <nisse@lysator.liu.se>2020-11-30 21:20:42 +0100
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m4: New macro m4_unquote
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@@ -312,6 +312,15 @@ dnl --------------------------------------------------------------------------
dnl Various generic m4 things.
+dnl Usage: m4_unquote(macro)
+dnl
+dnl Allow the argument text to be re-evaluated. This is useful for "token
+dnl pasting" like m4_unquote(foo`'bar).
+
+define(m4_unquote,
+m4_assert_onearg()
+`$1')
+
dnl Usage: m4_length(string)
dnl