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      1 # mode_t.m4 serial 2
      2 dnl Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
      3 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
      4 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
      5 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
      6 
      7 # For using mode_t, it's sufficient to use AC_TYPE_MODE_T and
      8 # include <sys/types.h>.
      9 
     10 # Define PROMOTED_MODE_T to the type that is the result of "default argument
     11 # promotion" (ISO C 6.5.2.2.(6)) of the type mode_t.
     12 AC_DEFUN([gl_PROMOTED_TYPE_MODE_T],
     13 [
     14   AC_REQUIRE([AC_TYPE_MODE_T])
     15   AC_CACHE_CHECK([for promoted mode_t type], [gl_cv_promoted_mode_t], [
     16     dnl Assume mode_t promotes to 'int' if and only if it is smaller than 'int',
     17     dnl and to itself otherwise. This assumption is not guaranteed by the ISO C
     18     dnl standard, but we don't know of any real-world counterexamples.
     19     AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <sys/types.h>]],
     20       [[typedef int array[2 * (sizeof (mode_t) < sizeof (int)) - 1];]])],
     21       [gl_cv_promoted_mode_t='int'],
     22       [gl_cv_promoted_mode_t='mode_t'])
     23   ])
     24   AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([PROMOTED_MODE_T], [$gl_cv_promoted_mode_t],
     25     [Define to the type that is the result of default argument promotions of type mode_t.])
     26 ])
     27