dnl @synopsis AX_CHECK_COMPILER_FLAGS(FLAGS, [ACTION-SUCCESS], [ACTION-FAILURE])
dnl @summary check whether FLAGS are accepted by the compiler
dnl @category Misc
dnl
dnl Check whether the given compiler FLAGS work with the current language's
dnl compiler, or whether they give an error.  (Warnings, however, are
dnl ignored.)
dnl
dnl ACTION-SUCCESS/ACTION-FAILURE are shell commands to execute on
dnl success/failure.
dnl
dnl @version 2005-05-30
dnl @license GPLWithACException
dnl @author Steven G. Johnson <stevenj@alum.mit.edu> and Matteo Frigo.
AC_DEFUN([AX_CHECK_COMPILER_FLAGS],
[AC_PREREQ(2.59) dnl for _AC_LANG_PREFIX
AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether _AC_LANG compiler accepts $1])
dnl Some hackery here since AC_CACHE_VAL can't handle a non-literal varname:
AS_LITERAL_IF([$1],
  [AC_CACHE_VAL(AS_TR_SH(ax_cv_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]_flags_$1), [
      ax_save_FLAGS=$[]_AC_LANG_PREFIX[]FLAGS
      _AC_LANG_PREFIX[]FLAGS="$1"
      AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM()], 
        AS_TR_SH(ax_cv_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]_flags_$1)=yes,
        AS_TR_SH(ax_cv_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]_flags_$1)=no)
      _AC_LANG_PREFIX[]FLAGS=$ax_save_FLAGS])],
  [ax_save_FLAGS=$[]_AC_LANG_PREFIX[]FLAGS
   _AC_LANG_PREFIX[]FLAGS="$1"
   AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM()], 
     eval AS_TR_SH(ax_cv_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]_flags_$1)=yes,
     eval AS_TR_SH(ax_cv_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]_flags_$1)=no)
   _AC_LANG_PREFIX[]FLAGS=$ax_save_FLAGS])
eval ax_check_compiler_flags=$AS_TR_SH(ax_cv_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]_flags_$1)
AC_MSG_RESULT($ax_check_compiler_flags)
if test "x$ax_check_compiler_flags" = xyes; then
	m4_default([$2], :)
else
	m4_default([$3], :)
fi
])dnl AX_CHECK_COMPILER_FLAGS