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# SYNOPSIS
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#   AX_GCC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
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# DESCRIPTION
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#   The macro will compile a test program to see whether the compiler does
#   understand the per-function postfix pragma.
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AC_DEFUN([AX_GCC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT],[dnl
AC_CACHE_CHECK(
 [whether the compiler supports function __attribute__((__warn_unused_result__))],
 ax_cv_gcc_warn_unused_result,[
 AC_TRY_COMPILE([__attribute__((__warn_unused_result__))
 int f(int i) { return i; }],
 [],
 ax_cv_gcc_warn_unused_result=yes, ax_cv_gcc_warn_unused_result=no)])
 if test "$ax_cv_gcc_warn_unused_result" = yes; then
   AC_DEFINE([GCC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT],[__attribute__((__warn_unused_result__))],
    [most gcc compilers know a function __attribute__((__warn_unused_result__))])
 fi
])