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[PATCH] Move runtime check for recent giflib to compile time

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 51484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#51484: [PATCH] Move runtime check for recent giflib to compile time
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 09:30:40 -0700

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Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> (What patch?)

Oops, let's try that again.

> The compiler converts that into a run-time constant anyway.  The
> reason for using such "run-time" testing is usually to have a more
> readable code, since #ifdef's make the code harder to read.  There are
> no downsides, since the test is compiled away.

Right, hence my asking what you all think of the patch.  Which is now
hopefully also attached.

[0001-Move-runtime-check-for-recent-giflib-to-compile-time.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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