Re: [PATCH] use m4_require to implement AS_REQUIRE

> The point is that text goes into a diversion only when _you are not doing
> argument collection_ - in other words, the macro call must be expanded at
> the outermost level.  Any macro that potentially changes the current
> diversion must be quoted, rather than expanded in advance, when handed as
> an argument to another macro; otherwise, the text output while the
> diversion change is in effect doesn't go to the changed diversion, but to
> the argument collection.

Yeah, that's the similar testcase I got:

m4_init
m4_define([FROBIT],
          [m4_divert_text([6], [in diversion _m4_divert_diversion])$1])
m4_define([SHOWIT], [$[]1 is $1])
m4_define([TEXT], [FROBIT(text)])
m4_divert_pop([KILL])
m4_divert_push([1000])dnl
SHOWIT([TEXT])

and that's also the reason why the original testcase was failing.

Paolo