Is it possible to expand macro just once?

Wolf <[email protected]> Mon, 12 Oct 2020 12:27:55 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.m4.general
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Hello,

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I have m4 template that contains macro, that I do not know the value of
(provided by user). That can lead to user setting the macro to name of
another macro, like:

	$ echo foo | m4 -Dfoo=bar -Dbar=baz
	baz

Now, I understand why it happens and that it is expected. However, due
to reason stated above, I need the macro to expand just once, so that
the snippet above would produce `bar`. Is there a way to do so?

Thank you in advance for any help :)

W.

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