+dnl This isn't useful because we can't turn on use of `inline' unless
+dnl the compiler groks `extern inline'.
+dnl AC_C_INLINE
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for void * support], emacs_cv_void_star,
+ [AC_TRY_COMPILE(, [void * foo;],
+ emacs_cv_void_star=yes, emacs_cv_void_star=no)])
+if test $emacs_cv_void_star = yes; then
+ AC_DEFINE(POINTER_TYPE, void)
+else
+ AC_DEFINE(POINTER_TYPE, char)
+fi