diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2c0cd29..aa280c1 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 ## @license LGPL, see file <a href="license.html">COPYING</a>
 ##
 ## $Log$
+## Revision 1.15  2004/11/25 18:33:18  marc
+## support for function tracing which does not yet work (bug in OpenC++)
+##
 ## Revision 1.14  2004/10/13 11:19:54  marc
 ## *** empty log message ***
 ##
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ AC_INIT([mrw/mrw.hpp.in])
 PACKAGENAME=mrw-c++
 m4_define(x_major, 1)
 m4_define(x_minor, 2)
-m4_define(x_least, 1)
+m4_define(x_least, 2)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(@PACKAGENAME@, @MAJOR@.@MINOR@.@LEAST@, [marc@waeckerlin.org])
 
 # copy M4 to shell
@@ -98,9 +101,21 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER(log4cxx/logger.h, [have_log4cxx=yes])
 
 # Arguments
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
+AC_ARG_WITH(tracer,
+  [  --with-tracer=name      add additional tracing output to this library itself],
+  [with_tracer="$withval"], [with_tracer="no"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL(TRACER, test "$with_tracer" != "no")
+if test "$with_tracer" != "no"; then
+  if test "$with_tracer" != "yes"; then
+    TRACE=$with_tracer
+  else
+    TRACE="trace"
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(TRACE)
+fi
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(pedantic,
   [  --enable-pedantic       enable all warnings and checks, abort on warnings],
-  [test "$enableval" = "yes" &&  \
+  [have_pedantic="$enableval"; test "$enableval" = "yes" &&  \
      AM_CXXFLAGS="${AM_CXXFLAGS:-} -pedantic-errors -Wall -W -Wfloat-equal -Wundef -Wendif-labels -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wconversion -Wsign-compare -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wno-multichar -Wpacked -Wredundant-decls -Werror -Wshadow -Wcast-qual -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy"])
 dnl problem in libs: -Wshadow -Wcast-qual
 dnl auto.hpp: -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy (removed)
@@ -149,6 +164,15 @@ if test "$have_dot" = "no"; then
 AC_MSG_WARN([Missing program dot!
   - when you rebild documentation with make doc, there are no generated images
   - there are precompiled derieved files in the distribution]); fi
+if test "$have_pedantic" == "yes"; then
+AC_MSG_NOTICE([Pedantic compile mode enabled!
+  - all warnings for GNU g++ are enabled
+  - all warnings result in an error
+  - doxygen warnings are treated as error too]); fi
+if test "$have_tracer" != "no"; then
+AC_MSG_NOTICE([Verbose tracing is enabled!
+  - function traces will be printed for all methods in the library
+  - tracer is: $TRACE]); fi
 if test "$have_log4cxx" != "yes"; then
 AC_MSG_WARN([Library log4cxx will not be used!
   - if you want it, download it from:
diff --git a/mrw/makefile.am b/mrw/makefile.am
index a249c0c..3bb7f7a 100644
--- a/mrw/makefile.am
+++ b/mrw/makefile.am
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 ## @license LGPL, see file <a href="license.html">COPYING</a>
 ##
 ## $Log$
+## Revision 1.13  2004/11/25 18:33:18  marc
+## support for function tracing which does not yet work (bug in OpenC++)
+##
 ## Revision 1.12  2004/10/13 11:17:21  marc
 ## new file stdext.cpp
 ##
@@ -67,7 +70,19 @@ if HAVE_LOG4CXX
 endif
 endif
 
-libmrw_la_SOURCES = mrw.hpp version.cpp \
+if TRACER
+  tmp_src = \
+                    mrw.hpp version.cpp \
+                    arg.cpp arg.hpp auto.hpp deque.hpp \
+                    exception.cpp exception.hpp \
+                    exec.cpp exec.hpp list.hpp \
+                    map.hpp multimap.hpp multiset.hpp \
+                    set.hpp simpletrace.hpp \
+                    smartpointer.hpp stdext.cpp stdext.hpp \
+                    string.hpp unistd.hpp vector.hpp
+else
+  libmrw_la_SOURCES = \
+                    mrw.hpp version.cpp \
                     arg.cpp arg.hpp auto.hpp deque.hpp \
                     exception.cpp exception.hpp \
                     exec.cpp exec.hpp list.hpp \
@@ -75,10 +90,23 @@ libmrw_la_SOURCES = mrw.hpp version.cpp \
                     set.hpp simpletrace.hpp \
                     smartpointer.hpp stdext.cpp stdext.hpp \
                     string.hpp unistd.hpp vector.hpp
+endif
 if HAVE_STACKTRACE
-  libmrw_la_SOURCES += stacktrace.hpp stacktrace.cpp
+if TRACER
+  tmp_src += \
+                     stacktrace.hpp stacktrace.cpp
+else
+  libmrw_la_SOURCES += \
+                     stacktrace.hpp stacktrace.cpp
+endif
 endif
 libmrw_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info @LIB_VERSION@
+
+if TRACER
+  BUILT_SOURCES = ${tmp_src:.cpp=.ii}
+  libmrw_la_SOURCES = ${BUILT_SOURCES}
+endif
+
 if HAVE_STACKTRACE
   libmrwexcstderr_la_SOURCES = autostacktracestderr.cpp version.cpp
   libmrwexcstderr_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info @LIB_VERSION@
@@ -154,3 +182,8 @@ clean-local:
 distclean-local:
 	- rm -r doc/html/* doc/latex/*
 	- rm makefile makefile.in doxygen.err libmrw.doxytag
+
+if TRACER
+%.ii: %.cpp; ${TRACE} -E -- $<
+%.o: %.ii; ${CXX} -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${CXXFLAGS} -o $@ $<
+endif
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