# $NetBSD: cond-token-var.mk,v 1.8 2023/11/19 21:47:52 rillig Exp $ # # Tests for expressions in .if conditions. # # Note the fine distinction between a variable and an expression. # A variable has a name and a value. To access the value, one writes an # expression of the form ${VAR}. This is a simple # expression. Expressions can get more complicated by adding # variable modifiers such as in ${VAR:Mpattern}. # # XXX: Strictly speaking, variable modifiers should be called expression # modifiers instead since they only modify the expression, not the variable. # Well, except for the assignment modifiers, these do indeed change the value # of the variable. DEF= defined # A defined variable may appear on either side of the comparison. .if ${DEF} == ${DEF} # expect+1: ok . info ok .else . error .endif # A variable that appears on the left-hand side must be defined. # expect+1: Malformed conditional (${UNDEF} == ${DEF}) .if ${UNDEF} == ${DEF} . error .endif # A variable that appears on the right-hand side must be defined. # expect+1: Malformed conditional (${DEF} == ${UNDEF}) .if ${DEF} == ${UNDEF} . error .endif # A defined variable may appear as an expression of its own. .if ${DEF} .endif # An undefined variable on its own generates a parse error. # expect+1: Malformed conditional (${UNDEF}) .if ${UNDEF} .endif # The :U modifier turns an undefined expression into a defined expression. # Since the expression is defined now, it doesn't generate any parse error. .if ${UNDEF:U} .endif # If the value of the expression is a number, it is compared against # zero. .if ${:U0} . error .endif .if !${:U1} . error .endif # If the value of the expression is not a number, any non-empty # value evaluates to true, even if there is only whitespace. .if ${:U} . error .endif .if !${:U } . error .endif .if !${:Uanything} . error .endif