# $NetBSD: directive-for-errors.mk,v 1.10 2024/04/20 10:18:55 rillig Exp $ # # Tests for error handling in .for loops. # A .for directive must be followed by whitespace, everything else results # in a parse error. # expect+1: Unknown directive "fori" .fori in 1 2 3 . warning <${i}> .endfor # expect-2: warning: <> # expect-2: for-less endfor # A slash is not whitespace, therefore this is not parsed as a .for loop. # # XXX: The error message is misleading though. As of 2020-12-31, it says # 'Unknown directive "for"', but that directive is actually known. This is # because ForEval does not detect the .for loop as such, so parsing # continues in ParseLine > ParseDependencyLine > ParseDependency > # ParseDependencyTargets > ParseErrorNoDependency, and there the directive # name is parsed a bit differently. # expect+1: Unknown directive "for" .for/i in 1 2 3 . warning <${i}> .endfor # expect-2: warning: <> # expect-2: for-less endfor # Before for.c 1.173 from 2023-05-08, the variable name could be an arbitrary # word, it only needed to be separated by whitespace. Even '$' and '\' were # valid variable names, which was not useful in practice. # # The '$$' was not replaced with the values '1' or '3' from the .for loop, # instead it was kept as-is, and when the .info directive expanded its # argument, each '$$' got replaced with a single '$'. The "long # expression" ${$} got replaced though, even though this would be a parse # error everywhere outside a .for loop. ${:U\$}= dollar # see whether the "variable" '$' is local ${:U\\}= backslash # see whether the "variable" '\' is local # expect+1: invalid character '$' in .for loop variable name .for $ \ in 1 2 3 4 . info Dollar $$ ${$} $($) and backslash $\ ${\} $(\). .endfor # If there are no variables, there is no point in expanding the .for loop # since this would end up in an endless loop, consuming 0 of the 3 values in # each iteration. # expect+1: no iteration variables in for .for in 1 2 3 # XXX: This should not be reached. It should be skipped, as already done # when the number of values is not a multiple of the number of variables, # see below. . warning Should not be reached. .endfor # There are 3 variables and 5 values. These 5 values cannot be split evenly # among the variables, therefore the loop is not expanded at all, it is # skipped instead. # expect+1: Wrong number of words (5) in .for substitution list with 3 variables .for a b c in 1 2 3 4 5 . warning Should not be reached. .endfor # The list of values after the 'in' may be empty, no matter if this emptiness # comes from an expanded expression or from a syntactically empty line. .for i in . info Would be reached if there were items to loop over. .endfor # A missing 'in' should parse the .for loop but skip the body. # expect+1: missing `in' in for .for i over k # XXX: As of 2020-12-31, this line is reached once. . warning Should not be reached. .endfor # A malformed modifier should be detected and skip the body of the loop. # # XXX: As of 2020-12-31, Var_Subst doesn't report any errors, therefore # the loop body is expanded as if no error had happened. # expect+1: while evaluating "${:U3:Z} 4": Unknown modifier "Z" .for i in 1 2 ${:U3:Z} 4 . warning Should not be reached. .endfor # expect-2: warning: Should not be reached. # expect-3: warning: Should not be reached. # expect-4: warning: Should not be reached.