# $NetBSD: varmod-remember.mk,v 1.9 2023/02/09 22:21:57 rillig Exp $ # # Tests for the :_ modifier, which saves the current expression value # in the _ variable or another, to be used later again. # The ':_' modifier is typically used in situations where the value of an # expression is needed at the same time as a sequence of numbers. In these # cases, the value of the expression is saved in the temporary variable '_', # from where it is taken later in the same expression. ABC= ${A B C:L:_:range:@i@$i=${_:[$i]}@} DEF= ${D E F:L:_:range:@i@$i=${_:[$i]}@} GHI= ${G H I:L:_:range:@i@$i=${_:[$i]}@} ABC.global:= ${ABC} # is evaluated in the global scope .if ${ABC.global} != "1=A 2=B 3=C" . error .endif .if ${DEF} != "1=D 2=E 3=F" # is evaluated in the command line scope . error .endif # Before var.c 1.1040 from 2023-02-09, the temporary variable '_' was placed # in the scope of the current evaluation, which meant that after the first # ':_' modifier had been evaluated in command line scope, all further # evaluations in global scope could not overwrite the variable '_' anymore, # as the command line scope takes precedence over the global scope. # The expression ${GHI} therefore evaluated to '1=D 2=E 3=F', reusing the # value of '_' from the previous evaluation in command line scope. GHI.global:= ${GHI} # is evaluated in the global scope .if ${GHI.global} != "1=G 2=H 3=I" . error .endif # In the parameterized form, having the variable name on the right side of # the = assignment operator looks confusing. In almost all other situations, # the variable name is on the left-hand side of the = operator, therefore # '_=SAVED' looks like it would copy 'SAVED' to '_'. Luckily, this modifier # is only rarely needed. .if ${1 2 3:L:@var@${var:_=SAVED:}@} != "1 2 3" . error .elif ${SAVED} != "3" . error .endif # The ':_' modifier takes a variable name as optional argument. Before var.c # 1.867 from 2021-03-14, this variable name could refer to other variables, # such as in 'VAR.$p'. It was not possible to refer to 'VAR.${param}' though, # as that form caused a parse error. The cause for the parse error in # '${...:_=VAR.${param}}' is that the variable name is parsed in an ad-hoc # manner, stopping at the first ':', ')' or '}', without taking any nested # expressions into account. Due to this inconsistency that short expressions # are possible but long expressions aren't, the name of the temporary variable # is no longer expanded. # # TODO: Warn about the unusual variable name '$S'. S= INDIRECT_VARNAME .if ${value:L:@var@${var:_=$S}@} != "value" . error .elif defined(INDIRECT_VARNAME) . error .endif # When a variable using ':_' refers to another variable that also uses ':_', # the value of the temporary variable '_' from the inner expression leaks into # the evaluation of the outer expression. If the expressions were evaluated # independently, the last word of the result would be outer_='outer' instead. INNER= ${inner:L:_:@i@$i inner_='$_'@} OUTER= ${outer:L:_:@o@$o ${INNER} outer_='$_'@} .if ${OUTER} != "outer inner inner_='inner' outer_='inner'" .endif all: