# $NetBSD: var-op-expand.mk,v 1.16 2021/12/28 10:47:00 rillig Exp $ # # Tests for the := variable assignment operator, which expands its # right-hand side. # # See also: # varname-dot-make-save_dollars.mk # Force the test results to be independent of the default value of this # setting, which is 'yes' for NetBSD's usr.bin/make but 'no' for the bmake # distribution and pkgsrc/devel/bmake. .MAKE.SAVE_DOLLARS:= yes # If the right-hand side does not contain a dollar sign, the ':=' assignment # operator has the same effect as the '=' assignment operator. VAR:= value .if ${VAR} != "value" . error .endif # When a ':=' assignment is performed, its right-hand side is evaluated and # expanded as far as possible. Contrary to other situations, '$$' and # variable expressions based on undefined variables are preserved though. # # Whether a variable expression is undefined or not is determined at the end # of evaluating the expression. The consequence is that ${:Ufallback} expands # to "fallback"; initially this expression is undefined since it is based on # the variable named "", which is guaranteed to be never defined, but at the # end of evaluating the expression ${:Ufallback}, the modifier ':U' has turned # the expression into a defined expression. # literal dollar signs VAR:= $$ $$$$ $$$$$$$$ .if ${VAR} != "\$ \$\$ \$\$\$\$" . error .endif # reference to a variable containing a literal dollar sign REF= $$ $$$$ $$$$$$$$ VAR:= ${REF} REF= too late .if ${VAR} != "\$ \$\$ \$\$\$\$" . error .endif # reference to an undefined variable .undef UNDEF VAR:= <${UNDEF}> UNDEF= after .if ${VAR} != "" . error .endif # reference to a variable whose name is computed from another variable REF2= referred to REF= REF2 VAR:= ${${REF}} REF= too late .if ${VAR} != "referred to" . error .endif # expression with an indirect modifier referring to an undefined variable .undef UNDEF VAR:= ${:${UNDEF}} UNDEF= Uwas undefined .if ${VAR} != "was undefined" . error .endif # expression with an indirect modifier referring to another variable that # in turn refers to an undefined variable # # XXX: Even though this is a ':=' assignment, the '${UNDEF}' in the part of # the variable modifier is not preserved. To preserve it, ParseModifierPart # would have to call VarSubstExpr somehow since this is the only piece of # code that takes care of this global variable. .undef UNDEF REF= U${UNDEF} #.MAKEFLAGS: -dv VAR:= ${:${REF}} #.MAKEFLAGS: -d0 REF= too late UNDEF= Uwas undefined .if ${VAR} != "" . error .endif # In variable assignments using the ':=' operator, undefined variables are # preserved, no matter how indirectly they are referenced. .undef REF3 REF2= <${REF3}> REF= ${REF2} VAR:= ${REF} REF3= too late .if ${VAR} != "" . error .endif # In variable assignments using the ':=' operator, '$$' are preserved, no # matter how indirectly they are referenced. REF2= REF2:$$ $$$$ REF= REF:$$ $$$$ ${REF2} VAR:= VAR:$$ $$$$ ${REF} .if ${VAR} != "VAR:\$ \$\$ REF:\$ \$\$ REF2:\$ \$\$" . error .endif # In variable assignments using the ':=' operator, '$$' are preserved in the # expressions of the top level, but not in expressions that are nested. VAR:= top:$$ ${:Unest1\:\$\$} ${:Unest2${:U\:\$\$}} .if ${VAR} != "top:\$ nest1:\$ nest2:\$" . error .endif # In variable assignments using the ':=' operator, there may be expressions # containing variable modifiers, and these modifiers may refer to other # variables. These referred-to variables are expanded at the time of # assignment. The undefined variables are kept as-is and are later expanded # when evaluating the condition. # # Contrary to the assignment operator '=', the assignment operator ':=' # consumes the '$' from modifier parts. REF.word= 1:$$ 2:$$$$ 4:$$$$$$$$ .undef REF.undef VAR:= ${:Uword undef:@word@${REF.${word}}@}, direct: ${REF.word} ${REF.undef} REF.word= word.after REF.undef= undef.after .if ${VAR} != "1:2:\$ 4:\$\$ undef.after, direct: 1:\$ 2:\$\$ 4:\$\$\$\$ undef.after" . error .endif # Just for comparison, the previous example using the assignment operator '=' # instead of ':='. The right-hand side of the assignment is not evaluated at # the time of assignment but only later, when ${VAR} appears in the condition. # # At that point, both REF.word and REF.undef are defined. REF.word= 1:$$ 2:$$$$ 4:$$$$$$$$ .undef REF.undef VAR= ${:Uword undef:@word@${REF.${word}}@}, direct: ${REF.word} ${REF.undef} REF.word= word.after REF.undef= undef.after .if ${VAR} != "word.after undef.after, direct: word.after undef.after" . error .endif # Between var.c 1.42 from 2000-05-11 and before parse.c 1.520 from 2020-12-27, # if the variable name in a ':=' assignment referred to an undefined variable, # there were actually 2 assignments to different variables: # # Global["VAR_SUBST_${UNDEF}"] = "" # Global["VAR_SUBST_"] = "" # # The variable name with the empty value actually included a dollar sign. # Variable names with dollars are not used in practice. # # It might be a good idea to forbid undefined variables on the left-hand side # of a variable assignment. .undef UNDEF VAR_ASSIGN_${UNDEF}= assigned by '=' VAR_SUBST_${UNDEF}:= assigned by ':=' .if ${VAR_ASSIGN_} != "assigned by '='" . error .endif .if defined(${:UVAR_SUBST_\${UNDEF\}}) . error .endif .if ${VAR_SUBST_} != "assigned by ':='" . error .endif # The following test case demonstrates that the variable 'LATER' is preserved # in the ':=' assignment since the variable 'LATER' is not yet defined. # After the assignment to 'LATER', evaluating the variable 'INDIRECT' # evaluates 'LATER' as well. # .undef LATER INDIRECT:= ${LATER:S,value,replaced,} .if ${INDIRECT} != "" . error .endif LATER= late-value .if ${INDIRECT} != "late-replaced" . error .endif # Same as the test case above, except for the additional modifier ':tl' when # evaluating the variable 'INDIRECT'. Nothing surprising here. .undef LATER .undef later INDIRECT:= ${LATER:S,value,replaced,} .if ${INDIRECT:tl} != "" . error .endif LATER= uppercase-value later= lowercase-value .if ${INDIRECT:tl} != "uppercase-replaced" . error .endif # Similar to the two test cases above, the situation gets a bit more involved # here, due to the double indirection. The variable 'indirect' is supposed to # be the lowercase version of the variable 'INDIRECT'. # # The assignment operator ':=' for the variable 'INDIRECT' could be a '=' as # well, it wouldn't make a difference in this case. The crucial detail is the # assignment operator ':=' for the variable 'indirect'. During this # assignment, the variable modifier ':S,value,replaced,' is converted to # lowercase, which turns 'S' into 's', thus producing an unknown modifier. # In this case, make issues a warning, but in cases where the modifier # includes a '=', the modifier would be interpreted as a SysV-style # substitution like '.c=.o', and make would not issue a warning, leading to # silent unexpected behavior. # # As of 2021-11-20, the actual behavior is unexpected. Fixing it is not # trivial. When the assignment to 'indirect' takes place, the expressions # from the nested expression could be preserved, like this: # # Start with: # # indirect:= ${INDIRECT:tl} # # Since INDIRECT is defined, expand it, remembering that the modifier # ':tl' must still be applied to the final result. # # indirect:= ${LATER:S,value,replaced,} \ # OK \ # ${LATER:value=sysv} # # The variable 'LATER' is not defined. An idea may be to append the # remaining modifier ':tl' to each expression that is starting with an # undefined variable, resulting in: # # indirect:= ${LATER:S,value,replaced,:tl} \ # OK \ # ${LATER:value=sysv:tl} # # This would work for the first expression. The second expression ends # with the SysV modifier ':from=to', and when this modifier is parsed, # it consumes all characters until the end of the expression, which in # this case would replace the suffix 'value' with the literal 'sysv:tl', # ignoring that the ':tl' was intended to be an additional modifier. # # Due to all of this, this surprising behavior is not easy to fix. # .undef LATER .undef later INDIRECT:= ${LATER:S,value,replaced,} OK ${LATER:value=sysv} indirect:= ${INDIRECT:tl} # expect+1: Unknown modifier "s,value,replaced," .if ${indirect} != " ok " . error .else . warning XXX Neither branch should be taken. .endif LATER= uppercase-value later= lowercase-value # expect+1: Unknown modifier "s,value,replaced," .if ${indirect} != "uppercase-replaced ok uppercase-sysv" . warning XXX Neither branch should be taken. .else . error .endif all: @:;