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# $NetBSD: varname.mk,v 1.8 2020/11/02 22:59:48 rillig Exp $
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# Tests for special variables, such as .MAKE or .PARSEDIR.
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# And for variable names in general.
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.MAKEFLAGS: -dv
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# In variable names, braces are allowed, but they must be balanced.
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# Parentheses and braces may be mixed.
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VAR{{{}}}= 3 braces
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.if "${VAR{{{}}}}" != "3 braces"
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. error
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.endif
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# In variable expressions, the parser works differently. It doesn't treat
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# braces and parentheses equally, therefore the first closing brace already
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# marks the end of the variable name.
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VARNAME= VAR(((
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${VARNAME}= 3 open parentheses
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.if "${VAR(((}}}}" != "3 open parentheses}}}"
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. error
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.endif
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# In the above test, the variable name is constructed indirectly. Neither
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# of the following expressions produces the intended effect.
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#
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# This is not a variable assignment since the parentheses and braces are not
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# balanced. At the end of the line, there are still 3 levels open, which
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# means the variable name is not finished.
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${:UVAR(((}= try1
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# On the left-hand side of a variable assignments, the backslash is not parsed
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# as an escape character, therefore the parentheses still count to the nesting
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# level, which at the end of the line is still 3. Therefore this is not a
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# variable assignment as well.
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${:UVAR\(\(\(}= try2
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# To assign to a variable with an arbitrary name, the variable name has to
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# come from an external source, not the text that is parsed in the assignment
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# itself. This is exactly the reason why further above, the indirect
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# ${VARNAME} works, while all other attempts fail.
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${VARNAME}= try3
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.MAKEFLAGS: -d0
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all:
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