# $NetBSD: directive-for.mk,v 1.2 2020/09/02 22:58:59 rillig Exp $ # # Tests for the .for directive. # Using the .for loop, lists of values can be produced. # In simple cases, the :@var@${var}@ variable modifier can be used to # reach the same effects. # .undef NUMBERS .for num in 1 2 3 NUMBERS+= ${num} .endfor .if ${NUMBERS} != "1 2 3" . error .endif # The .for loop also works for multiple iteration variables. .for name value in VARNAME value NAME2 value2 ${name}= ${value} .endfor .if ${VARNAME} != "value" || ${NAME2} != "value2" . error .endif # The .for loop splits the items at whitespace, taking quotes into account, # just like the :M or :S variable modifiers. # # Until 2012-06-03, it had split the items exactly at whitespace, without # taking the quotes into account. # .undef WORDS .for var in one t\ w\ o "three three" 'four four' `five six` WORDS+= counted .endfor .if ${WORDS:[#]} != 6 . error .endif # In the body of the .for loop, the iteration variables can be accessed # like normal variables, even though they are not really variables. # # Instead, the expression ${var} is transformed into ${:U1}, ${:U2} and so # on, before the loop body is evaluated. # # A notable effect of this implementation technique is that the .for # iteration variables and the normal global variables live in separate # namespaces and do not influence each other. # var= value before var2= value before .for var var2 in 1 2 3 4 .endfor .if ${var} != "value before" . warning After the .for loop, var must still have its original value. .endif .if ${var2} != "value before" . warning After the .for loop, var2 must still have its original value. .endif # Everything from the paragraph above also applies if the loop body is # empty, even if there is no actual iteration since the loop items are # also empty. # var= value before var2= value before .for var var2 in ${:U} .endfor .if ${var} != "value before" . warning After the .for loop, var must still have its original value. .endif .if ${var2} != "value before" . warning After the .for loop, var2 must still have its original value. .endif # Until 2008-12-21, the values of the iteration variables were simply # inserted as plain text and then parsed as usual, which made it possible # to achieve all kinds of strange effects. # # Before that date, the .for loop expanded to: # EXPANSION+= value # Since that date, the .for loop expands to: # EXPANSION${:U+}= value # EXPANSION= before EXPANSION+ = before .for plus in + EXPANSION${plus}= value .endfor .if ${EXPANSION} != "before" . error This must be a make from before 2009. .endif .if ${EXPANSION+} != "value" . error This must be a make from before 2009. .endif all: @:;