# $NetBSD: directive-for.mk,v 1.8 2020/10/25 15:49:03 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 # When the outer .for loop is expanded, it sees the expression ${i} and # expands it. The inner loop then has nothing more to expand. .for i in outer . for i in inner . info ${i} . endfor .endfor # From https://gnats.netbsd.org/29985. # # Until 2008-12-21, the .for loop was expanded by replacing the variable # value literally in the body. This could lead to situations where the # characters from the variable value were interpreted as markup rather than # plain text. # # Until 2012-06-03, the .for loop had split the words at whitespace, without # taking quotes into account. This made it possible to have variable values # like "a:\ a:\file.txt" that ended in a single backslash. Since then, the # variable values have been replaced with expressions of the form ${:U...}, # which are not interpreted as code anymore. # # As of 2020-09-22, a comment in for.c says that it may be possible to # produce an "unwanted substitution", but there is no demonstration code yet. # # The above changes prevent a backslash at the end of a word from being # interpreted as part of the code. Because of this, the trailingBackslash # hack in Var_Subst is no longer needed and as of 2020-09-22, has been # removed. .for path in a:\ a:\file.txt d:\\ d:\\file.txt . info ${path} .endfor # Ensure that braces and parentheses are properly escaped by the .for loop. # Each line must print the same word 3 times. # See GetEscapes. .for v in ( [ { ) ] } (()) [[]] {{}} )( ][ }{ . info $v ${v} $(v) .endfor # As of 2020-10-25, the variable names may contain arbitrary characters, # except for whitespace. This allows for creative side effects. Hopefully # nobody is misusing this "feature". var= outer .for var:Q in value "quoted" . info ${var} ${var:Q} ${var:Q:Q} .endfor all: @:;