# $NetBSD: varmod-assign.mk,v 1.8 2020/10/18 21:37:24 rillig Exp $ # # Tests for the obscure ::= variable modifiers, which perform variable # assignments during evaluation, just like the = operator in C. all: mod-assign all: mod-assign-nested all: mod-assign-empty all: mod-assign-parse all: mod-assign-shell-error mod-assign: # The ::?= modifier applies the ?= assignment operator 3 times. # The ?= operator only has an effect for the first time, therefore # the variable FIRST ends up with the value 1. @echo $@: ${1 2 3:L:@i@${FIRST::?=$i}@} first=${FIRST}. # The ::= modifier applies the = assignment operator 3 times. # The = operator overwrites the previous value, therefore the # variable LAST ends up with the value 3. @echo $@: ${1 2 3:L:@i@${LAST::=$i}@} last=${LAST}. # The ::+= modifier applies the += assignment operator 3 times. # The += operator appends 3 times to the variable, therefore # the variable APPENDED ends up with the value "1 2 3". @echo $@: ${1 2 3:L:@i@${APPENDED::+=$i}@} appended=${APPENDED}. # The ::!= modifier applies the != assignment operator 3 times. # The side effects of the shell commands are visible in the output. # Just as with the ::= modifier, the last value is stored in the # RAN variable. @echo $@: ${echo.1 echo.2 echo.3:L:@i@${RAN::!=${i:C,.*,&; & 1>\&2,:S,., ,g}}@} ran:${RAN}. # The assignments happen in the global scope and thus are # preserved even after the shell command has been run. @echo $@: global: ${FIRST:Q}, ${LAST:Q}, ${APPENDED:Q}, ${RAN:Q}. mod-assign-nested: # The condition "1" is true, therefore THEN1 gets assigned a value, # and IT1 as well. Nothing surprising here. @echo $@: ${1:?${THEN1::=then1${IT1::=t1}}:${ELSE1::=else1${IE1::=e1}}}${THEN1}${ELSE1}${IT1}${IE1} # The condition "0" is false, therefore ELSE1 gets assigned a value, # and IE1 as well. Nothing surprising here as well. @echo $@: ${0:?${THEN2::=then2${IT2::=t2}}:${ELSE2::=else2${IE2::=e2}}}${THEN2}${ELSE2}${IT2}${IE2} # The same effects happen when the variables are defined elsewhere. @echo $@: ${SINK3:Q} @echo $@: ${SINK4:Q} SINK3:= ${1:?${THEN3::=then3${IT3::=t3}}:${ELSE3::=else3${IE3::=e3}}}${THEN3}${ELSE3}${IT3}${IE3} SINK4:= ${0:?${THEN4::=then4${IT4::=t4}}:${ELSE4::=else4${IE4::=e4}}}${THEN4}${ELSE4}${IT4}${IE4} mod-assign-empty: # Assigning to the empty variable would obviously not work since that # variable is write-protected. Therefore it is rejected early with a # "Bad modifier" message. # # XXX: The error message is hard to read since the variable name is # empty. This leads to a trailing space in the error message. @echo $@: ${::=value} # In this variant, it is not as obvious that the name of the # expression is empty. Assigning to it is rejected as well, with the # same "Bad modifier" message. # # XXX: The error message is hard to read since the variable name is # empty. This leads to a trailing space in the error message. @echo $@: ${:Uvalue::=overwritten} # The :L modifier sets the value of the expression to its variable # name. The name of the expression is "VAR", therefore assigning to # that variable works. @echo $@: ${VAR:L::=overwritten} VAR=${VAR} mod-assign-parse: # The modifier for assignment operators starts with a ':'. # An 'x' after that is an invalid modifier. @echo ${ASSIGN::x} # 'x' is an unknown assignment operator # When parsing an assignment operator fails because the operator is # incomplete, make falls back to the SysV modifier. @echo ${SYSV::=sysv\:x}${SYSV::x=:y} @echo ${ASSIGN::=value # missing closing brace mod-assign-shell-error: # If the command succeeds, the variable is assigned. @${SH_OK::!= echo word; true } echo ok=${SH_OK} # If the command fails, the variable keeps its previous value. # FIXME: the error message says: "previous" returned non-zero status @${SH_ERR::=previous} @${SH_ERR::!= echo word; false } echo err=${SH_ERR} # XXX: The ::= modifier expands its right-hand side, exactly once. # This differs subtly from normal assignments such as '+=' or '=', which copy # their right-hand side literally. APPEND.prev= previous APPEND.var= ${APPEND.prev} APPEND.indirect= indirect $${:Unot expanded} APPEND.dollar= $${APPEND.indirect} .if ${APPEND.var::+=${APPEND.dollar}} != "" . error .endif .if ${APPEND.var} != "previous indirect \${:Unot expanded}" . error .endif