Re: Errors in 6.3.1 and 7.2 Syntax of Conditionals

On Thu, 2026-04-23 at 01:18 -1000, Mikey Yosh wrote:
> 6.3.1 Substitution References=C2=A0passes the literal string "var" into
> patsubst instead of expanding the variable.

This was fixed in the documentation source; thanks!

> 7.2 Syntax of Conditionals claims that there are four different
> directives but goes on to list five of them:
> > The syntax of the=C2=A0=C2=A0is the same whether the conditional is sim=
ple or
> > complex; after an=C2=A0else=C2=A0or not. There are four different direc=
tives
> > that test different conditions. Here is a table of them:
> > ifeq (,=C2=A0) 1
> > ifeq '' '' 2
> > ifeq "" "" 3
> > ifeq "" '' 4
> > ifeq '' "" 5?

There's some confusion in the docs; the four directives in question are
ifeq, ifneq, ifdef, and ifndef.  This text is not talking about the
different quoting formats for each directive.

It could be made clearer so I will do so; thanks.

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