Re: make ChangeLog NEWS main.c read.c variable.c va...

Hi Paul,

Paul D. Smith <[email protected]> writes:

> Does that actually work?  I thought I had disabled variables with
> whitespace in the name unless it was done explicitly, like foo
> $(space)bar.  Maybe not in define/endef.

Yes, works like a charm ;-). Also in $(foo bar) and $(flavor foo bar).


> A note: in read.c:do_undefine() I think you forgot to free (var).

Fixed, thanks for catching this.


> In the other change you made, I think either the code or comment here is
> wrong:
> 
>   /* If the names are the same but ignore_mtimes are not equal, one of these
>      is an order-only prerequisite and one isn't.  That means that we should
>      remove the one that isn't and keep the one that is.  */
> 
>   if (!cmp && dx->ignore_mtime != dy->ignore_mtime)
>     dx->ignore_mtime = dy->ignore_mtime = 0;

Yes, I meant to change this comment but forgot. That code is actually
quite sneaky. It took me good half and hour to figure who changes
the ignore_mtime. I went ahead and moved this upgrade logic to 
set_file_variables where it is more apparent.


Boris

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