Re: Idea: GNU Make Standard Library

[John Graham-Cumming]

On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 14:43, John Graham-Cumming wrote:
> It suddenly occurred to me that it might be nice to have a standard
> library of GNU Make functions that Makefile writes could 'include'.  
> I
> could imagine something like 'include gmsl.mak' which would then
> define
> a bunch of functions to arithmetic, list manipulation, string
> functions,
> ...
> 
> Anyone think this is a good idea?  If so, I'll consider registering a
> SourceForge or Savannah project for this and maintain it.  I could
> implement quite a bit of this and release it under the GPL.

OK.  I followed up on this and have created a v1.0.0 release of what I
think are useful functions.  Of course, this is just my opinion and
others may want/need other things.

For those that are interested, please check out http://gmsl.sf.net/. 
There's documentation, a release of the code and a test suite.  Should
work with any GNU Make (it does automatic detection of $(eval) so that
some functionality gets disabled if you are using GNU Make version <
3.80).

I'd welcome comments in the Open Discussion forum on the SF site and
once I get enough feedback I'll think about what needs to be
added/changed.  In the interim, if you have the time, please take a look
at the library and give your feedback on the SF site.

John.
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