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Re: FYI: catch variable names starting with `_' (PR/291).
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz |
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Re: FYI: catch variable names starting with `_' (PR/291). |
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Date: |
Tue, 09 Jul 2002 10:20:56 +0200 |
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>>> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:
>> @@ -5927,8 +5927,13 @@
>> {
>> my ($var, $var_is_am, $type, $cond, $value, $where) = @_;
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>> - err $where, "bad characters in macro name `$var'"
>> + err $where, "bad characters in variable name `$var'"
>> if $var !~ /$MACRO_PATTERN/o;
Akim> In Make talk, these are really macros.
Yep, but it will be less confusing if with reserve the word
`macro' for Autoconf macros. The manual already states
that "Makefile macros" are called "variables" in Automake.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz