varmod-defined.mk revision 1.8 1 # $NetBSD: varmod-defined.mk,v 1.8 2020/11/08 20:29:13 rillig Exp $
2 #
3 # Tests for the :D variable modifier, which returns the given string
4 # if the variable is defined. It is closely related to the :U modifier.
5
6 DEF= defined
7 .undef UNDEF
8
9 # Since DEF is defined, the value of the expression is "value", not
10 # "defined".
11 #
12 .if ${DEF:Dvalue} != "value"
13 . error
14 .endif
15
16 # Since UNDEF is not defined, the "value" is ignored. Instead of leaving the
17 # expression undefined, it is set to "", exactly to allow the expression to
18 # be used in .if conditions. In this place, other undefined expressions
19 # would generate an error message.
20 # XXX: Ideally the error message would be "undefined variable", but as of
21 # 2020-08-25 it is "Malformed conditional".
22 #
23 .if ${UNDEF:Dvalue} != ""
24 . error
25 .endif
26
27 # The modifier text may contain plain text as well as expressions.
28 #
29 .if ${DEF:D<${DEF}>} != "<defined>"
30 . error
31 .endif
32
33 # Special characters that would be interpreted differently can be escaped.
34 # These are '}' (the closing character of the expression), ':', '$' and '\'.
35 # Any other backslash sequences are preserved.
36 #
37 # The escaping rules for string literals in conditions are completely
38 # different though. There, any character may be escaped using a backslash.
39 #
40 .if ${DEF:D \} \: \$ \\ \) \n } != " } : \$ \\ \\) \\n "
41 . error
42 .endif
43
44 # Like in several other places in variable expressions, when
45 # ApplyModifier_Defined calls Var_Parse, double dollars lead to a parse
46 # error that is silently ignored. This makes all dollar signs disappear,
47 # except for the last, which is a well-formed variable expression.
48 #
49 .if ${DEF:D$$$$$${DEF}} != "defined"
50 . error
51 .endif
52
53 # Any other text is written without any further escaping. In contrast
54 # to the :M modifier, parentheses and braces do not need to be nested.
55 # Instead, the :D modifier is implemented sanely by parsing nested
56 # expressions as such, without trying any shortcuts. See ApplyModifier_Match
57 # for an inferior variant.
58 #
59 .if ${DEF:D!&((((} != "!&(((("
60 . error
61 .endif
62
63 # The :D modifier is often used in combination with the :U modifier.
64 # It does not matter in which order the :D and :U modifiers appear.
65 .if ${UNDEF:Dyes:Uno} != no
66 . error
67 .endif
68 .if ${UNDEF:Uno:Dyes} != no
69 . error
70 .endif
71 .if ${DEF:Dyes:Uno} != yes
72 . error
73 .endif
74 .if ${DEF:Uno:Dyes} != yes
75 . error
76 .endif
77
78 # Since the variable with the empty name is never defined, the :D modifier
79 # can be used to add comments in the middle of an expression. That
80 # expression always evaluates to an empty string.
81 .if ${:D This is a comment. } != ""
82 . error
83 .endif
84
85 # TODO: Add more tests for parsing the plain text part, to cover each branch
86 # of ApplyModifier_Defined.
87
88 # The :D and :U modifiers behave differently from the :@var@ modifier in
89 # that they preserve dollars in a ':=' assignment. This is because
90 # ApplyModifier_Defined passes the eflags unmodified to Var_Parse, unlike
91 # ApplyModifier_Loop, which uses ParseModifierPart, which in turn removes
92 # VARE_KEEP_DOLLAR from eflags.
93 #
94 # XXX: This inconsistency is documented nowhere.
95 .MAKEFLAGS: -dv
96 8_DOLLARS= $$$$$$$$
97 VAR:= ${8_DOLLARS}
98 VAR:= ${VAR:D${8_DOLLARS}}
99 VAR:= ${VAR:@var@${8_DOLLARS}@}
100 .MAKEFLAGS: -d0
101
102 all:
103 @:;
104