varmod-ifelse.mk revision 1.9 1 1.9 rillig # $NetBSD: varmod-ifelse.mk,v 1.9 2021/01/25 19:05:39 rillig Exp $
2 1.1 rillig #
3 1.2 rillig # Tests for the ${cond:?then:else} variable modifier, which evaluates either
4 1.2 rillig # the then-expression or the else-expression, depending on the condition.
5 1.5 rillig #
6 1.5 rillig # The modifier was added on 1998-04-01.
7 1.5 rillig #
8 1.5 rillig # Until 2015-10-11, the modifier always evaluated both the "then" and the
9 1.5 rillig # "else" expressions.
10 1.1 rillig
11 1.1 rillig # TODO: Implementation
12 1.1 rillig
13 1.5 rillig # The variable name of the expression is expanded and then taken as the
14 1.5 rillig # condition. In this case it becomes:
15 1.5 rillig #
16 1.5 rillig # variable expression == "variable expression"
17 1.5 rillig #
18 1.5 rillig # This confuses the parser, which expects an operator instead of the bare
19 1.5 rillig # word "expression". If the name were expanded lazily, everything would be
20 1.5 rillig # fine since the condition would be:
21 1.5 rillig #
22 1.5 rillig # ${:Uvariable expression} == "literal"
23 1.5 rillig #
24 1.5 rillig # Evaluating the variable name lazily would require additional code in
25 1.5 rillig # Var_Parse and ParseVarname, it would be more useful and predictable
26 1.5 rillig # though.
27 1.5 rillig .if ${${:Uvariable expression} == "literal":?bad:bad}
28 1.5 rillig . error
29 1.5 rillig .else
30 1.5 rillig . error
31 1.5 rillig .endif
32 1.5 rillig
33 1.5 rillig # In a variable assignment, undefined variables are not an error.
34 1.5 rillig # Because of the early expansion, the whole condition evaluates to
35 1.5 rillig # ' == ""' though, which cannot be parsed because the left-hand side looks
36 1.5 rillig # empty.
37 1.5 rillig COND:= ${${UNDEF} == "":?bad-assign:bad-assign}
38 1.5 rillig
39 1.5 rillig # In a condition, undefined variables generate a "Malformed conditional"
40 1.5 rillig # error. That error message is wrong though. In lint mode, the correct
41 1.5 rillig # "Undefined variable" error message is generated.
42 1.5 rillig # The difference to the ':=' variable assignment is the additional
43 1.5 rillig # "Malformed conditional" error message.
44 1.5 rillig .if ${${UNDEF} == "":?bad-cond:bad-cond}
45 1.5 rillig . error
46 1.5 rillig .else
47 1.5 rillig . error
48 1.5 rillig .endif
49 1.5 rillig
50 1.4 rillig # When the :? is parsed, it is greedy. The else branch spans all the
51 1.4 rillig # text, up until the closing character '}', even if the text looks like
52 1.4 rillig # another modifier.
53 1.4 rillig .if ${1:?then:else:Q} != "then"
54 1.4 rillig . error
55 1.4 rillig .endif
56 1.4 rillig .if ${0:?then:else:Q} != "else:Q"
57 1.4 rillig . error
58 1.4 rillig .endif
59 1.3 rillig
60 1.6 rillig # This line generates 2 error messages. The first comes from evaluating the
61 1.6 rillig # malformed conditional "1 == == 2", which is reported as "Bad conditional
62 1.6 rillig # expression" by ApplyModifier_IfElse. The variable expression containing that
63 1.6 rillig # conditional therefore returns a parse error from Var_Parse, and this parse
64 1.6 rillig # error propagates to CondEvalExpression, where the "Malformed conditional"
65 1.6 rillig # comes from.
66 1.6 rillig .if ${1 == == 2:?yes:no} != ""
67 1.6 rillig . error
68 1.6 rillig .else
69 1.6 rillig . error
70 1.6 rillig .endif
71 1.6 rillig
72 1.6 rillig # If the "Bad conditional expression" appears in a quoted string literal, the
73 1.6 rillig # error message "Malformed conditional" is not printed, leaving only the "Bad
74 1.6 rillig # conditional expression".
75 1.6 rillig #
76 1.6 rillig # XXX: The left-hand side is enclosed in quotes. This results in Var_Parse
77 1.6 rillig # being called without VARE_UNDEFERR being set. When ApplyModifier_IfElse
78 1.6 rillig # returns AMR_CLEANUP as result, Var_Parse returns varUndefined since the
79 1.6 rillig # value of the variable expression is still undefined. CondParser_String is
80 1.6 rillig # then supposed to do proper error handling, but since varUndefined is local
81 1.6 rillig # to var.c, it cannot distinguish this return value from an ordinary empty
82 1.6 rillig # string. The left-hand side of the comparison is therefore just an empty
83 1.6 rillig # string, which is obviously equal to the empty string on the right-hand side.
84 1.6 rillig #
85 1.6 rillig # XXX: The debug log for -dc shows a comparison between 1.0 and 0.0. The
86 1.6 rillig # condition should be detected as being malformed before any comparison is
87 1.6 rillig # done since there is no well-formed comparison in the condition at all.
88 1.6 rillig .MAKEFLAGS: -dc
89 1.6 rillig .if "${1 == == 2:?yes:no}" != ""
90 1.6 rillig . error
91 1.6 rillig .else
92 1.6 rillig . warning Oops, the parse error should have been propagated.
93 1.6 rillig .endif
94 1.6 rillig .MAKEFLAGS: -d0
95 1.6 rillig
96 1.7 rillig # As of 2020-12-10, the variable "name" is first expanded, and the result of
97 1.7 rillig # this expansion is then taken as the condition. To force the variable
98 1.7 rillig # expression in the condition to be evaluated at exactly the right point,
99 1.7 rillig # the '$' of the intended '${VAR}' escapes from the parser in form of the
100 1.7 rillig # expression ${:U\$}. Because of this escaping, the variable "name" and thus
101 1.7 rillig # the condition ends up as "${VAR} == value", just as intended.
102 1.8 rillig #
103 1.8 rillig # This hack does not work for variables from .for loops since these are
104 1.8 rillig # expanded at parse time to their corresponding ${:Uvalue} expressions.
105 1.8 rillig # Making the '$' of the '${VAR}' expression indirect hides this expression
106 1.9 rillig # from the parser of the .for loop body. See ForLoop_SubstVarLong.
107 1.7 rillig .MAKEFLAGS: -dc
108 1.7 rillig VAR= value
109 1.7 rillig .if ${ ${:U\$}{VAR} == value :?ok:bad} != "ok"
110 1.7 rillig . error
111 1.7 rillig .endif
112 1.7 rillig .MAKEFLAGS: -d0
113 1.7 rillig
114 1.1 rillig all:
115 1.1 rillig @:;
116