varmod-indirect.mk revision 1.1 1 1.1 rillig # $NetBSD: varmod-indirect.mk,v 1.1 2020/12/01 22:16:36 rillig Exp $
2 1.1 rillig #
3 1.1 rillig # Tests for indirect variable modifiers, such as in ${VAR:${M_modifiers}}.
4 1.1 rillig # These can be used for very basic purposes like converting a string to either
5 1.1 rillig # uppercase or lowercase, as well as for fairly advanced modifiers that first
6 1.1 rillig # look like line noise and are hard to decipher.
7 1.1 rillig #
8 1.1 rillig # TODO: Since when are indirect modifiers supported?
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10 1.1 rillig
11 1.1 rillig # The nested variable expression expands to "tu", and this is interpreted as
12 1.1 rillig # a variable modifier for the value "Upper", resulting in "UPPER".
13 1.1 rillig .if ${Upper:L:${:Utu}} != "UPPER"
14 1.1 rillig . error
15 1.1 rillig .endif
16 1.1 rillig
17 1.1 rillig # The nested variable expression expands to "tl", and this is interpreted as
18 1.1 rillig # a variable modifier for the value "Lower", resulting in "lower".
19 1.1 rillig .if ${Lower:L:${:Utl}} != "lower"
20 1.1 rillig . error
21 1.1 rillig .endif
22 1.1 rillig
23 1.1 rillig
24 1.1 rillig # The nested variable expression is ${1 != 1:?Z:tl}, consisting of the
25 1.1 rillig # condition "1 != 1", the then-branch "Z" and the else-branch "tl". Since
26 1.1 rillig # the condition evaluates to false, the then-branch is ignored (it would
27 1.1 rillig # have been an unknown modifier anyway) and the ":tl" modifier is applied.
28 1.1 rillig .if ${Mixed:L:${1 != 1:?Z:tl}} != "mixed"
29 1.1 rillig . error
30 1.1 rillig .endif
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32 1.1 rillig
33 1.1 rillig # The indirect modifier can also replace an ':L' modifier, which allows for
34 1.1 rillig # brain twisters since by reading the expression alone, it is not possible
35 1.1 rillig # to say whether the variable name will be evaluated as a variable name or
36 1.1 rillig # as the immediate value of the expression.
37 1.1 rillig VAR= value
38 1.1 rillig M_ExpandVar= # an empty modifier
39 1.1 rillig M_VarAsValue= L
40 1.1 rillig #
41 1.1 rillig .if ${VAR:${M_ExpandVar}} != "value"
42 1.1 rillig . error
43 1.1 rillig .endif
44 1.1 rillig .if ${VAR:${M_VarAsValue}} != "VAR"
45 1.1 rillig . error
46 1.1 rillig .endif
47 1.1 rillig
48 1.1 rillig # The indirect modifier M_ListToSkip, when applied to a list of patterns,
49 1.1 rillig # expands to a sequence of ':N' modifiers, each of which filters one of the
50 1.1 rillig # patterns. This list of patterns can then be applied to another variable
51 1.1 rillig # to actually filter that variable.
52 1.1 rillig #
53 1.1 rillig M_ListToSkip= @pat@N$${pat}@:ts:
54 1.1 rillig #
55 1.1 rillig # The dollar signs need to be doubled in the above modifier expression,
56 1.1 rillig # otherwise they would be expanded too early, that is, when parsing the
57 1.1 rillig # modifier itself.
58 1.1 rillig #
59 1.1 rillig # In the following example, M_NoPrimes expands to 'N2:N3:N5:N7:N1[1379]'.
60 1.1 rillig # The 'N' comes from the expression 'N${pat}', the separating colons come
61 1.1 rillig # from the modifier ':ts:'.
62 1.1 rillig #
63 1.1 rillig #.MAKEFLAGS: -dcv # Uncomment this line to see the details
64 1.1 rillig #
65 1.1 rillig PRIMES= 2 3 5 7 1[1379]
66 1.1 rillig M_NoPrimes= ${PRIMES:${M_ListToSkip}}
67 1.1 rillig .if ${:U:range=20:${M_NoPrimes}} != "1 4 6 8 9 10 12 14 15 16 18 20"
68 1.1 rillig . error
69 1.1 rillig .endif
70 1.1 rillig .MAKEFLAGS: -d0
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72 1.1 rillig all:
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