varmod-l-name-to-value.mk revision 1.4 1 # $NetBSD: varmod-l-name-to-value.mk,v 1.4 2020/09/30 05:42:06 rillig Exp $
2 #
3 # Tests for the :L modifier, which returns the variable name as the new value.
4
5 # The empty variable name leads to an empty string.
6 .if ${:L} != ""
7 .error
8 .endif
9
10 # The variable name is converted into an expression with the variable name
11 # "VARNAME" and the value "VARNAME".
12 .if ${VARNAME:L} != "VARNAME"
13 .error
14 .endif
15
16 # The value of the expression can be modified afterwards.
17 .if ${VARNAME:L:S,VAR,,} != "NAME"
18 .error
19 .endif
20
21 # The name of the expression is still the same as before. Using the :L
22 # modifier, it can be restored.
23 #
24 # Hmmm, this can be used as a double storage or a backup mechanism.
25 # Probably unintended, but maybe useful.
26 .if ${VARNAME:L:S,VAR,,:L} != "VARNAME"
27 .error
28 .endif
29
30 # Between 2020-09-22 (var.c 1.527) and 2020-09-30 (var.c 1.554), there was
31 # a bug in the evaluation of variable expression. Indirect modifiers like
32 # this :L did not update the definedness of the enclosing expression.
33 # This resulted in a wrong "Malformed variable".
34 .if ${value:${:UL}} == ""
35 .endif
36
37 all:
38 @:;
39