varmod-match.mk revision 1.32 1 1.32 rillig # $NetBSD: varmod-match.mk,v 1.32 2025/06/29 09:40:13 rillig Exp $
2 1.1 rillig #
3 1.18 rillig # Tests for the ':M' modifier, which keeps only those words that match the
4 1.2 rillig # given pattern.
5 1.4 rillig #
6 1.18 rillig # Table of contents
7 1.18 rillig #
8 1.18 rillig # 1. Pattern characters '*', '?' and '\'
9 1.18 rillig # 2. Character lists and character ranges
10 1.18 rillig # 3. Parsing and escaping
11 1.18 rillig # 4. Interaction with other modifiers
12 1.18 rillig # 5. Performance
13 1.18 rillig # 6. Error handling
14 1.18 rillig # 7. Historical bugs
15 1.19 rillig #
16 1.32 rillig # See also:
17 1.32 rillig # char-005c-reverse-solidus.mk
18 1.32 rillig # ApplyModifier_Match
19 1.32 rillig # ParseModifier_Match
20 1.32 rillig # ModifyWord_Match
21 1.32 rillig # Str_Match
22 1.3 rillig
23 1.3 rillig
24 1.18 rillig # 1. Pattern characters '*', '?' and '\'
25 1.5 rillig #
26 1.18 rillig # * matches 0 or more characters
27 1.18 rillig # ? matches 1 character
28 1.18 rillig # \x matches the character 'x'
29 1.3 rillig
30 1.19 rillig # The pattern is anchored both at the beginning and at the end of the word.
31 1.19 rillig # Since the pattern 'e' does not contain any pattern matching characters, it
32 1.19 rillig # matches exactly the word 'e', twice.
33 1.19 rillig .if ${a c e aa cc ee e f g:L:Me} != "e e"
34 1.19 rillig . error
35 1.19 rillig .endif
36 1.19 rillig
37 1.19 rillig # The pattern character '?' matches exactly 1 character, the pattern character
38 1.19 rillig # '*' matches 0 or more characters. The whole pattern matches all words that
39 1.19 rillig # start with 's' and have 3 or more characters.
40 1.22 rillig .if ${One Two Three Four five six seven so s:L:Ms??*} != "six seven"
41 1.19 rillig . error
42 1.19 rillig .endif
43 1.19 rillig
44 1.22 rillig # A pattern without placeholders only matches itself.
45 1.19 rillig .if ${a aa aaa b ba baa bab:L:Ma} != "a"
46 1.19 rillig . error
47 1.19 rillig .endif
48 1.19 rillig
49 1.23 rillig # A pattern that does not start with '*' is anchored at the beginning.
50 1.19 rillig .if ${a aa aaa b ba baa bab:L:Ma*} != "a aa aaa"
51 1.19 rillig . error
52 1.19 rillig .endif
53 1.19 rillig
54 1.23 rillig # A pattern that does not end with '*' is anchored at the end.
55 1.19 rillig .if ${a aa aaa b ba baa bab:L:M*a} != "a aa aaa ba baa"
56 1.19 rillig . error
57 1.19 rillig .endif
58 1.4 rillig
59 1.20 rillig # Test the fast code path for '*' followed by a regular character.
60 1.20 rillig .if ${:U file.c file.*c file.h file\.c :M*.c} != "file.c file\\.c"
61 1.20 rillig . error
62 1.20 rillig .endif
63 1.20 rillig # Ensure that the fast code path correctly handles the backslash.
64 1.20 rillig .if ${:U file.c file.*c file.h file\.c :M*\.c} != "file.c file\\.c"
65 1.20 rillig . error
66 1.20 rillig .endif
67 1.20 rillig # Ensure that the fast code path correctly handles '\*'.
68 1.20 rillig .if ${:U file.c file.*c file.h file\.c :M*\*c} != "file.*c"
69 1.20 rillig . error
70 1.20 rillig .endif
71 1.20 rillig # Ensure that the partial match '.c' doesn't confuse the fast code path.
72 1.20 rillig .if ${:U file.c.cc file.cc.cc file.cc.c :M*.cc} != "file.c.cc file.cc.cc"
73 1.20 rillig . error
74 1.20 rillig .endif
75 1.20 rillig # Ensure that the substring '.cc' doesn't confuse the fast code path for '.c'.
76 1.20 rillig .if ${:U file.c.cc file.cc.cc file.cc.c :M*.c} != "file.cc.c"
77 1.20 rillig . error
78 1.20 rillig .endif
79 1.20 rillig
80 1.10 rillig
81 1.18 rillig # 2. Character lists and character ranges
82 1.5 rillig #
83 1.18 rillig # [...] matches 1 character from the listed characters
84 1.18 rillig # [^...] matches 1 character from the unlisted characters
85 1.18 rillig # [a-z] matches 1 character from the range 'a' to 'z'
86 1.18 rillig # [z-a] matches 1 character from the range 'a' to 'z'
87 1.18 rillig
88 1.18 rillig # Only keep words that start with an uppercase letter.
89 1.19 rillig .if ${One Two Three Four five six seven:L:M[A-Z]*} != "One Two Three Four"
90 1.4 rillig . error
91 1.4 rillig .endif
92 1.4 rillig
93 1.18 rillig # Only keep words that start with a character other than an uppercase letter.
94 1.19 rillig .if ${One Two Three Four five six seven:L:M[^A-Z]*} != "five six seven"
95 1.4 rillig . error
96 1.4 rillig .endif
97 1.4 rillig
98 1.7 rillig # [] matches never
99 1.7 rillig .if ${ ab a[]b a[b a b :L:M[]} != ""
100 1.7 rillig . error
101 1.7 rillig .endif
102 1.7 rillig
103 1.7 rillig # a[]b matches never
104 1.7 rillig .if ${ ab a[]b a[b a b [ ] :L:Ma[]b} != ""
105 1.7 rillig . error
106 1.7 rillig .endif
107 1.7 rillig
108 1.7 rillig # [^] matches exactly 1 arbitrary character
109 1.7 rillig .if ${ ab a[]b a[b a b [ ] :L:M[^]} != "a b [ ]"
110 1.7 rillig . error
111 1.7 rillig .endif
112 1.7 rillig
113 1.7 rillig # a[^]b matches 'a', then exactly 1 arbitrary character, then 'b'
114 1.7 rillig .if ${ ab a[]b a[b a b :L:Ma[^]b} != "a[b"
115 1.7 rillig . error
116 1.7 rillig .endif
117 1.7 rillig
118 1.7 rillig # [Nn0] matches exactly 1 character from the set 'N', 'n', '0'
119 1.7 rillig .if ${ a b N n 0 Nn0 [ ] :L:M[Nn0]} != "N n 0"
120 1.7 rillig . error
121 1.7 rillig .endif
122 1.7 rillig
123 1.7 rillig # [a-c] matches exactly 1 character from the range 'a' to 'c'
124 1.7 rillig .if ${ A B C a b c d [a-c] [a] :L:M[a-c]} != "a b c"
125 1.7 rillig . error
126 1.7 rillig .endif
127 1.7 rillig
128 1.7 rillig # [c-a] matches the same as [a-c]
129 1.7 rillig .if ${ A B C a b c d [a-c] [a] :L:M[c-a]} != "a b c"
130 1.7 rillig . error
131 1.7 rillig .endif
132 1.7 rillig
133 1.7 rillig # [^a-c67]
134 1.8 rillig # matches a single character, except for 'a', 'b', 'c', '6' or
135 1.8 rillig # '7'
136 1.7 rillig .if ${ A B C a b c d 5 6 7 8 [a-c] [a] :L:M[^a-c67]} != "A B C d 5 8"
137 1.7 rillig . error
138 1.7 rillig .endif
139 1.7 rillig
140 1.18 rillig # [\] matches a single backslash; no escaping takes place in
141 1.18 rillig # character ranges
142 1.18 rillig # Without the 'b' in the below words, the backslash would end a word and thus
143 1.18 rillig # influence how the string is split into words.
144 1.18 rillig WORDS= a\b a[\]b ab a\\b
145 1.11 rillig .if ${WORDS:Ma[\]b} != "a\\b"
146 1.11 rillig . error
147 1.11 rillig .endif
148 1.11 rillig
149 1.18 rillig # [[-]] May look like it would match a single '[', '\' or ']', but
150 1.18 rillig # the inner ']' has two roles: it is the upper bound of the
151 1.18 rillig # character range as well as the closing character of the
152 1.18 rillig # character list. The outer ']' is just a regular character.
153 1.18 rillig WORDS= [ ] [] \] ]]
154 1.18 rillig .if ${WORDS:M[[-]]} != "[] \\] ]]"
155 1.18 rillig . error
156 1.18 rillig .endif
157 1.18 rillig
158 1.18 rillig # [b[-]a]
159 1.18 rillig # Same as for '[[-]]': the character list stops at the first
160 1.18 rillig # ']', and the 'a]' is treated as a literal string.
161 1.18 rillig WORDS= [a \a ]a []a \]a ]]a [a] \a] ]a] ba]
162 1.18 rillig .if ${WORDS:M[b[-]a]} != "[a] \\a] ]a] ba]"
163 1.18 rillig . error
164 1.18 rillig .endif
165 1.18 rillig
166 1.18 rillig # [-] Matches a single '-' since the '-' only becomes part of a
167 1.18 rillig # character range if it is preceded and followed by another
168 1.18 rillig # character.
169 1.18 rillig WORDS= - -]
170 1.18 rillig .if ${WORDS:M[-]} != "-"
171 1.18 rillig . error
172 1.18 rillig .endif
173 1.18 rillig
174 1.18 rillig # Only keep words that don't start with s and at the same time end with
175 1.18 rillig # either of [ex].
176 1.18 rillig #
177 1.19 rillig # This test case ensures that the negation from the first character list
178 1.19 rillig # '[^s]' does not propagate to the second character list '[ex]'.
179 1.19 rillig .if ${One Two Three Four five six seven:L:M[^s]*[ex]} != "One Three five"
180 1.18 rillig . error
181 1.18 rillig .endif
182 1.18 rillig
183 1.18 rillig
184 1.18 rillig # 3. Parsing and escaping
185 1.18 rillig #
186 1.18 rillig # * matches 0 or more characters
187 1.18 rillig # ? matches 1 character
188 1.18 rillig # \ outside a character list, escapes the following character
189 1.18 rillig # [ starts a character list for matching 1 character
190 1.18 rillig # ] ends a character list for matching 1 character
191 1.18 rillig # - in a character list, forms a character range
192 1.18 rillig # ^ at the beginning of a character list, negates the list
193 1.18 rillig # ( while parsing the pattern, starts a nesting level
194 1.18 rillig # ) while parsing the pattern, ends a nesting level
195 1.18 rillig # { while parsing the pattern, starts a nesting level
196 1.18 rillig # } while parsing the pattern, ends a nesting level
197 1.18 rillig # : while parsing the pattern, terminates the pattern
198 1.18 rillig # $ while parsing the pattern, starts a nested expression
199 1.18 rillig # # in a line except a shell command, starts a comment
200 1.18 rillig
201 1.18 rillig # The pattern can come from an expression. For single-letter
202 1.18 rillig # variables, either the short form or the long form can be used, just as
203 1.18 rillig # everywhere else.
204 1.18 rillig PRIMES= 2 3 5 7 11
205 1.18 rillig n= 2
206 1.18 rillig .if ${PRIMES:M$n} != "2"
207 1.18 rillig . error
208 1.18 rillig .endif
209 1.18 rillig .if ${PRIMES:M${n}} != "2"
210 1.18 rillig . error
211 1.18 rillig .endif
212 1.18 rillig .if ${PRIMES:M${:U2}} != "2"
213 1.18 rillig . error
214 1.18 rillig .endif
215 1.18 rillig
216 1.7 rillig # : terminates the pattern
217 1.7 rillig .if ${ A * :L:M:} != ""
218 1.7 rillig . error
219 1.7 rillig .endif
220 1.7 rillig
221 1.7 rillig # \: matches a colon
222 1.7 rillig .if ${ ${:U\: \:\:} :L:M\:} != ":"
223 1.7 rillig . error
224 1.7 rillig .endif
225 1.7 rillig
226 1.7 rillig # ${:U\:} matches a colon
227 1.7 rillig .if ${ ${:U\:} ${:U\:\:} :L:M${:U\:}} != ":"
228 1.7 rillig . error
229 1.7 rillig .endif
230 1.7 rillig
231 1.18 rillig # To match a dollar sign in a word, double it.
232 1.18 rillig #
233 1.19 rillig # This is different from the :S and :C modifiers, where a '$' has to be
234 1.19 rillig # escaped as '\$'.
235 1.18 rillig .if ${:Ua \$ sign:M*$$*} != "\$"
236 1.7 rillig . error
237 1.18 rillig .endif
238 1.18 rillig
239 1.18 rillig # In the :M modifier, '\$' does not escape a dollar. Instead it is
240 1.18 rillig # interpreted as a backslash followed by whatever expression the
241 1.18 rillig # '$' starts.
242 1.18 rillig #
243 1.19 rillig # This differs from the :S, :C and several other modifiers.
244 1.18 rillig ${:U*}= asterisk
245 1.18 rillig .if ${:Ua \$ sign any-asterisk:M*\$*} != "any-asterisk"
246 1.7 rillig . error
247 1.7 rillig .endif
248 1.7 rillig
249 1.18 rillig # TODO: ${VAR:M(((}}}}
250 1.18 rillig # TODO: ${VAR:M{{{)))}
251 1.18 rillig # TODO: ${VAR:M${UNBALANCED}}
252 1.18 rillig # TODO: ${VAR:M${:U(((\}\}\}}}
253 1.18 rillig
254 1.18 rillig
255 1.18 rillig # 4. Interaction with other modifiers
256 1.18 rillig
257 1.18 rillig # The modifier ':tW' prevents splitting at whitespace. Even leading and
258 1.18 rillig # trailing whitespace is preserved.
259 1.18 rillig .if ${ plain string :L:tW:M*} != " plain string "
260 1.11 rillig . error
261 1.11 rillig .endif
262 1.11 rillig
263 1.22 rillig # Without the modifier ':tW', the string is split into words. Whitespace
264 1.22 rillig # around the words is discarded, and whitespace between the words is
265 1.22 rillig # normalized to a single space.
266 1.18 rillig .if ${ plain string :L:M*} != "plain string"
267 1.11 rillig . error
268 1.11 rillig .endif
269 1.11 rillig
270 1.18 rillig
271 1.18 rillig # 5. Performance
272 1.18 rillig
273 1.18 rillig # Before 2020-06-13, this expression called Str_Match 601,080,390 times.
274 1.18 rillig # Since 2020-06-13, this expression calls Str_Match 1 time.
275 1.18 rillig .if ${:U****************:M****************b}
276 1.11 rillig .endif
277 1.11 rillig
278 1.18 rillig # Before 2023-06-22, this expression called Str_Match 2,621,112 times.
279 1.18 rillig # Adding another '*?' to the pattern called Str_Match 20,630,572 times.
280 1.18 rillig # Adding another '*?' to the pattern called Str_Match 136,405,672 times.
281 1.18 rillig # Adding another '*?' to the pattern called Str_Match 773,168,722 times.
282 1.18 rillig # Adding another '*?' to the pattern called Str_Match 3,815,481,072 times.
283 1.18 rillig # Since 2023-06-22, Str_Match no longer backtracks.
284 1.18 rillig .if ${:U..................................................b:M*?*?*?*?*?a}
285 1.11 rillig .endif
286 1.11 rillig
287 1.18 rillig
288 1.18 rillig # 6. Error handling
289 1.18 rillig
290 1.11 rillig # [ Incomplete empty character list, never matches.
291 1.11 rillig WORDS= a a[
292 1.31 rillig # expect+1: Unfinished character list in pattern "a[" of modifier ":M"
293 1.11 rillig .if ${WORDS:Ma[} != ""
294 1.11 rillig . error
295 1.11 rillig .endif
296 1.11 rillig
297 1.11 rillig # [^ Incomplete negated empty character list, matches any single
298 1.11 rillig # character.
299 1.11 rillig WORDS= a a[ aX
300 1.31 rillig # expect+1: Unfinished character list in pattern "a[^" of modifier ":M"
301 1.11 rillig .if ${WORDS:Ma[^} != "a[ aX"
302 1.7 rillig . error
303 1.7 rillig .endif
304 1.7 rillig
305 1.11 rillig # [-x1-3 Incomplete character list, matches those elements that can be
306 1.11 rillig # parsed without lookahead.
307 1.11 rillig WORDS= - + x xx 0 1 2 3 4 [x1-3
308 1.31 rillig # expect+1: Unfinished character list in pattern "[-x1-3" of modifier ":M"
309 1.11 rillig .if ${WORDS:M[-x1-3} != "- x 1 2 3"
310 1.11 rillig . error
311 1.11 rillig .endif
312 1.11 rillig
313 1.14 rillig # *[-x1-3 Incomplete character list after a wildcard, matches those
314 1.14 rillig # words that end with one of the characters from the list.
315 1.14 rillig WORDS= - + x xx 0 1 2 3 4 00 01 10 11 000 001 010 011 100 101 110 111 [x1-3
316 1.31 rillig # expect+1: Unfinished character list in pattern "*[-x1-3" of modifier ":M"
317 1.14 rillig .if ${WORDS:M*[-x1-3} != "- x xx 1 2 3 01 11 001 011 101 111 [x1-3"
318 1.14 rillig . warning ${WORDS:M*[-x1-3}
319 1.14 rillig .endif
320 1.14 rillig
321 1.11 rillig # [^-x1-3
322 1.11 rillig # Incomplete negated character list, matches any character
323 1.11 rillig # except those elements that can be parsed without lookahead.
324 1.11 rillig WORDS= - + x xx 0 1 2 3 4 [x1-3
325 1.31 rillig # expect+1: Unfinished character list in pattern "[^-x1-3" of modifier ":M"
326 1.11 rillig .if ${WORDS:M[^-x1-3} != "+ 0 4"
327 1.11 rillig . error
328 1.11 rillig .endif
329 1.11 rillig
330 1.11 rillig # [\ Incomplete character list containing a single '\'.
331 1.11 rillig #
332 1.11 rillig # A word can only end with a backslash if the preceding
333 1.11 rillig # character is a backslash as well; in all other cases the final
334 1.11 rillig # backslash would escape the following space, making the space
335 1.11 rillig # part of the word. Only the very last word of a string can be
336 1.11 rillig # '\', as there is no following space that could be escaped.
337 1.11 rillig WORDS= \\ \a ${:Ux\\}
338 1.18 rillig PATTERN= ${:U?[\\}
339 1.31 rillig # expect+1: Unfinished character list in pattern "?[\" of modifier ":M"
340 1.18 rillig .if ${WORDS:M${PATTERN}} != "\\\\ x\\"
341 1.11 rillig . error
342 1.11 rillig .endif
343 1.11 rillig
344 1.11 rillig # [x- Incomplete character list containing an incomplete character
345 1.11 rillig # range, matches only the 'x'.
346 1.11 rillig WORDS= [x- x x- y
347 1.31 rillig # expect+1: Unfinished character range in pattern "[x-" of modifier ":M"
348 1.11 rillig .if ${WORDS:M[x-} != "x"
349 1.11 rillig . error
350 1.11 rillig .endif
351 1.11 rillig
352 1.11 rillig # [^x- Incomplete negated character list containing an incomplete
353 1.11 rillig # character range; matches each word that does not have an 'x'
354 1.11 rillig # at the position of the character list.
355 1.11 rillig #
356 1.11 rillig # XXX: Even matches strings that are longer than a single
357 1.11 rillig # character.
358 1.11 rillig WORDS= [x- x x- y yyyyy
359 1.31 rillig # expect+1: Unfinished character range in pattern "[^x-" of modifier ":M"
360 1.11 rillig .if ${WORDS:M[^x-} != "[x- y yyyyy"
361 1.11 rillig . error
362 1.11 rillig .endif
363 1.7 rillig
364 1.18 rillig # [:] matches never since the ':' starts the next modifier
365 1.31 rillig # expect+2: Unfinished character list in pattern "[" of modifier ":M"
366 1.30 rillig # expect+1: Unknown modifier ":]"
367 1.18 rillig .if ${ ${:U\:} ${:U\:\:} :L:M[:]} != ":"
368 1.7 rillig . error
369 1.18 rillig .else
370 1.7 rillig . error
371 1.7 rillig .endif
372 1.9 rillig
373 1.9 rillig
374 1.18 rillig # 7. Historical bugs
375 1.12 rillig
376 1.12 rillig # Before var.c 1.1031 from 2022-08-24, the following expressions caused an
377 1.12 rillig # out-of-bounds read beyond the indirect ':M' modifiers.
378 1.22 rillig #
379 1.22 rillig # The argument to the inner ':U' is unescaped to 'M\'.
380 1.23 rillig # This 'M\' becomes an indirect modifier ':M' with the pattern '\'.
381 1.22 rillig # The pattern '\' never matches.
382 1.22 rillig .if ${:U:${:UM\\}}
383 1.22 rillig . error
384 1.22 rillig .endif
385 1.22 rillig # The argument to the inner ':U' is unescaped to 'M\:\'.
386 1.22 rillig # This 'M\:\' becomes an indirect modifier ':M' with the pattern ':\'.
387 1.22 rillig # The pattern ':\' never matches.
388 1.22 rillig .if ${:U:${:UM\\\:\\}}
389 1.22 rillig . error
390 1.22 rillig .endif
391