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Re: Fix for += in conditionals (condd.test).
From: |
Tom Tromey |
Subject: |
Re: Fix for += in conditionals (condd.test). |
Date: |
03 May 2002 12:17:54 -0600 |
>>>>> "adl" == Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> writes:
adl> This takes care of rewriting
adl> FOO = foo
adl> if COND
adl> FOO += bar
adl> endif
adl> into
adl> FOO = foo $(am__append_1)
adl> @address@hidden = bar
Wow, cool stuff!
adl> This is half a bug-fix, half a new feature.
adl> Do you think it should go on branch-1-6?
My first response is to put it in 1.7 and not 1.6.2.
I agree it is a bug fix, but the limitation is documented so it is
really more like a new feature. For minor releases I'd prefer that we
primarily fix bugs in things which we claim will work. What do you
think of that?
Tom