Re: 3.81 problem with $(eval function

[ali hagigat]

I appreciate Mr.Smith.
But why 1111 is not a legal makefile line? Please consider this:
var1=1111
e12:
        echo $(call var1)
/root/makefiles_examples> make -f makefile23
echo 1111
1111

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Paul Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-03-14 at 14:20 +0330, ali hagigat wrote:
>> I tested make 3.81 with:
>> var1=1111
>> e12:
>>       @echo $(eval $(call var1))
>>
>> /root/makefiles_examples> make -f makefile23
>> makefile23:3: *** missing separator.  Stop.
>
> Correct. "1111" is not a legal makefile line.
>
>> But @echo $( eval $(call var1)) is OK. One space was added after "$("
>> and before "eval".
>
> Correct.  Adding a space makes this not a function call anymore.
>
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