Re: function call arguments

[Semen Trygubenko]

2011/4/27 ali hagigat <address@hidden>:
> 8.1 Function Call Syntax
> Commas and unmatched parentheses or braces cannot appear in the text
> of an argument
> written;
> -------------------------------
> var= this,is a    text
> all: ;
> var1=$(subst this,that,$(var))
> $(warning $(var1))
>
> makefile28:4: that,is a    text
> make: `all' is up to date.
> ---------------------------------
> Why  "," was used successfully then?

Because "," appears in the right hand side of a variable "var"
definition and not in the argument to $(subst ) function.
If you were to write $(subst this,that,this,is a    text) "this,is a
 text" will be parsed as two arguments to $(subst ) function because
of "," delimiter ...

HTH


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