Re: a question about $(call function

[Paul Smith]

On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 14:49 +0430, ali hagigat wrote:
> In the following example with make, 3.81 why var2 is aba?
> 
> kk=$(1)00
> aba=$(1)11
> var1=kk
> $(call var1)=aba
> var2=$(call $(call var1),pp)
> all: ;
> $(warning var2=$(var2))
> 
> makefile27:7: var2=aba

Because you have "$(call var1)=aba" and $(call var1) expands kk, so this
statement expands to "kk=aba".

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