Re: declarations after their use

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Dan Jacobson <address@hidden> writes:

  dj> I recall I used to be able to get away with declaration after the
  dj> fact, on line 3 instead of 1:
  dj> #B=/erer
  dj> a: $B
  dj> B=/erer
  dj> but nowadays (GNU Make 3.80) I must have it before it is used. Or
  dj> maybe it has always been that way.

It's always been this way... for all of the ~30 years make has existed.

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