Re: what would/should "VAR -= <text>" correspond to?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Paul D. Smith wrote:

> %% "Robert P. J. Day" <address@hidden> writes:
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>   rpjd> i realize i can get the same effect by, say, writing a macro
>   rpjd> involving "filter-out", but is there a reason the above couldn't
>   rpjd> be done?
>
> Why do you need a macro?  Just write it; that's what filter-out is for:
>
>     VAR := $(filter-out wilma bambam,$(VAR))

um ... cuz i didn't realize you could have an arbitrary list of
elements there. :-(  all of the examples i saw in the o'reilly book
only ever had a single string or a single pattern, so i thought that's
all it could do.

gack.  TGIF.

rday