# $NetBSD: varmod-ifelse.mk,v 1.5 2020/10/23 14:24:51 rillig Exp $ # # Tests for the ${cond:?then:else} variable modifier, which evaluates either # the then-expression or the else-expression, depending on the condition. # # The modifier was added on 1998-04-01. # # Until 2015-10-11, the modifier always evaluated both the "then" and the # "else" expressions. # TODO: Implementation # The variable name of the expression is expanded and then taken as the # condition. In this case it becomes: # # variable expression == "variable expression" # # This confuses the parser, which expects an operator instead of the bare # word "expression". If the name were expanded lazily, everything would be # fine since the condition would be: # # ${:Uvariable expression} == "literal" # # Evaluating the variable name lazily would require additional code in # Var_Parse and ParseVarname, it would be more useful and predictable # though. .if ${${:Uvariable expression} == "literal":?bad:bad} . error .else . error .endif # In a variable assignment, undefined variables are not an error. # Because of the early expansion, the whole condition evaluates to # ' == ""' though, which cannot be parsed because the left-hand side looks # empty. COND:= ${${UNDEF} == "":?bad-assign:bad-assign} # In a condition, undefined variables generate a "Malformed conditional" # error. That error message is wrong though. In lint mode, the correct # "Undefined variable" error message is generated. # The difference to the ':=' variable assignment is the additional # "Malformed conditional" error message. .if ${${UNDEF} == "":?bad-cond:bad-cond} . error .else . error .endif # When the :? is parsed, it is greedy. The else branch spans all the # text, up until the closing character '}', even if the text looks like # another modifier. .if ${1:?then:else:Q} != "then" . error .endif .if ${0:?then:else:Q} != "else:Q" . error .endif all: @:; |