Re: 15-variable-define.patch

[Tom Tromey]

Akim>   * automake.in (&variable_define, &read_am_file): More work for the
Akim>   former from the latter.  Reorganize the latter.

This depends on 14, which isn't ready yet.
But it is ok once 14 is ready.

Akim> +    # FIXME: I don't understand what's so special wrt `:', nor
Akim> +    # why we forget the `+' nature of a var.
Akim> +    $def_type{$var} = ($type eq ':') ? ':' : '';
Akim> +    push (@var_list, $var);

The `:' is to support `:=' assignments.
We forget the `+' because `+=' is expanded by automake and not written
to Makefile.in.

Tom