Re: Superlinear slow-down for each new AM_CONDITIONAL if...endif?

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

Hi,

Sorry for the delay.

>>> "Simon" == Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

 >> * Automake now supports bin_PROGRAMS (or any *_PROGRAMS variable)
 >> being defined in several conditions.  As in
 >> 
 >> if COND1
 >> bin_PROGRAMS = a1
 >> endif
 >> if COND2
 >> bin_PROGRAMS = a2
 >> endif
 >> 
 >> Likewise for _LDADD and _LIBADD variables.

 Simon> It is somewhat confusing to me.  It seem to implicitly
 Simon> give the impression that not all variables can be
 Simon> defined in this way, and that now at least
 Simon> *_{PROGRAMS,LDADD,LIBADD} work.

Thanks for pointing this out.  Is the following text clearer?

Due to implementation constraints, previous versions of Automake
proscribed multiple conditional definitions of some variables
likes bin_PROGRAMS:

if COND1
  bin_PROGRAMS = a1
endif
if COND2
  bin_PROGRAMS = a2
endif

All _PROGRAMS, _LDADD, and _LIBADD variables were affected.
This restrictions has been lifted, and these variables now
support multiple conditional definitions as do other variables.
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz