Re: [PATCH] pattern-specific variable expansion

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Boris Kolpackov <address@hidden> writes:
 
  bk> In contrast the patch fixes the following case:

  bk> a := A

  bk> %bar : a_ := $a

  bk> %bar :; @echo $(a_) 

  bk> a := B

  bk> foobar:

  bk> Which prints (without patch) B.

I want to point out that I think we already discussed this before on the
list.  Changing this behavior leads to undesirable behavior in other
situations.  I think it was related to += in a target-specific variable
not having the expected semantics.  I think there's even a bug about
this in Savannah already.

IIRC, there is no one behavior in this situation that works "as
expected" in every case.

I'm assuming all the regression tests still pass with your patch
applied?  I can't remember whether I added a test for this situation or
not.

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