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Re: Bug in pattern rule parsing: how to handle?
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Philip Guenther |
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Re: Bug in pattern rule parsing: how to handle? |
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Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:31:59 -0700 |
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Paul Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
...
> Correct, although IMO just because it has a _possible_ reasonable
> interpretation isn't enough to overcome all the reasons why we shouldn't
> allow it :-)
I agree. I just thought of another reason to dislike it:
%.a %.b: foo ; @echo $@
will do the echo just once for a given pair of .a and .b files. How
many times should it do it if there's a normal file in the target
list?
So I'm with you: either ban it, or warn that it's going away and ban
it 'next time'.
Philip Guenther