Re: [bug #27714] expansion of $(shell) in target forces serialization of targets

[Philip Guenther]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 4:34 AM, Paul D. Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
...
> But before it can invoke the recipe it has to expand all the variables and 
> functions.

I had to ponder that requirement for a bit before it occurred to me
that doing otherwise would either make $(eval) pointless in recipes or
make it an incredible, royal pain to implement.  Ditto for $(error).


Philip Guenther