Re: Difficulties from the combination of functions "call" and "eval"

[SF Markus Elfring]

> The rule of thumb is, if you're using $(eval ...) inside a recipe,
> you're doing something wrong.

Which make function should be used for recipe generation instead then?


> $(eval ...) is for parsing MAKEFILE content.

Do recipes belong also to each make script?


> There is only one situation I can think of where it _might_ make sense
> to use $(eval ...) inside a recipe: if you want to assign a make
> variable when the recipe is invoked.

I want to use also exactly this functionality.


> But a real need for this is rare;

I have got an opposite experience.

I need this immediately for the handling of rules with multiple
output files.


> usually there are simpler and more straightforward ways
> to get the result you're looking for.

I would like to know them so that I can optimise my make
source code more.

Regards,
Markus