[bug #58845] In would be nice to have "$&" expand to all targets in a grouped target

[anonymous]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58845>

                 Summary: In would be nice to have "$&" expand to all targets
in a grouped target
                 Project: make
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Tue 28 Jul 2020 08:55:11 PM UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Enhancement
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
       Component Version: 4.3
        Operating System: Any
           Fixed Release: None
           Triage Status: None

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Details:

Thanks for adding grouped target rules. It would great to have an automatic
variable, say $&, which expands to all the targets in a grouped target rule,
in the order they are specified.

This would allow one to write, for example,
  %.c %.h: %.y
    $(BISON) --defines=$(word 2,$&) -o $(word 1,$&) $<

Right now, it's more cumbersome, as $@ is indeterminate.




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