Re: Named parameters in make?

[Philip Guenther]

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Lane Schwartz <address@hidden> wrote:
> Paul, this needs to be documented. The sections in the manual on call and
> eval don't talk to this point at all. It seems that an example like this
> should go in the eval section.
...
> Paul, if you want a volunteer for adding this info to the manual, let me
> know. :)

You don't need permission to suggest text.  Indeed, since it caught
you, your thoughts on how to avoid the confusion should be a good
place to start.  What would have flagged for you that $(eval)'s
initial expansion is just like all the other variable and function
expansion in make, and that it doesn't require $(call)?


Philip Guenther